Ken’s Korner: The first computer was steam-powered. News & Views From the World of Antiques & Collectibles By Ken Hall Quite possibly the earliest computer concept – a brass and iron, steam-powered machine the size of a small steam locomotive…
Federal mahogany table, $36,800, Nadeau’s Auction Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A lovely Federal mahogany Pembroke drop-leaf table, probably made in New York sometime between 1790-1810, sold for $36,800 at a multi-estate…
Guess What? January 2013 By Bob Cahn – “The Primitive Man” A tricky trick to start off the New Year! In years past (and those to come), we at Guess What have played fast and loose at times with our…
Liquidity in the Comic Book Market Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Vintage comic books offer many different factors that can appeal to collectors and investors. One of the key factors is liquidity. “Liquidity is the ability to sell an…
The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles January 2013 issue features “Fairyland Lustre” by Stuart Slavid, “Liquidity in the Comic Book Market” by By J.C. Vaughn, Guess What by Bob Cahn – “A tricky trick to start off the New Year!“.…
Fairyland Lustre By Stuart Slavid Director of European Furniture, Decorative Arts and Fine Ceramics, Skinner, Inc. I have spent over 40 years with Wedgwood, first as a dealer growing up in a shop where my father was one of the…
Yuletide is a-coming! By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell The smell of fresh pine in the house and cookies baking in the oven are some of the happiest memories we have of the Yuletide holidays. Fresh cranberries cooking on the stove with…
Occupational daguerreotype, $17,550, Kaminski Auctions Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far A ¼ plate occupational daguerreotype with full leather case of a young photographer sitting beside his camera sold for $17,550 at a two-evening Photography Sale…
Hofmann oil on tin, $112,575, Pook & Pook Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far An original oil on tin painting by the German artist Charles C. Hofmann (1821-1882), titled Views of the Buildings and Surroundings of…
Remington pastel work, $690,000; Jackson Hole Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far A 22 inch by 15 inch pastel over halftone work by the late Western master Frederic Remington, titled John Ermine, sold for $690,000 at…
