Ken’s Korner: Piano from Casablanca auctioned for $602,500 News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall A piano from the classic movie Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, sold for $500,000 at an auction…
Quarter-dollar gold coin, $41,000, Holabird-Kagin Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auctions from Near & Far By Ken Hall An experimental head quarter-dollar gold coin (BG-209A) sold for $41,000, over four times the high estimate, at an Americana Auction held Apr. 12-13…
Guess What? July 2013 The Arab World’s 3Rs by Bob Cahn – “The Primitive Man” It Rattles, Resonates, Reverberates And helping with the Guess What’s noise-making qualities are small cast iron ball-like pellets; (they could have been dried beans or…
Coin Collecting is No Joke… Parts III and IV Collecting Coins with Jeff Figler by Jeff Figler The 1799 Draped Bust cent is a popular coin among coin collectors. Few of these large cents were saved from the original mintage…
Harry V. Shourds mallard, $98,900, Guyette, Schmidt Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auctions from Near & Far By Ken Hall One of only two known mallard decoys by the carver Harry V. Shourds of Tuckerton, N.J., sold for $98,900 at the…
Ken’s Korner: Ticket from the ill-fated Hindenburg is on exhibit News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall What may be the only surviving passenger ticket from the doomed airship Hindenburg, which caught fire just…
Iznik pottery charger, $9,600, Woodbury Auction Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auctions from Near & Far By Ken Hall An Iznik pottery charger sold for $9,600 at an Americana, Folk Art & Decorative Arts Auction held Apr. 21 by Woodbury Auction…
Ken’s Korner: Fat’s Domino’s piano is recovered, restored News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall The white Steinway grand piano belonging to music legend Fats Domino that was submerged in water for weeks after…
The Best of Ed Welch: The Business of Selling Your Collection The Business of Doing Business By Ed Welch You do not own your collection. You paid for it with your money. You cared for it for years. You may…
The Civil War Collector – July 2013 By John Sexton Q: Hello John, this long rifle has been in my possession over 40 years and was in my wife’s grandfather’s antique shop that closed in 1936. I have no information…
Miguel Pou painting, $8,619, Crescent City Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auctions from Near & Far By Ken Hall An oil on board painting by Puerto Rican artist Miguel Pou, titled Houses on the Hills (1936), 6 inches by 8 ½…
Ken’s Korner: WWII bomber pilot reunited with jacket News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall John Dodds, assistant general counsel for the Air Force and an amateur military historian, was browsing with his daughter…
