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Gavels 'n' Paddles: Set of English delftware plates, $24,000, Cowan’s Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Set of English delftware plates, $24,000, Cowan’s Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A set of six English delftware Merryman plates sold for $24,000 at an Americana Auction held Dec. 10 by ...

Collecting with Jeff: March 2017

Collecting with Jeff: March 2017
Baseball Press Pins By Jeff Figler One of the rarest, and collectible, of all baseball items is the press pin. There are many sports collectors who are not even familiar ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Edward Seago painting, $106,250, Freeman’s

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Edward Seago painting, $106,250, Freeman’s
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A painting by British artist Edward Seago (1910-1974), titled The John Biscoe in Pack Ice, sold for $106,250 at ...

Great Collections: March 2017

Great Collections: March 2017
Stringing Together the History of Tennis Dr. David Flakoll is a man with a vision and a passion for tennis, which extends to preserving the history of the game through ...

What's Selling on eBay: February 2017

What's Selling on eBay: February 2017
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $2,001 (65 bids, 18 bidders): 1950s Kelvinator Foodarama Fridge Refrigerator Retro. Listing my vintage Foodarama. I have been putting this fridge together for a ...

Antiques Peek: February 2017

Antiques Peek: February 2017
Arts & Crafts Influence on Book Publishing by Jessica Kosinski This month I thought it would be fun to do something a little different. Since this issue is all about ...

Great Collections: February 2017

Great Collections: February 2017
From Across the Pond A Ruskin Pottery Collection Lands in Denver When Carl Patterson crossed the pond to work in London back in the 1980s, he caught the collecting bug ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Automaton musical clock, $998,250, Fontaine’s Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Automaton musical clock, $998,250, Fontaine’s Auction
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A very rare 18th century English-made pagoda form automaton musical clock, produced for the Chinese Qing Imperial Court, sold ...

Publisher's Corner: March 2017

Publisher's Corner: March 2017
AB1570: A Game Changer? by Maxine Carter-Lome On September 9, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1570 Collectibles Sale of Autographed Memorabilia into law. An expansion of an existing consumer ...

Collecting with Jeff: February 2017

Collecting with Jeff: February 2017
The Compass By Jeff Figler I have always been really bad at finding my way from one place to another. I mean, I am really bad. My wife will ask ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1959 Chevrolet Corvette, $78,775, Stevens Auction

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1959 Chevrolet Corvette, $78,775, Stevens Auction
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A red 1959 Chevrolet Corvette sports car with the original 283 c.i. engine and four-speed transmission, in like-new condition, ...

Gavels 'n' Paddles: “Jonah the Whale” bank, $119,925, Morphy Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: “Jonah the Whale” bank, $119,925, Morphy Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A “Jonah the Whale” cast iron mechanical bank by J. & E. Stevens sold for $119,925 at a Mechanical ...