Doing The Rounds
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…
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Marilyn Monroe dress, $325,000, Julien’s Auctions
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…
1929 Whippet Model 96A, CA$25,960, Miller & Miller
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 Modes and Makers in American History
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…
Oppenheimer report, $53,594, RR Auction
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…
Sinclair Gas: DINO still going strong 90 years later!
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…
Survival of the Fittest
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…
Five Star Wars figures, $13,530, Morphy Auctions
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…
What NOT to pass up when thrifting
Shopping at flea markets, garage sales, and thrift shops can be fun and exciting, but it can also be overwhelming when you are confronted with “stuff” everywhere the eye can see, and then even underneath that. Where to start? Experienced…
Steiff Peter Rabbit doll, $11,875, Cottone Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A circa 1910 Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit stuffed doll made by the German firm Steiff sold for $11,875 at an auction held…