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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Revolutionary War chart, $141,600, Brunk Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1782 Revolutionary War chart of Yorktown from the time of Cornwallis’s surrender to Washington, sold for $141,600 at […]

Collecting African Americana

Collecting African Americana

Collecting with Jeff Jeff Figler Sometimes collectibles are right in front of your eyes and you just don’t realize it. I have known of people who were conducting house sales […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Republic of Mexico bond, $8,555, Archives International

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An 1865 bond of the Republic of Mexico, signed by General Gaspar Sanchez Ochoa, who was dispatched to the […]

Return to Craftsman Farms: Gustav Stickley in the Twenty-First Century

Return to Craftsman Farms: Gustav Stickley in the Twenty-First Century

By Erica Lome The year 1916 marked the final issue of Gustav Stickley’s influential periodical The Craftsman, which introduced American audiences to the British-derived Arts and Crafts movement. Nearly a […]

Collector's Showcase: February 2016

Collector's Showcase: February 2016

Rudy Ciccarello: From Collector to Curator From the early collecting days in 1997 to the summer of 2004, Rudy Ciccarello, founder of Florida Infusion Services, a combination I.V. Therapy Pharmacy, […]