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Beatles Shea Stadium poster, $137,500, Heritage Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Beatles Shea Stadium poster, $137,500, Heritage Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Beatles Shea Stadium poster, $137,500, Heritage Auctions Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A rare ...
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1933 Invisible Man poster, $182,400, Heritage Auctions

1933 Invisible Man poster, $182,400, Heritage Auctions

A rare movie poster for the 1933 classic film The Invisible Man sold for $182,400 at an auction held March ...
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Collecting Natural History

Collecting Natural History

Growing up in New York City, one of my favorite places to visit on cold and rainy days when you ...
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Diahann Carroll ring, $56,325, Bonhams

Diahann Carroll ring, $56,325, Bonhams

A diamonds and cultured pearl ‘toi et moi’ ring sold for $56,325 at an auction of items from the estate ...
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Apple-1 computer, $458,711, RR Auction

Apple-1 computer, $458,711, RR Auction

A fully functional Apple-1 computer, conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold ...
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Grahame Sydney painting, $64,350, Thomaston Place

Grahame Sydney painting, $64,350, Thomaston Place

An oil on linen painting by New Zealand contemporary artist Grahame Sydney (b. 1948), titled Cook House, Home Hills, sold ...
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Signed Cartier bracelet

Antiques Peek: Signed Here

by Jessica Kosinski When you think of something that is signed, an ink signature might immediately come to mind. For ...
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Judy Garland arrangements, $30,599, Nate D. Sanders

Judy Garland arrangements, $30,599, Nate D. Sanders

Hundreds of orchestral arrangements owned by the late singer Judy Garland, including classics such as Over the Rainbow, Have Yourself ...
Acclaimed artist Todd McFarlane brings his creator-owned character Spawn together with Marvel’s top-selling Spider-Man, the character that propelled him to fame, on the golden anniversary edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.

Comic Character Collectibles: April 2020

Spider-Man Meets Spawn to Celebrate Overstreet’s 50th by J.C. Vaughn It has been mentioned more than once in this space ...
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Mickey Mouse tin wind-up, $64,575, Morphy Auctions

Mickey Mouse tin wind-up, $64,575, Morphy Auctions

A lithographed tin wind-up five-finger Mickey Mouse toy made in Germany for the English market, 9 inches tall, dancing to ...
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Glass plate with the Libbey logo inscribed.

Great Collections: April 2020

The Glass City Museum: How Edward Drummond Libbey’s Glass Collection Started the Toledo Museum of Art Edward Drummond Libbey was ...
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To our readers

To our readers

With so much change and uncertainty these past few weeks we are happy to finally be able to publish an ...
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Sargent charcoal drawing, $22,800, Bruneau & Co.

Sargent charcoal drawing, $22,800, Bruneau & Co.

A figural charcoal on paper drawing by John Singer Sargent (Mass./U.K./Italian, 1856-1925) sold for $22,800 at a two-session auction held ...
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Tiffany Peony Border lamp, $151,250, Fontaine’s Auction

Tiffany Peony Border lamp, $151,250, Fontaine’s Auction

A Tiffany Studios Peony Border floor lamp, 77 inches tall, lit up the room for $151,250 at an auction held ...
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Mobil Oil coin-op kids’ ride, $25,200, Michaan’s Auctions

Mobil Oil coin-op kids’ ride, $25,200, Michaan’s Auctions

A 1950s-era Mobil Oil coin-operated children’s Pegasus ride flew out of the room for $25,200 at a Gallery Auction held ...
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LeBron and Jordan card, $900,000, Goldin Auctions

LeBron and Jordan card, $900,000, Goldin Auctions

A 2003-2004 Upper Deck “Exquisite Collection” #JJ Lebron James/Michael Jordan Logoman card (#1/1), graded BGS NM-MT+ 8.5, sold for $900,000 ...
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Keith Haring mural, $3.86 million, Bonhams

Keith Haring mural, $3.86 million, Bonhams

An untitled mural known as The Church of the Ascension Grace House Mural (portion shown), by Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990), ...
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Who’s Buying Glass These Days?

Who’s Buying Glass These Days?

Every year when we start work on our Annual Glass Issue we challenge ourselves to find topics, makers, and glass ...
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Patek Philippe wristwatch, $471,000, Christie’s

Patek Philippe wristwatch, $471,000, Christie’s

A Patek Philippe platinum perpetual calendar minute repeating tourbillon wristwatch with Breguet numerals, retrograde date and moon phases, made in ...
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Tiffany Dragonfly lamp, $180,000, Michaan’s

Tiffany Dragonfly lamp, $180,000, Michaan’s

A Tiffany Studios Dragonfly lamp sold for $180,000 at an auction held in December by Michaan’s Auctions in Alameda, Calif ...
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Mom Jane Oct 13 2011

Great Collections: March 2020

Inheriting a Collection of Musical Note: An Interview with Jane Porter [ux_image_box img="48082"] Jane Porter with her mother, 2011 [/ux_image_box] ...