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Gavels 'n' Paddles: Fine French hunting musket, $102,000, Morphy Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A fine French fusil de chasse (or hunting musket), with wampum bead decoration, dated 1759, sold for $102,000 at ...
What's Selling on eBay: November 2018
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $2,805 (55 bids, 14 bidders): Antique American 1833 Ladies Anti-Slavery Society Broadside Hamilton Penn. You can imagine my reaction when a good friend and ...
Publisher’s Corner: December 2018
Past, Present, & Future Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Hard to believe we are at the end of yet another year! December issues give us an opportunity to reflect on a ...
Antiques Peek: November 2018
Walk This Way by Jessica Kosinski Snowshoeing is an activity not as widely practiced as it once was because modern conveniences like cars have replaced the need to trek across ...
Great Collections: November 2018
The National Scouting Museum at Philmont Scout Ranch by Maxine Carter-Lome Founded in 1910 by Chicago publisher William Boyce, and inspired by and modeled on the Boy Scout Association established ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Chippewa spinner fishing lure, CA$10,030, Miller & Miller
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Chippewa spinner fishing lure with green back spotted sides, made around 1910 by the Immell Bait & Tackle ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Davy Crockett’s Bowie knife, $64,625, Cowan’s Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Bowie knife presented to Davy Crockett sold for $64,625 at the sale of the Historic Firearms & Militaria ...
From Stem to Stern: A Brief Survey of Wooden Canoe Collecting
Exploring Antique Technologies by Kary Pardy From exploration and travel to pleasure cruising, racing, and romantic excursions, canoes have a long and storied history and offer an equally rich collecting ...
In the Digital Age, What Is Original Art?
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For collectors of original comic art - and indeed, art of many different media - the digital age seems to have thrown a monkey ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1940 V16 Cadillac, $77,000, Stanton’s
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1940 Cadillac car with V16 engine roared off for $77,000 at an auction held Aug. 10-11 by Stanton’s ...
Great Collections: October 2018
Just Like Dad's! Pedal Cars On Display Reprinted with permission by the McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington, IL by Dan Craft The potent allures of toys and nostalgia are ...
Publisher's Corner: November 2018
Collecting the Great Outdoors by Maxine Carter-Lome Anyone who has ever gone camping or camps regularly knows that being in the "Great Outdoors" requires a lot of "stuff" - from ...
