Ken’s Korner: Titanic needed ‘50% more lifeboats’ — safety officer News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall A newly uncovered document reveals that a safety officer who inspected the Titanic right before her doomed…
Noguchi chess table, $109,250, S&S Auction Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A rare and important chess table designed by Isamu Noguchi for Herman Miller in the 1940s and discovered by a contractor…
Ken’s Korner: Photograph of town’s namesake discovered News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall Donald Carapella of Corning, N.Y., likes to collect, research and study old photographs. Recently, he participated in an online auction…
Edward Moran painting, $300,000, Shannon’s Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall An oil on canvas marine rendering by American artist Edward Moran (1829-1901), titled Summer Morning, New York Bay, sold for $300,000 at…
Ken’s Korner: The first computer was steam-powered. News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall Quite possibly the earliest computer concept – a brass and iron, steam-powered machine the size of a small steam locomotive…
Federal mahogany table, $36,800, Nadeau’s Auction Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A lovely Federal mahogany Pembroke drop-leaf table, probably made in New York sometime between 1790-1810, sold for $36,800 at a multi-estate…
Guess What? January 2013 By Bob Cahn – “The Primitive Man” A tricky trick to start off the New Year! In years past (and those to come), we at Guess What have played fast and loose at times with our…
Liquidity in the Comic Book Market Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Vintage comic books offer many different factors that can appeal to collectors and investors. One of the key factors is liquidity. “Liquidity is the ability to sell an…
The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles January 2013 issue features “Fairyland Lustre” by Stuart Slavid, “Liquidity in the Comic Book Market” by By J.C. Vaughn, Guess What by Bob Cahn – “A tricky trick to start off the New Year!“.…
Fairyland Lustre By Stuart Slavid Director of European Furniture, Decorative Arts and Fine Ceramics, Skinner, Inc. I have spent over 40 years with Wedgwood, first as a dealer growing up in a shop where my father was one of the…
