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.

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 ...

January 29, 2018 / Columns, Comic books, comics, DC Comics, Droids, Hake's Americana & Collectibles, JC Vaughn, Jedi, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Pop Culture Collecting, Star Wars, Superman, Ted Hake

Star Wars, Comics, Superman, and Politicals Dominate at Hake's

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The final auction of Hake's Americana & Collectibles' 50th year, #222, was held November ...

January 29, 2018 / battleship, belsnickle candy container, Bertoia Auctions, Columns, Fall Signature Sale, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Marklin, Sandwich Man, Sankt Georg, Santa clause, toy

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Marklin toy battleship, $192,000, Bertoia Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Marklin toy battleship, the Sankt Georg, 28 inches ...

January 23, 2018 / Baseball, Blastoise, Charizard, Charmander, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Golden State Warriors, Goldin Auction, Gordie Howe, Holiday Auction, Ken Hall, NBA, Pikachu, Pokemon, Pokemon Cards, Squirtle, Stephen Curry, Ted Williams

Gavels 'n' Paddles: ’99 Pokemon 103-card set, $100,655, Goldin Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A complete 103-card set of 1999 Pokemon 1st edition ...

January 17, 2018 / Americana Auction, Columns, Eldred's, Gavels n Paddles, George Hiliott, Hawaiian, Horseback, Ken Hall, mallard hen, Mitchel LeFrance, pie crimper, polychrome, Scrimshaw, Theodore Rousseau, Wahinee, whale ivory

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Hiliott scrimshaw, $42,000, Eldred’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A polychrome scrimshaw tooth attributed to George Hiliott, depicting ...

January 16, 2018 / Barry Manilow, Bencini sculpture, Columns, Conversation, Janice E. Kelsh, Liberace, Miniature Piano Enthusiast Club, MUSICALLY YOURS!, Peanuts comic, Schoenhut miniature pianos, Schroeder, small-scale pianos

Great Collections: January 2018

A Conversation with Janice E. Kelsh Founder of the Miniature Piano Enthusiast Club She may not be as famous as ...

January 11, 2018 / Albert Einstein, Books & Manuscripts Auction, Bringham Young, Christie's, Columns, Declaration of Independence, engraved, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Medicine, Nathan S. Daniel, Nobel Award, Paul Dorffel Company, Physiology, Telescope, W. Stone, Yorktown Campaign map

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Einstein’s telescope, $432,500, Christie’s

December 27, 2017 / American Folk Art, Antique Kugel, Art, Arthur Irwin Hennesey, Brookfield, Cage, Christmas Ornament, Columns, Deborah Abernethy, Decorated Art, folk art, Glass Insulator, HT, Marblehead, Marblehead Pottery, Mike McLeod, Miniature, Pottery, Sarah Tutt, Squirrel, Vase, What's Selling on eBay

What’s Selling on eBay: December 2017

By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,250 (10 bids, 8 bidders): Antique Kugel Christmas Ornament (red grapes). “Kugel” is the ...