by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod [row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] [title style=”bold” text=”$3051 (33 bids, 10 bidders): 1902 Antique Cast Iron Pencil Sharpener James Dixon Crucible Co. Jersey City, Nj.”] Discovered during the clean out of a local estate. Approximately…
[row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] [gap height=”20px”] Who doesn’t appreciate the unique and “time machine” feel that can be conveyed in a room surrounded by a vintage wallpaper pattern? It’s hard to imagine an area rug, a piece of furniture or…
[row] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_image_box img=”46977″] Paul Newman’s own “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytona Sounded the World Record alarm when it sold to an anonymous bidder for $17,752,200 in 2017 [/ux_image_box] [/col] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″] It took twelve minutes for Paul…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A .79 caliber Dutch flintlock musket belonging to Private John Simpson of Deerfield, N.H., used to fire the first shot at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, sold for…
A 150-year-old blue Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters bottle so rare that for years many doubted its very existence has sold for a staggering $155,000 at the Part 1 sale of the Ken Fee collection of mostly Western bitters bottles, held…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A circa 1898 poster by Henri Thiriet, titled Absinthe Berthelot, a rare Belle Epoque design depicting a bustling outdoor café scene, sold for $108,000 at Auction LXXIX (#79), held…
The word “vintage” is ascribed to items in the range of at least 20, but more appropriately 50 years old or older. Unlike “antiques”—definitively defined at 100 years old or older—“vintage” falls more in the “I’ll know it when I…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Nintendo Pokémon “Pikachu Illustrator” trainer promotional hologram trading card, graded in Mint 9 condition and given to a winner at the 1998 CoroCoro Comic illustration contest in Japan,…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A handwritten letter by novelist Jane Austen (British, 1775-1817) sold for $200,075 at a Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction held October 23rd by Bonhams in New York City. Also,…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Grunge rock legend Kurt Cobain’s left-handed Fender Mustang guitar, which he used during his band Nirvana’s In Utero tour, sold for $340,000 at an Icons & Idols: Rock ‘n’…
