By Thomas Denenberg, PhD John Wilmerding Director and CEO, Shelburne Museum The exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955 is on view at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT from June 22-October 20, 2024. Few inventions have engendered…
by Laurence Carpenter Transportation has always been a pivotal element of our everyday lives, serving not just functional purposes but also as symbols of status and personal identity. When associated with legendary musicians, these vehicles transform from mere modes of…
by Douglas R. Kelly If there’s an alternate me in a parallel universe, he may just be a milkman doing his rounds in a Divco milk truck. Not that I’m a fan of milk, particularly. It’s the Divco model U delivery…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall Marilyn Monroe’s pink Pucci long-sleeved dress of silk jersey sold for $325,000 at an auction titled Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner X Marilyn…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A sporty black and yellow 1929 Whippet Model 96A four-cylinder roadster sold for $19,129 in two days of online-only auctions held March…
Transportation is a subject that seems to be always in the news these days and usually for the wrong reasons: train derailments, bridge collapses, overturned tractor trailers, cruise ships running aground, recalls, near-miss collisions among aircraft, bad passenger behavior…And no…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A rare and historic report detailing the development of the atomic bomb, signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer and 23 other minds behind…
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher If you traveled by car almost anywhere in the Continental U.S. in the first half of the 20th century, chances are you stopped at a Sinclair Gas Station. Although its roadside presence and iconic Sinclair…
By Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Fotomat Back in the days of 35mm film and the affordable Kodak Instamatic, getting that film developed took time – and patience. Most people would mail away their film to a developer such as…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall Five Spanish carded Star Wars figures from Kenner’s Empire Strikes Back series, four on cards titled in Spanish and two characters’ names…
