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Gavels 'n' Paddles: German Marklin battleship, $150,000, Bertoia Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Marklin German toy battleship HMS Edward VII, 20 ½ inches long, well preserved and complete, sold for $150,000 ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Elvis Presley’s revolver, $195,500, Rock Island
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Elvis Presley’s engraved, inlaid and carved Smith & Wesson Model 19-2 double-action revolver, which he gifted to then-Vice President ...
What’s Selling on eBay: June 2017
By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $355 (30 bids, 14 bidders): Victorian 6-Panel KPM Porcelain Lithophane Lampshade. Five of the six lithophane panels in this antique Victorian lampshade measures 4 ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Little Big Horn Colt pistol, $460,000, James D. Julia, Inc.
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Colt single-action Army pistol (SN 5773), used by one of Custer’s men at the Battle of Little Big ...
Great Collections: June 2017
The Eric C. Caren Collection Photos: Christie’s Images Ltd. 2017 Eric C. Caren has been called the “Babe Ruth of private historical collecting” and compared to the 19th century collector ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Alexander Calder mobile, $471,000, Skinner, Inc.
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An untitled standing mobile from around 1965 by Alexander Calder (Am., 1898-1976) sold for $471,000 at a sale of ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Abbey Road studio console, $1.8 million, Bonhams
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An Abbey Road Studios recording console, the very one used by Pink Floyd when they recorded the rock album ...
Publisher’s Corner: June 2017
A Fair to Remember By Maxine Carter-Lome My first World’s Fair was the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Park outside of New York City, although I was ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Coca-Cola sample cooler, $17,835, Morphy Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A circa 1929 Coca-Cola double Glasscock Brothers salesman’s sample cooler sold for $17,835 at a Spring Antique Advertising Sale ...
What's Selling on eBay: May 2017
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $1,525 (43 bids, 12 bidders): Pre-1923 BING German Live Steam Tin Articulated Toy Meat Cutter GBN. In this auction, we have the first of ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Invisible Man movie poster, $274,850, Heritage Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A poster for the 1933 Universal movie The Invisible Man sold for $274,850 at a Vintage Movie Posters Auction ...
Collecting With Jeff: May 2017
Horse Racing Collectibles Jeff Figler If you are like most people who go to a horse race you wage on a particular horse because of its name, or maybe on ...
