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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 ...

February 27, 2018 / Archives, Census, Columns, Historic, Historical Commission, History, Maxine Carter-Lome, Museum, Residents, Salvage, Salvaging, Talk of the Trade

Publisher's Corner: March 2018

Salvaging History by Maxine Carter-Lome For six years before relocating to Sturbridge, MA to purchase this magazine, I was Chair ...

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 21, 2018 / Bob Hope, Celebrity, Donald-Brian Johnson, Elyse Knox, Features, Glamour, Hollywood, Lana Turner, Marjorie Woodworth, Max Factor, movie studio, Ozzie & Harriet, Photo, Photography, portrait, portrait photographers, Stars

Starry-Eyed: Collectible Movie Star Ads

Story & Photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Editor's Note: During the infancy of Hollywood Glamour photography, the studios wanted their audience ...

February 17, 2018 / Antique Marketplace News, Browning, Collections, Colt, DWM, Edged Weapons, Firearms, guns, Headwear, Krieghoff, March 2018, Mauser, Militaria, Morphy Auctions, Pennsylvania, Pistols, Revolvers, Smith and Wesson, Uniforms, Walther, weapons, Winchester

Morphy Auctions' March 2018 Premier Firearms Sale

Morphy Auctions' March 2018 Premier Firearms Sale to Feature Fine Collections of Guns, Edged Weapons, Headwear and Uniforms, And Other ...

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 ...