Constitution Bitters, $7,840, American Bottle Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A museum-quality, mid-19th century Constitution Bitters bottle, possibly the earliest figural bitters bottle ever blown in America, sold for $7,840 in an…
Ken’s Korner: Art bought for $2,500 is worth $30 million News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall When Thomas Schultz and Lawrence Joseph bought a house on Long Island, N.Y., in 2007 for $300,000,…
J. Hoare claret jug, $75,000, Woody Auction Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A magnificent 16-inch-tall American Brilliant Cut Glass turquoise cut to clear claret jug attributed to J. Hoare sold for $75,000…
Ken’s Korner: Man may own only 1912 buffalo nickel News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall In 1960, Chuck Wachob, then 17, was working in a bank when he came across a buffalo nickel…
Beacon die-cut sign, $55,000, Matthews Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall Beacon Security Gasoline single-sided porcelain die-cut sign, rated 9.5/10 for condition and measuring 48 inches by 30 inches, sold for $55,000 at…
Collecting the American West – A Vast Frontier by Brian LebelWhether your collecting interests lean toward the historic or the romantic, fine art or folk art, twenty dollars or twenty-thousand, the art and artifacts of the great American West have…
Preservation & Storage… And, of course, Zombies By J.C. Vaughn One of the frequent topics of concern at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum – as it would be for any institution or individual collector – is the preservation and storage of collectibles…
The Civil War Collector By John Sexton Q: We have two Confederate coins and are unable to identify or attach a value. They are 3/4″ in diameter, light weight metal, whitewash silver in color, seven stars in band on head,…
Guess What? May 2013 In a circle, in a row – which end is up? by Bob Cahn – “The Primitive Man” It’s confusion time again – and can we pile it on with a trowel. A series of thin…
The Best of Ed Welch: The Ten Levels of the Antiques Trade The Business of Doing Business in Antiques By Ed Welch As many of you are aware, our friend Ed Welch passed away in October, 2012. His wisdom and…
