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Gavels 'n' Paddles: John Paul Miller brooch/pendant, $60,500, Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An elegant 18kt gold and enamel octopus pendant/brooch by John Paul Miller sold for $60,500 at a Fine & ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: English Thomason corkscrew, $21,900, CollectorCorkscrews.com
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 20th century Thomason corkscrew with a brass handle shaped like a serpent, one of a few known, sold ...
Great Collections: February 2018
Seeing Double: The Stereoview Collection of Tom Prosser Managing Editor Judy Gonyeau recently got a tour of collector Tom Prosser's amazing collection of stereoviews. A semi-professional photographer, she admits a ...
What's Selling on eBay: February 2018
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $6,100 (29 bids, 5 bidders): Violin of Hope, the Violins of the Holocaust. Very rare Violin of Hope of the Jewish in the ghetto ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Simon Willard tall case clock, $48,800, Grogan & Company
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Simon Willard tall case clock chimed on time for $48,800 at an auction held December 7th by Grogan ...
Publisher's Corner: March 2018
Salvaging History by Maxine Carter-Lome For six years before relocating to Sturbridge, MA to purchase this magazine, I was Chair of my town's Historical Commission. The Commission, which was also ...
Antiques Peek: February 2018
Wish You Were Here by Jessica Kosinski Today we all take the sending and receiving of postcards, or post cards, for granted. Postcards are commonly sent by vacationers to their ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1795 U.S. half dollar coin, $141,000, Legend Rare Coin
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Condition Census 1795 U.S. half-dollar coin, graded PCGS MS62, sold for $141,000 at a Regency Auction held December ...
Pop Culture Horizons: Looking at Different Niches
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The theoretical downtime between big auction news events and my own writing deadlines during the holidays granted me a few moments to think about ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Samuel Colt police revolver, $460,000, Rock Island Auction
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Samuel Colt cased presentation model 1862 police revolver sold for $460,000 at a Premiere Firearms Auction held Dec ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Federal tall case clock, $3,960, EstateofMind
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Squire Lee Federal tall case clock chimed on time for $3,960 at a Manuscript, Fine Art & Americana ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1587 map of the New World, $80,000, Swann Galleries
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Richard Hakluyt’s 1587 map of the New World, titled Novus Orbis, the first map to use the designations “Virginea” ...
