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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.

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

Lots to Consider: March 2018

Auction Items Worth a Look Horse Weathervane Sharon Boccelli & Company - March 28: Three dimensional running horse weathervane. Copper ...

March 20, 2018 / Alkali Jim, chart, Columns, copper, Diary, engraved, Gavels n Paddles, glass lantern, PBA Galleries, Photographs, postcard, poster, Reward Poster, slides, Straits of Singapore, Wanted, Wells Fargo

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Wells Fargo reward poster, $10,200, PBA Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An 1875 Wells Fargo reward poster for “Alkali Jim” ...

March 15, 2018 / book, classic, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Henry David Thoreau, John Steinbeck, Ken Hall, literary, literature, Mark Twain, Of Mice and Men, PBA Galleries, reading, San Francisco

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Thoreau first edition book, $14,400, PBA Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A first edition copy of Henry David Thoreau’s seminal ...

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