Antique & Collectible News
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200 Years of U.S. Railroads
by Jessica Kosinski The United States as we know it today was practically built on railroad travel. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the country’s first major railway. It ...
How to Turn a One-Time Buyer Into a Regular Customer
by Sloane Middleton Mann Most vintage sellers work incredibly hard to get a customer. They source, style, photograph, list, market, and follow up just to land one transaction. Then that ...
Comics See Two $1 Million Sales & Rise in Value for Esoteric Book
by Amanda Sheriff & J.C. Vaughn Superman & Batman Debuts Lead Heritage Auction to $22.38M TotalThe two biggest keys in comic book collecting sold for nearly $3 million in Heritage’s ...
Forgeries: Why We Feel Betrayed
by Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. Consider two porcelain pieces side by side. To the untrained eye, they appear indistinguishable. Yet, one is an original. The other is a copy. Ask ...
The 250th Anniversary Americana Boom: From Local Antique Malls to Historic Homes
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser The core theme of this piece is clear: often, historical collecting is about building a tangible bridge to the foundational moments of ...
Tea Caddy Miniature Federal House & a Mechanical Bank
by Jessica Kosinski $2,908.99 (Bids 68, Bidders 12) Antique 19th C. Folk Art Painted & Carved Wood Tea Caddy Miniature Federal House. “This auction is for an antique, 19th Century, ...
The Fabric of a Neighborhood: 555 Voices Speak from a Nashville Quilt
by Jessica Rickman Full view of the Nashville quilt. Photograph by Author In the discipline of textile appraisal, we appraisers typically search feverishly for even a singular maker’s mark. A ...
Engineered Scarcity: The Rise of the 24-Hour Collectible
by Laurence Carpenter In early 2026, a new entrant to the collectibles space launched its first physical product: a limited “Creatures” mystery box. The release sold through rapidly, not after ...
Star Wars Toys Achieve New Records & Doctor Doom’s Debut Rises in Value
by Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn Hake’s Auctions’ Jeff Jacob Action Figure Auction Sets Multiple World RecordsHake’s Auctions hosted the Jeff Jacob Collection Part 4 Auction on February 4, producing ...
The Small Screen: Inside the World of Mid-Century Toy and Novelty TVs
by Douglas R. Kelly Early televisions—those made in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s—have a devoted following among collectors, and rightly so. Like the automobile before it and the Internet after ...
Investment Intelligence –– Vintage Advertising Displays: Investing in Nostalgia and Brand Heritage
“Investment Intelligence” is the Journal of Antiques & Collectibles’ quarterly guide to strategic collecting. In each issue, we spotlight one antiques or collectibles category that shows: Documented price growth over ...
Cobalt Blue Kitchen
by Vintage Guy Rob www.libraryofvintagethings.com Cobalt blue has always been the showstopper of the glass and ceramic world. Deep, saturated, and endlessly expressive, it’s the color that refuses to fade ...
Mix It Up with “Stranger” Collectibles
by Barbara Miller Beem Talk about odd: The other day, a headline in the home and design section of my morning paper read, “Embrace stranger things in your space.” What ...
The Hidden Trade-Off in Every Sales Platform (and How to Choose Wisely)
by Sloane Middleton Mann There are a million pros and cons to every online platform you list on as a vintage seller. Decision fatigue is real, and we can run ...
Top Antique & Vintage Categories 2025
Top Selling Vintage & Antique Categories 2025 Editor's Note The antiques marketplace continues to evolve as collector preferences shift and new categories gain attention. The following report from the Asheford ...
The Neuropsychology of Eco-Friendly Collectibles: Why Sustainable Objects Are Finding a Lasting Place in Today’s Collections
by Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. On a quiet Saturday morning at a regional antiques show, a longtime collector paused ata modest display table. Nestled among mid-century ceramics and vintage textiles ...
Route 66 Turns 100
by Jessica Kosinski When you think of legendary icons, you might think of anything from your favorite actor to the Egyptian pyramids. What probably doesn’t come to mind immediately is ...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Unveiling a Cartier 14-Karat Art Deco Masterpiece
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser Recently, as I was going through a large box of very old jewelry that a client had dug out of her attic, ...
Wallace Nutting: From Cherry Blossoms to Windsor Chairs
by Barbara Miller Beem - Images courtesy of Mike Ivankovich Nutting’s good eye for composition is obvious in “Brookside Blossoms.” I love living in the presence of old things. I ...
TV Lamps: Lighting Things Up
By Donald-Brian Johnson Peacock shows off his feathers, hiding the bulb behind them. Noble horse head lamp, white with gold accents. Modern swan It’s the mid-1950s. A cozy evening at ...
Unearthing Fraternal Treasures: Raiders of the Lost Ark
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser As an appraiser with almost two decades in the world of antiques and collectibles, I’ve seen everything from George Washington inaugural buttons ...
Comic & Original Art Markets Produced Robust Results in 2025
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn Comic book and comic art sales thrived in 2025, setting multiple records for major key books, the work of top artists, and important moments ...
What Labubu Dolls Reveal About Modern Collecting
By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. In recent years, Labubu dolls—quirky, sharp-toothed collectibles sold in sealed “blind boxes”—have become a global sensation. At first glance, they may look like yet another ...
Board Games: Dice, Tokens, and Memories
by Barbara Miller Beem It’s February, the shortest month of the year, even though sometimes it feels like the longest one. Outside, the weather is frightful. Inside, the fire is ...
Authenticity, Access, and the Case for Manufactured Scarcity
by Laurence Carpenter For much of the twentieth century, scarcity in music memorabilia was accidental rather than designed. Instruments survived by chance, stage costumes were kept or discarded without thought ...
