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Author Archives: Nick Boschetto

Lifetime Collections to be Sold by Showtime Auctions Services, Apr. 1-3

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The three-day event will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN….The lifetime country store and advertising collection of Tom and Mary Lou Slike, […]

Gavels 'n' Paddles: American pewter collection, $282,800, Pook & Pook, Inc.

American pewter collection

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A collection of American pewter from Jeanne and Bernard Hillman, grouped into 145 lots and including a pair of […]

J.K. Rowling’s chair, in which she wrote the first two Harry Potter books, to cross the auction block

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Will sell as part of Heritage Auction’s Rare Books auction in New York, April 6, 2016; chair is painted in Rowling’s hand: “I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this […]

High Grade Gems up for Grabs in Memory Lane Event

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One of two 1888 Allen & Ginter cards of Buck Ewing graded PSA 9 joins The Babe, Ty, Honus, Ted, Jackie, Willie, Mickey and more in Memory Lane’s upcoming I […]

Cottone Auctions to Celebrate 30 Years in the Auction Business

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GENESEO, N.Y. – Cottone Auctions will celebrate 30 years in the business with a Fine Art & Antiques Auction on Saturday, March 19th, featuring original artworks by Alexander Calder, Roy […]

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

Revolutionary War chart

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 […]