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.

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

Antiques Peek: March 2018

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

March 10, 2018 / Benz, Beuring, Birdstone, Columns, Firearms, Gavels n Paddles, Historic Military & Firearms Auction, Ken Hall, Lake County OH, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, Milestone Auctions, Military, Native American, Nazi, physician

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Nazi physician’s Mercedes, $42,000, Milestone Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The 1936 Mercedes-Benz 170V 2-door coupe owned by Nazi ...

March 6, 2018 / Brooch, coin holders, Columns, Fine & Decorative Arts, Gavels n Paddles, John Paul Miller, Ken Hall, needlepoint, octopus, pendant, Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Textile

Gavels 'n' Paddles: John Paul Miller brooch/pendant, $60,500, Rachel Davis Fine Arts

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An elegant 18kt gold and enamel octopus pendant/brooch by ...

March 2, 2018 / brass, Cage Corkscrew, CollectorCorkscrews.com, Columns, Corkscrew, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, no buyer's premium, Online Auction, Tiffany, volunteers

Gavels 'n' Paddles: English Thomason corkscrew, $21,900, CollectorCorkscrews.com

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 20th century Thomason corkscrew with a brass handle ...

February 28, 2018 / Columns, equipment, Judy Gonyeau, photographer, Photographs, Pictures, stereogram, stereograph, stereoptican, Stereoview, Tom Prosser, view finder

Great Collections: February 2018

Seeing Double: The Stereoview Collection of Tom Prosser Managing Editor Judy Gonyeau recently got a tour of collector Tom Prosser's ...

What's Selling on eBay: February 2018

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $6,100 (29 bids, 5 bidders): Violin of Hope, the Violins of the Holocaust. Very ...

February 28, 2018 / carpet, clock, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Grogan & Company, Ken Hall, Silk, Simon Willard, tall case clock, tapestry, timepiece

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Simon Willard tall case clock, $48,800, Grogan & Company

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Simon Willard tall case clock chimed on time ...

February 27, 2018 / Archives, Census, Columns, Historic, Historical Commission, History, Maxine Carter-Lome, Museum, Residents, Salvage, Salvaging, Talk of the Trade

Publisher's Corner: March 2018

Salvaging History by Maxine Carter-Lome For six years before relocating to Sturbridge, MA to purchase this magazine, I was Chair ...

February 23, 2018 / Antiques Peek, Columns, Correspondence, images, Jessica Kosinski, Mail, photos, post, Postal, postal card, Postcards, travels, USPS, vacations

Antiques Peek: February 2018

Wish You Were Here by Jessica Kosinski Today we all take the sending and receiving of postcards, or post cards, ...

February 23, 2018 / coins, Columns, Dollar coin, Gavels n Paddles, Half Dollar, Ken Hall, Legend Rare Coin, PCGS Members Only Show, Regency Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1795 U.S. half dollar coin, $141,000, Legend Rare Coin

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Condition Census 1795 U.S. half-dollar coin, graded PCGS ...

February 17, 2018 / Atari, Boo Berry, Cartoon, Characters, Colorful, Columns, Comic books, comics, Console, Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Fruit Brute, Game, Gaming, Gaming Console, General Mills, Jaguar, Monster Cereal, Niche, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Collecting, Popular Culture, theoretical, Video Game, writing

Pop Culture Horizons: Looking at Different Niches

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The theoretical downtime between big auction news events and my own writing deadlines during ...

February 17, 2018 / Baby Luger, Colt Firearms, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Luger, Pilippe Grifnee, police revolver, Premiere Firearms Auction, Rock Island Auction Company, Royal Deluxe, Samuel Colt, shotguns, Singer, Singer Firearms, Winchester, Winchester Rifle

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Samuel Colt police revolver, $460,000, Rock Island Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Samuel Colt cased presentation model 1862 police revolver ...

February 11, 2018 / Americana, Case clock, clock, Columns, EstateofMind Auctioneer, Federal tall case clock, Fine Art, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Manuscript, Manuscript Fine Art & Americana, Preston surveys

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Federal tall case clock, $3,960, EstateofMind

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Squire Lee Federal tall case clock chimed on ...

February 11, 2018 / Atlases, Bolognino Zalteri, Color Plate Books, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, John Norman, Ken Hall, maps, Natural History, Novus Orbis, Nuevo Mexico, Paolo Forlani, Richard Hakluyt, Swann Galleries, Virginea

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1587 map of the New World, $80,000, Swann Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Richard Hakluyt’s 1587 map of the New World, titled ...

Lots to Consider: February 2018

Auction Items Worth a Look Signed Danny Lyon Photograph Heritage Auctions February Online Photographs Auction: Danny Lyon photograph, Benny at ...

February 6, 2018 / Americana Week, Case clock, clock, Columns, E. Russel, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Masaschusetts, Nathan Lumbard, Sotheby's, The Declaration of Independence, Wainscot armchair

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Copy of The Declaration, $1.2 million, Sotheby’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A printing of The Declaration of Independence by E ...

February 5, 2018 / Ameriacna & Political Auction, Columns, Figurine, Gavels n Paddles, Heritage Auctions, John F. Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, Julius Theodore Melchers, Ken Hall, Kennedy Family, Politics, Tobacco, Tobacconist

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1955 painting done by JFK, $162,500, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A painting completed in 1955 by John F. Kennedy ...

What's Selling on eBay: January 2018

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,550 (20 bids, 6 bidders): Large Lot Eames Fiberglass Shell Chairs 32 pcs. Dark ...

January 31, 2018 / Art of Photography, camera, camera phone, captured, collectability, Collections, Columns, equipment, events, Facebook, Fine Art, History, Instagram, Maxine Carter-Lome, Museum, photo album, photographer, Photography, Pinterest, Selfie, Selfienation, smart phone, Snapchat, Talk of the Trade, The Museum of Selfies

Publisher's Corner: February 2018

Focus on Photography By Maxine Carter-Lome People, places, events, moments in time, all captured through the eyes of a photographer ...

January 31, 2018 / Betty Saletta, Bronze, Columns, Cowboy, Gavels n Paddles, Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC, horse, Horseback, Ken Hall, Riding, Sculpture, Slot Machine, slots, War Eagle

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Western cowboy bronze by Saletta, $5,000, Holabird Western Americana

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A bronze depiction of a cowboy on horseback by ...