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200 Years of U.S. Railroads
by Jessica Kosinski The United States as we know it today was practically built on railroad travel. The Baltimore and ...
Superman’s Debut Sets Record & Al Jaffee Inspires Laughter in Mad Magazine
By Amanda Sheriff & J.C. Vaughn ComicConnect Announces Sale of Action Comics #1 CGC 7.0 for $5MMetropolis/ComicConnect has sold an ...
Kirk Sterling Silver Bread Plates & 1819 Antique George Hayter Portrait
by Jessica Kosinski $1,361 (Bids 74, Bidders 18) Kirk Sterling Silver Bread Plates c1940 HAND DECORATED FLORALA beautifully hand decorated ...
Guide to Brimfield: September 2026
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August 2026
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1876 George Washington wood medal, $250, Mynt Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition 1876 wood medal featuring ...
Hawaiian pre-statehood flag quilt, $60,000, Doyle
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A pieced and appliquéd cotton Hawaiian pre-statehood flag ...
Buffalo by Henry Herman Cross, $3,000, Heritage Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A painting titled Buffalo by Henry Herman Cross ...
LePage dueling pistols, $5,000, Horst Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A pair of LePage percussion dueling pistols sold ...
James Bard’s A.G. Lawson, $177,800, Christie’s
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A marine painting titled A.G. Lawson by James ...
U.S. plate block postage stamps, $6,500, Jeffrey Evans & Assoc.
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A collection of United States plate block postage ...
Signed John Hancock document $440,000, Freeman’s
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A manuscript document signed by John Hancock sold ...
Life of George Washington, $1,025, Schilb Ant. Rare Books
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarAll prices include the buyer’s premium A first-edition four-volume set of John Marshall’s Life ...
A 19TH-CENTURY CAMERA MEETS A LIVING GIANT
by Dwayne A. Magee, CGCM Michael Barnes, photographer In an age of pocket-sized, all-purpose, high-tech cameras with preview screens, instant ...
Comics See Two $1 Million Sales & Rise in Value for Esoteric Book
by Amanda Sheriff & J.C. Vaughn Superman & Batman Debuts Lead Heritage Auction to $22.38M TotalThe two biggest keys in ...
Ridin’ High: Pop Cowboy Collectibles
By Donald-Brian Johnson Guitars. Movie posters. Cap guns, lamps, candy boxes, and calendars. A plastic pistol-shaped toothbrush, complete with its ...
Collecting America at 250: Exploring Our Nation’s History Through Objects
by Jessica Kosinski This year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States. That’s a lot of history, and most ...
Bicentennial Dreamin’ (and Semiquincentennial Musings)
by Barbara Miller Beem “Semiquincentennial.” Don’t you just love the way that word trips off the tongue? No? Well, neither ...
The 250th Anniversary Americana Boom: From Local Antique Malls to Historic Homes
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser The core theme of this piece is clear: often, historical collecting is ...
Vintage Music Memorabilia: Investing in Sound, Story, and Stardom
“Investment Intelligence” is the Journal of Antiques & Collectibles’ quarterly guide to strategic collecting. In each issue, we spotlight one ...
