Edward Hopper painting, $9.6 million, Christie’s Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall An original oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper (Am., 1882-1967), titled October on Cape Cod, sold for $9.6 million at…
Collecting the World’s Rarest Telephones By Peter D’Acosta It’s been called the most valuable patent ever issued. U.S. patent # 174,465 was issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876, for his invention of the telephone. In 1976, exactly…
Guess What? February 2013 By Bob Cahn – “The Primitive Man” Up for grabs — right or left hand? When was the last time you looked at something strange, scratched your head, got splinters, and found your curiosity juices flowing?…
The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles February 2013 issue features “Collecting the World’s Rarest Telephones” by Peter D’Acosta, “Top 5 Historical lots sold in 2012 by Heritage range from the dawn of the Universe to the dawn of America”, Guess…
Ken’s Korner: Fan pays $5,300 for hockey team’s toilet News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall You might say Jim Vigmond is the Toronto Maple Leafs’ #1 and #2 fan. The hockey fanatic recently…
Tiffany tea screen, $324,500, Michaan’s Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A Tiffany Studios parakeet and goldfish bowl ornamental tea screen sold for $324,500 at a sale of Treasures of Louis C. Tiffany…
Ken’s Korner: Boys find owner of old war medals News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall Brothers Michael (age 11) and and Mauro (age 8) Mazzariello, both of New York, went into an antiques…
Old Master drawings, $48,300, Thomaston Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A bound volume of 58 Old Master drawings with a page of notations included for each, dated 1778, sold for $48,300 at…
Ken’s Korner: Pete Rose document fails to meet reserve News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall Pete Rose’s copy of the 1990 agreement that banned the disgraced star from baseball failed to meet the…
Circa-1800 tall case clock, $92,000, Jeffrey S. Evans Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A Shenandoah Valley tall case clock made circa 1800 by Jacob Fry and Caleb Davis in Woodstock, Va., sold…
