Gavels 'n' Paddles: Apollo 11 moon bag, $1.8 million, Sotheby’s

Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Buzz Aldren, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Gus Grissom, Ken Hall, lunar, Moon Dust, Neil Armstrong, Sotheby's

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A bag used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth in ...

Jon Berk Collection Sets Records for ComicConnect

Amanda Sheriff, Carrie Wood, Columns, Comic, Comic Book, ComicConnect, Fantastic Comics, Gemstone Publishing, Holy Grail, J.C. Vaughn, Jon Berk, Original Art, Planet Comics, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Collecting, Restored Detective Comics, Spiderman

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The world of pop culture collectibles is very far from being a hyperbole-free zone. As a group, we are at least as guilty, if ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Jerry Garcia ‘Wolf’ guitar, $1.9 million, Guernsey’s

Bowling Alley, Columns, Frontman, Gavels n Paddles, Greatful Dead, Guernsey's, guitar, Jerry Garcia, Ken Hall, Sothern Poverty Law Ceter, the Brooklyn Bowl

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The guitar that Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia called “Wolf” and which he played at numerous concerts around the ...

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,377 (28 bids, 10 bidders): Unusual Antique Corkscrew. This is an antique corkscrew that looks quite unusual to me, though I am no expert ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air, $31,860, Cordier Auctions

Bel-Air, car, Chevrolet, Columns, Cordier Auctions, Diamond, Floriad Highwaymen, Gavels n Paddles, Harold Newton, Ken Hall, Piano, Ring, Spring Antique Catalog Auction, Steinway Model B Grand Piano, Vehicle

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A fully restored 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air car sold for $31,860 at a Spring Antique Catalog Auction held May 20th ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Steinway grand piano, $22,500, John Moran

Art, Buccellati, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, John Brandon Smith, John Moran Auctioneers, Ken Hall, Model D Grand Piano, Painting, Piano, plaque, Porcelain, silver eagle, Steinway & Sons, Traditional Collector Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano sold for $22,500 at a Traditional Collector Auction held June 20th ...

Antiques Peek: August 2017

Antiques Peek, Art, Braided Rugs, Columns, fireplaces, floor coverings, floor mats, Jessica Kosinski, New England, Rag Rugs, reversible rugs, Rugs, straw rugs, traditional, Wallace Nutting, woven mats

Braided Beauties by Jessica Kosinski Braided rugs have been produced for centuries in some form, and they have also gone by many names, including rag rugs. Although we now consider ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Engraved Henry lever rifle, $25,875, Rock Island Auction

Antique Guns, Colt, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, lever action rifle, Remington, Rifles, Rock Island Auction Company, Winchester

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An engraved lever-action Henry rifle sold for $25,875 at a Regional Gun Auction held June 22-25 by Rock Island ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Letter written on the Titanic, $22,500, Philip Weiss Auctions

Albert Einstein, April 1912, cigar lables, cigars, clock, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, glass clock, Ken Hall, Life ring, Postage stamp, President Taft, RMS Titanic, SS Andrea Doria, SS Normandie, Weiss Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A letter handwritten aboard the RMS Titanic on April 13, 1912 sold for $22,500 at an auction held June ...

Publisher's Corner: August 2017

American antiques, Americana, Columns, du Pont, garden, Henry Francis du Pont, horticulturist, Library, Maxine Carter-Lome, Museum, Talk of the Trade, Tappahannock Room, Textiles, Time, Winterthur, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Woven

Woven Through Time By Maxine Carter-Lome Last year I had the opportunity to visit the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware and get a behind-the-scenes tour of floors not ...

Collecting with Jeff: July 2017

battlefield, Columns, Entertainment, Hawaiian, Jeff Figler, Jousting, King Henry VIII, Knights, Medieval, Medieval jousting, metal, Middle Ages, Nobles, party, royalty, theme, theme party, Western

Full Metal Jousting by Jeff Figler Have you ever been to a theme party? Well, they can be lots of fun if you have a party that has a Western, ...

Great Collections: July 2017

Autograph, Autographed Book, Bette Davis, Book Stacks, Bookcase, Books, Celebrity, Chloe Powell, Columns, Dr. Ken Kallin, Guinness World Record, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Stills, Nelson Mandela, Signature, Stacks, vintage

Dr. Ken Kallin: Signature Collector Photos by Chloe Powell Dr. Ken Kallin has amassed what is widely acknowledged to be the world's largest Autographed Book collection - one that is ...

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