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What's Selling on eBay: March 2016
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $4,383 (32 bids, 9 bidders): Brass N & W RR Railroad Steam Classification Plates The plates were purchased along with other railroad items on ...
On the Road to… Texas
The Great State of Texas has it all - historic attractions such as the Alamo in San Antonio, world-class museums, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, great food, ...
Publisher's Corner: March 2016
Timeless Precision & Craftsmanship By Maxine Carter-Lome From the earliest sundials dating from about 3500 BC to the launch of the Apple Watch this past year, our fascination with horology, ...
Collecting African Americana
Collecting with Jeff Jeff Figler Sometimes collectibles are right in front of your eyes and you just don't realize it. I have known of people who were conducting house sales ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: California gold map, $39,000, PBA Galleries
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A map of the California gold region, published in Boston in 1848 and a precise tracing of the map ...
Collector's Showcase: February 2016
Rudy Ciccarello: From Collector to Curator From the early collecting days in 1997 to the summer of 2004, Rudy Ciccarello, founder of Florida Infusion Services, a combination I.V. Therapy Pharmacy, ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Tiffany Studios glass vase, $48,750, Heritage Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Tiffany Studios Favrile glass floriform vase, made circa 1900-1920 and engraved “04325”, sold for $48,750 at a Tiffany, ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Dashiell Hammett book, $65,000, Swann Galleries
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A first-edition copy of Dashiell Hammett's book The Red Harvest (New York, 1929), sold for $65,000 at a sale ...
What's Selling on eBay: February 2016
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,301 (24 bids, 14 bidders): Large Antique Majolica Figural Bottle, Stork Umbrella Glasses & Hat After doing some searching on the net, I found ...
Captain Action Meets Ultraman
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn When writer-collector James Long documented a previously forgotten bit of Captain Action history, it didn't seem very likely that he was actually uncovering a ...
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Historical shirt of armor, $2.3 million, Rock Island
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A historical shirt of armor dating back to a 15th century Egyptian sultan sold for $2.3 million at a ...
On the Road to… New Mexico
Perhaps nowhere else does art and architecture capture the vernacular and cultural landscape as perfectly as in New Mexico; a place where modernism and primitivism comfortably coexist. The last two ...
