Columns
These sought-after sections offer expert auction analysis, cultural commentary, and more, adding depth, variety, and a personal touch to every issue. Columns include Gavels ’n’ Paddles, Psychology of Collecting, The Beat, Pop Culture Collecting, Second Time’s the Charm, and Civil War Collector.
Making Fashion History
Every year on the first Monday in May, everybody who’s anybody in the world of fashion and celebrity attends or ...
Wheeler duck decoys, $216,000, Copley Fine Art
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A pair of ...
Baird Coca-Cola clock, $17,010, Jeffrey S. Evans
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Baird Chicago-era ...
The Courting Chair
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor When two were courting in early 19th century France, Victorian England, or during America’s Gilded ...
Boba Fett prototype figure, $204,435, Hake’s Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Kenner 1979 ...
Magic: The Gathering card, $45,000, Bruneau & Co.
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Magic: The ...
Lockets: Holders of Keepsakes and Love
by Jessica Kosinski Love is a beautiful thing. It is so beautiful, in fact, that there are many symbols of ...
BTS Grammy ensembles, $160,000, Julien’s Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium Seven custom-made ensembles ...
The Evolution of Courtship
This past March saw new seasons of such fan-favorite period pieces as Bridgerton, The Gilded Age, and Sanditon return to ...
LaVerne coffee table, $27,060, Neue Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Philip and ...
Street Clocks & Their Restoration
By Eric Ryback, restorer and owner, Saint Louis Street Clock Company “I never wore a watch. I always depend on ...
Patek Philippe wristwatch, $229,000, Kodner Galleries
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Patek Philippe ...
Saint-Gaudens Statue of Lincoln, $1.2 million, Skinner Auctioneers
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A statue of Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens titled ...
Hopi Indian polychrome dish, $9,400, Pook & Pook, Inc.
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Hopi Indian Sikyatki ...
Interview with Glass Artist and Blown Away Judge Katherine Gray: What do You Collect?
Meet Katherine Gray. Her expertise in glass design is something to observe – it is at once infinite, moving, gracious, ...
Tom Brady signed jersey, $480,000, Goldin Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A 2021 Tom Brady ...
A New Shine on Old Glass
What more is there to say that’s new when it comes to glass? Especially antique and vintage glass? More than ...
Ansel Adams signed photograph, $9,687, Holabird Western Americana
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium An Ansel Adams original ...
1907 Saint-Gaudens gold coin, $4.75 million, Heritage Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra ...
Freedman’s mechanical bank, $174,000, Bertoia Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium An original Freedman’s mechanical ...
Pull These Over
by Jessica Kosinski If you love the look and feel of old-fashioned barns, you are not alone. Many people love ...
Dr. Renz’s Herb Bitters bottle, $24,250, American Bottle Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Dr. Renz’s Herb ...
Custer’s Civil War gun holster rig, $37,500, Holabird Western Americana
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium U.S. Army Captain George ...
Barns: A Disappearing Icon on the American Landscape
Travel our country’s backroads and no doubt your view will include time-forgotten, weathered-worn barns, enduring symbols of America’s earliest settlement ...
1980 Nobel Prize, $275,000, Nate D. Sanders
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium The 1980 Nobel Prize ...
