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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 / Architect, Architectural, colonial, construction, Design, Domestic, Features, Georgian, Gothic, Grecian, Post Medieval, revival, Roman, Romanesque, structural, Style, stylistic

Know Your Architectural Elements

How to Tell Greek Revival from Colonial Revival and More Excerpts from the Architectural Style Guide reprinted with permission from ...

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 7, 2018 / Architectural, building history, Caribbean, Coffeehouse, Dani Jaworski, Europe, Features, Matthew Webster, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Reconstruction, Southeast US, Virginia, Williiamsburg

Stories of the Past

By Matthew Webster and Dani Jaworski When studying the building history of 18th-century Williamsburg, architectural fragments have proven to be ...

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 ...

World Record Spider-Man Cover Art

...Leads Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art Auction DALLAS, Texas (Feb. 27, 2018) – Led by the world-record $478,000 paid ...