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Monthly Archives: February 2018

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Samuel Colt police revolver, $460,000, Rock Island Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Samuel Colt police revolver, $460,000, Rock Island Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Samuel Colt cased presentation model 1862 police revolver sold for $460,000 at a Premiere Firearms Auction held Dec. […]

Drawing with Light

Drawing with Light

The First Hundred Years of Photography By Erica Lome The concept of photography has deep historical roots. In ancient Greece and China, mathematicians experimented with the effects of light streaming […]

Early Photos Defined

Early Photos Defined

The very idea of capturing a picture by reflecting an image onto a light-sensitive surface in order to create a more permanent image vs. simply creating a temporary reflection truly […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Federal tall case clock, $3,960, EstateofMind

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Federal tall case clock, $3,960, EstateofMind

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Squire Lee Federal tall case clock chimed on time for $3,960 at a Manuscript, Fine Art & Americana […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1587 map of the New World, $80,000, Swann Galleries

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1587 map of the New World, $80,000, Swann Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Richard Hakluyt’s 1587 map of the New World, titled Novus Orbis, the first map to use the designations “Virginea” […]

Lots to Consider: February 2018

Lots to Consider: February 2018

Auction Items Worth a Look Signed Danny Lyon Photograph Heritage Auctions February Online Photographs Auction: Danny Lyon photograph, Benny at Grand and Division, 1956. Gelatin silver, 2000 16-3/4 x 11-1/2 […]

Original Cover Art for The Amazing Spider-Man #100 May Bring $300,000 at Heritage Auctions

Original Cover Art for The Amazing Spider-Man #100 May Bring $300,000 at Heritage Auctions

DALLAS, Texas (Feb. 9, 2018) – The Original Cover Art from The Amazing Spider-Man #100 – considered one of the most iconic covers of the 1970s – could sell for […]

Collectible Photographers

Collectible Photographers

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” Alfred Stieglitz was the oldest of six children born to a part-Jewish […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Copy of The Declaration, $1.2 million, Sotheby’s

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Copy of The Declaration, $1.2 million, Sotheby’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A printing of The Declaration of Independence by E. Russel, the authorized broadside for Massachusetts, sold for $1.2 million […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1955 painting done by JFK, $162,500, Heritage Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1955 painting done by JFK, $162,500, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A painting completed in 1955 by John F. Kennedy consigned by Kennedy family heirs sold for $162,500 at an […]