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, Toys from the Attic, and Civil War Collector.
/ addiction, Antique Jar, baseball cards, Columns, comics, Doctor, glass cabinet, Heine Osteome, IV stands, mechanical chainsaw, medical collectibles, medical instruments, Natan Schleider, rotary telephone
Great Collections: May 2019

Great Collections: May 2019

Natan Schleider Gallery, LLC Purveyor, Restorer, and Collector of Fine Medical Antiques Dr. Natan Schleider, a family practitioner and addiction ...
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/ Casablanca, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Heritage Auctions, Ken Hall, magazine ad, MGM, Movie Poster Auction, movie posters, Nosferatu, promotional ad, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, The Wolf Man
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Wizard of Oz movie poster, $108,000, Heritage Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Wizard of Oz movie poster, $108,000, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A half-sheet style A poster for The Wizard of ...
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/ Britain's National Portrait Gallery, Columns, film, gifting, Gifts, Guggenheim Museum, HBO, invest, investment, James Bond, medical, Medicine, Movies, Museums, New Money, opiod epidemic, OxyContin, Pontus Silfverstolpe, Purdue Pharma, secret agent, Tate Museum, television series
Tips and Trends: May 2019

Tips and Trends: May 2019

by Pontus Silfverstolpe Everything Has A Price When I was little and watched James Bond with my father, he would ...
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/ Atlas, Ballard & Co., brass, Brass Lock, Championship, City Plans, Cobalt Blue, Columns, Deborah Abernethy, Deer, Division of Works, Egyptian Revival, Elk, football, Game Program, Harvard, Heritage Auctions, Jug, Lock, maps, Mike McLeod, Mitcell's Universal, Pan Pacific Exposition, Panama Canal, Princeton, San Diego, Stoneware, Tiffany & Co., What's Selling on eBay, Yale
What’s Selling on eBay: May 2019

What’s Selling on eBay: May 2019

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,246 (36 bids, 11 bidders); 1881 Princeton vs. Yale Football Championship Program, Walter Camp ...
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/ Columns, concert piano, Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Gavels n Paddles, Grand Piano, Inverted Hanging Lamp, Ken Hall, Library Window, Piano, Pottier & Stymus, rosewood credenza, Steinway Model D Centennial Concert Grand Piano, Steinway piano, Tiffany Studios
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Steinway Model D grand piano, $169,400, Fontaine’s Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Steinway Model D grand piano, $169,400, Fontaine’s Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Steinway Model D Centennial concert grand piano sold ...
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/ card sharping, cheating device, Columns, FR Ritter, gambling, Gambling Memorabilia Sale, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Potter & Potter Auctions, SW Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, Will & Finck
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Expert at the Card Table, $16,800, Potter & Potter

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Expert at the Card Table, $16,800, Potter & Potter

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A first-edition copy of S.W. Erdnase’s The Expert at ...
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/ baseball cards, Buck Ewing, Columns, G&B Gum, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, New York Giants, Sports Comics Comic Art & Animation Auction, The North Fork Collection, Weiss Auctions
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Old Judge cabinet cards, $431,000, Weiss Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Old Judge cabinet cards, $431,000, Weiss Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The North Fork Collection of 37 Old Judge cabinet ...
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/ Antiques Peek, bowls, Columns, crystal, dishes, Drinking Glasses, flint glass, Glass, glassware, Jessica Kosinski, lead, Lead Crystal, Lead Oxide, Molten Glass, Wine Glasses
Antiques Peek: April 2019

Antiques Peek: April 2019

I Can See Clearly Now By Jessica Kosinski Glassware is commonplace in today’s society. We all have drinking glasses, wine ...
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/ Ailment, Amputation Saw, Blood Pressure, Civil War, Columns, Doc, Doctor, Doctor's Bag, Forceps, House Call, illness, Lancet, Maxine Carter-Lome, Medicine, Modern Medicine, Reflex Hammer, Revolutionary War, Scalpel, Stethoscope, Syringe, Talk of the Trade, Thermometer
Publisher’s Corner: May 2019

Publisher’s Corner: May 2019

Inside the Doctor’s Bag By Maxine Carter Lome For those of us old enough to remember when doctors made house ...
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/ Allaire Collection, Ancient Glass, Art Glass, Blown glass, Carole Allaire, Columns, Facon de Venise, Frankish Glass, Glass, Medieval Glass, Merovingian Glass, modern studio glass, Pressed glass, Roman Glass, Venetian Glass
Great Collections: April 2019

Great Collections: April 2019

Allaire Collection of Ancient Glass When it comes to sharing information on the very foundation of glass form, function, and ...
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/ Antique Marketplace News, Blown glass, blown molds, Columns, Crafts, craftsmen, crystal, Cut Crystal, Cut Glass, Expert Insights, Glass, glassware, Kary Pardy, Molded glass, Pressed glass
Collecting the Tools of the Trade: Glass Molds

Collecting the Tools of the Trade: Glass Molds

Exploring Antique Technologies by Kary Pardy Every object holds clues as to how it was made, with some being more ...
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/ Antique Marketplace News, Certified Games, Columns, Comic Book, Comic Character, comics, February Signature Auction, Game Conventions, games, Gaming, Gaming Systems, Heritage Auctions, J.C. Vaughn, Mario Bros., Nintendo, Pop Culture Collecting, Retro Collectibles, Retro Gaming, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros., The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Movie Posters, The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Video Games, Video Games, Wata Games
Certified Video Games Enter the Marketplace in Force

Certified Video Games Enter the Marketplace in Force

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn In January 2019, Heritage Auctions began offering video games certified by third-party independent grading ...
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/ Allis Chalmers, Bidding, Bike, Columns, Deborah Abernethy, eBay, Fire Engine, Fire Wagon, Huffy Bicycle, Huffy Radio Bike, LaFrance, Lancaster, Mike McLeod, model, model builder, Newspaper, Online Auction, Online bidding, scale model, What's Selling on eBay
What’s Selling on eBay: April 2019

What’s Selling on eBay: April 2019

By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $5,956 (32 bids, 8 bidders): Vintage Huffy Radio Bike in Great Original Condition. Huffy ...
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/ Atlanta, Bronze Medal, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Genoble, Gold Medal, Ken Hall, Lake Placid, medals, Online Auction, Rio, RR Auction, Silver Medal, Summer Olympics, Torch, Winter Olympics
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Winter Olympics torch, $231,000, RR Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Winter Olympics torch, $231,000, RR Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics torch sold for $231,000 ...
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/ Annual Issue, Columns, decorative, Glass, Glass Beads, glass techniques, Maxine Carter-Lome, Roman period, Style, Talk of the Trade, The Allaire Collection, Volcanic Glass, wealth
Publisher’s Corner: April 2019

Publisher’s Corner: April 2019

The Allure of Glass 18 Years Later by Maxine Carter-Lome For 18 years the Journal of Antiques & Collectibles has ...
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/ Columns, Dollar, Dollar coin, Gavels n Paddles, Heritage Auctions, Platinum, US Trade Dollar Coin, USD
Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1885 U.S Trade dollar, $3.96 million, Heritage

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1885 U.S Trade dollar, $3.96 million, Heritage

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The finest-known 1885 U.S. Trade dollar coin, graded PR66, ...
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/ ale, Art Deco, Bakelite, Beer Tray, Black Bellied Plover, City Brewery, colonial, Columns, decoy, Devorah Abernethy, eBay, George Washington, Handkerchief, Hunting, Lure, Map Radio, Memorial, Mike McLeod, Porter, Radio, Raymond Loewy, Shorebird, Steuben Brew, vintage, What's Selling on eBay
What’s Selling on eBay: March 2019

What’s Selling on eBay: March 2019

By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $2,293 (42 bids, 11 bidders): Vintage Raymond Loewy Old Antique Colonial Globe Art Deco ...
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/ Antiques Peek, box mangle, Clothing, Columns, decorative irons, electric irons, fabrics, flattening linen, glass linen smoother, hat iron, ironing, Irons, Jessica Kosinski, mangle board, Pressing irons, rolling pin, sadiron, sleekstones, slickenstones, slickstones, smoothers, Wrinkles
Antiques Peek: March 2019

Antiques Peek: March 2019

Get Rid of Those Nasty Wrinkles By Jessica Kosinski Have you ever had a pressing issue to attend to? Most ...
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/ Antique Toys, Bulls and Bears, clockwork, Columns, Ferris wheel, Game, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, McLoughlin Bros, Pook & Pook Inc, Signs, trade sign, Wall Street
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Bulls and Bears toy game, $20,740, Pook & Pook, Inc.

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Bulls and Bears toy game, $20,740, Pook & Pook, Inc.

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A scarce McLoughlin Bros. Bulls and Bears – The ...
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/ CollectorCorkscrews.com, Columns, Corks, Corkscrew, Decoration, Gavels n Paddles, Japanning, Ken Hall, mechanical corkscrew
Gavels 'n' Paddles: English Thomason corkscrew, $23,244, CollectorCorkscrews.com

Gavels 'n' Paddles: English Thomason corkscrew, $23,244, CollectorCorkscrews.com

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An English “manufactured” Thomason mechanical corkscrew, with fine handcrafted ...
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/ book collection, Collecting, Columns, cook, cookbooks, Cooking, food culture, food history, Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness Record, Little Suzy Homemaker, Maxine Carter-Lome, reading, Sue Jimenez, Time-life books
Great Collections: March 2019

Great Collections: March 2019

For the Love of Cooking Sue Jimenez, a retired forensic anthropologist who grew up in Toronto but has called Albuquerque, ...
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/ Black Panther, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, Columns, DC Comics, Fantastic Four, Flash, Gavels n Paddles, Incredible Hulk, Ken Hall, Marvel Comics, silver age, The Hulk, Toys & Comics, Wolverine
Gavels 'n' Paddles: DC Comics Flash #105, $20,000, Bruneau & Co.

Gavels 'n' Paddles: DC Comics Flash #105, $20,000, Bruneau & Co.

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A copy of DC Comics Flash #105 (Feb.-Mar. 1959), ...
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/ Bertoia Auctions, Columns, Fall Auction, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Mechanical, toys, vintage toys
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Witch Atop Mechanical Cat, $21,600, Bertoia Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Witch Atop Mechanical Cat, $21,600, Bertoia Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A large witch atop a mechanical black cat on ...
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/ Art, Auction House, Bernardino Luini, Bidding, Christie's, Columns, Cultural, Journey, King Louis XII, Leonardo da Vinci, Money, Paint, Painting, Pontus Silfverstolpe, Salvator Mundi, Tips, Trending, Trends
Tips and Trends: March 2019

Tips and Trends: March 2019

The Price of Art and its Journey By Pontus Silfverstolpe When I was a child, I was told it was ...
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/ Columns, Happy, Homemaker, Housekeeping Monthly, matriarch, Maxine Carter-Lome, mother, Publisher, Talk of the Trade, The Good Wifes Guide, throwback, Wife
Publishers Corner: March 2019

Publishers Corner: March 2019

The Happy Homemaker by Maxine Carter-Lome The term “Happy Homemaker” is a 1950s throwback to a time when housewives took ...
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