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.

May 16, 2018 / American Stage, American Theatre, ballet, Broadway, College of Arts & Sciences, Columns, Dr. David S. Shields, drama, Features, image collections, opera, Performers, performing arts, Photographs, Photography, Productions, Theatre, vaudeville, Visual Culture

Great Collections: May 2018

Photography & The American Stage: The Visual Culture of American Theater 1865-1965 Broadway Photographs (broadway.cas.sc.edu) is a website and online ...

May 15, 2018 / Belfast Mining Company, coin set, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Gold Coins, golden goose egg, goose egg, Harts Coins of the West, Holabird Western Americana Collections Gold Rush Sale, Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC, Ken Hall, Solid Gold

Gavels 'n' Paddles: “Harts Coins of the West” gold coins, $41,572, Holabird Western Americana

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 36-coin “Harts Coins of the West” set of ...

May 10, 2018 / American Theater, Canada Goose, Capt. Charles C. Osgood, Columns, Copley Fine Art Auctions, decoy, duck decoy, duck hunting, Gavels n Paddles, Goose, Ira D. Hudson, Ken Hall, Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Winter Sale

Gavels 'n' Paddles: A. Elmer Crowell plover decoy, $156,000, Copley Fine Art Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A turned-head plover decoy by the renowned carver A ...

May 5, 2018 / Columns, comics, Hake's Americana, Pop Culture Collecting

Star Wars, Comics Dominate in Hake's Auction

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Following up on last month's column, which saw Hake's Americana & Collectibles on track ...

May 5, 2018 / Antoine Blanchard, Basket, Buccellati, Canvas, Carved Jade, Centerpiece, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, John Moran Auctioneers, Ken Hall, oil panting, Russian snuff box, Snuff Box, Traditional Collector

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Russian gold snuff box, $18,750, John Moran

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Russian enameled 18kt yellow gold snuff box sold ...

April 30, 2018 / Art, artist, Circle of Domenico Feti, Clars Auction Gallery, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Modern Art, Painting, Paul Sawyier, Tiffany Studios, Venetian Lamp, Walt Kuhn, Watercolor

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Tiffany Studios Venetian lamp, $102,850, Clars Auction Gallery

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Tiffany Studios (N.Y.) Venetian desk lamp, circa 1910, ...

April 27, 2018 / Backstage, Broadway, Columns, Costumes, Hamilton, Maxine Carter-Lome, Musicals, NYC, Off Broadway, Playbill, Playbills, posters, props, Script, Sheet Music, Talk of the Trade, The Broadway League, Theater, Theatre

Publisher's Corner: May 2018

Backstage Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Growing up in and around New York City in a family that loved the theater ...

What's Selling on eBay: April 2018

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $787.77 (50 bids, 12 bidders): Vintage 10-piece, Cold-painted, Miniature Austrian Bronze Pigs Orchestra Band ...

April 26, 2018 / Batman, Boba Fett, Captain America, Columns, Comic Book, comics, DC Comics, Detective Comics, Hake's Americana & Collectibles, J.C. Vaughn, More Fun Comics, Pop Culture Collecting, record-setter, record-setting, Spectre, Star Wars, Superman

Hake's Sets New Single-Week Record

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn After setting records with their previous auction, Hake's Americana & Collectibles looks well on ...

April 25, 2018 / Columns, comics, Gavels n Paddles, Hake's Americana

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Copy of Detective Comics #27, $569,275, Hake’s Americana

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A copy of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), featuring ...

April 20, 2018 / Any Warhol, Columns, Edvard Munch, Gavels n Paddles, Georges Remi Herge, gouache, Ink, Ken Hall, Paper, Private Art, Private Art Collections & Estates Discoveries, Watercolor

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Andy Warhol attribution, $32,400, Woodshed Art Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A gouache, watercolor and ink on paper attributed to ...

April 15, 2018 / Babe Ruth, Columns, Comic Book, DC Comics, Detective Comics, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Memorabilia, Photograph, Sports, Tag Sale, The Flash, Vintage Comics, Weiss Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Detective Comics #29, $53,675, Weiss Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A copy of Detective Comics #29 (July 1939), bought ...

April 11, 2018 / American Glass, Blown glass, Clark Art Institute, collector, Columns, Curator, Decoration, decorative glass, display, Estate Sales, flea markets, Museum, On View, renovation, The Lauzon Collection

Great Collections: April 2018

On View: The Lauzon Collection at the Clark Art Institute There are two words that can thrill museum curators and ...

April 10, 2018 / Columns, Cordier's Auctions & Appraisals, Fine Art, Gavels n Paddles, Kelly Kinzle Antiques, Ken Hall, sugar chest, toy chest, Winter, Winter Antique & Fine Art Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 19th century sugar chest, $263,250, Cordier’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An early 19th century folk art painted sugar chest ...

April 5, 2018 / biography, Bonnie Scotland, Case Antiques, Chief Justice, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, George Washington, groom, John Marshall, Ken Hall, leather bound book, Paintings, Robert Green, Stallion, The Massachusetts Magazine, US Supreme Court

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Washington signed book, $138,000, Case Antiques

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A leather-bound copy of Volume 1 of The Massachusetts ...

What's Selling on eBay: March 2018

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $4,850 (22 bids, 11 bidders): Antique 1914 Arizona License Plate, Original 3" X 7 ...

March 30, 2018 / American Modern, Art Deco, Cabinet, Columns, Design Auctions, French, furniture, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Lalique, Paul Evans, Rago Arts & Auction Center, Sculpture

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Paul Evans Sculpture Front cabinet, $137,500, Rago Arts & Auction Center

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Sculpture Front cabinet from American Modern furniture maker ...

March 28, 2018 / Art Glass, Carol Milne, Cathryn Shilling, Columns, Contemporary, Dale Chihuly, Glass, Glass Makers, Harry Pollit, kiln cast glass, Kitted Glass, Maxine Carter-Lome, Optifuse, Sculpting, Sergio Redegalli, Talk of the Trade

Publisher's Corner: April 2018

An Enduring Appreciation for Glass by Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher When we think about glass as a collectible we most often ...

March 27, 2018 / book, Character, Columns, Comic Book, Comic Characters, Comic Strip, comics, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Feature Film, Festival, film, Filming, JC Vaughn, Pop Culture Collecting, Robert Tinnell, The Sopranos

Feast of the Seven Fishes: From Comic Strip to Movie

Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn It's 11:52 p.m. on cold January Saturday night in Rivesville, West Virginia ...

March 26, 2018 / Architectural Toy Collection, Blueprints, Columns, Department of Marketing & Communications, Erector Sets, Legos, Linkcoln Logs, Martin Moeller, Museum, National Building Museum, Tinker Toys, Toy Collection, toys

Great Collections: March 2018

The Gift of George Wetzel to the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. (reprinted from Blueprints, with permission from the Department ...

March 25, 2018 / Bronze, Candlestick, Carvings, cats, Cleaveland Rowfront Club, Columns, cowan's auctions, Gavels n Paddles, JADE, Ken Hall, Sculpture, Tiffany Studios, white jade, Winter Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Tiffany Studios candlestick, $20,400, Cowan’s Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Tiffany Studios candlestick from Cleveland’s Rowfront Club sold ...

March 23, 2018 / Antique Toys, Art, Box, Bronze, Columns, Compass Artist, copper, Decorated, film, Fine & Decorative Arts, Gavels n Paddles, Hancock Gas, horse, litho, Mobil Gas, model, Music, parade, Pegasus, pinwheel, Porcelain, poster, Salvador Dali, Sharon Boccelli & Company, Signs, The Mummy, toy, Victrola, Vintage Music, Weathervane

March 10, 2018 / Antiques Peek, Columns, Decorations, door knockers, Doorbell, durham cathedral, figural knocer, hand knocker, heavy rings, Historical, Jessica Kosinski, Knock, lion head, Luck, Popular, Popularity, Renaissance, ring knocker, Status, Status Symbol, Symbolism

Antiques Peek: March 2018

Come and Knock on Our Door by Jessica Kosinski Today we take ringing the doorbell for granted when we visit ...