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September 28, 2017 / Cigarette Cards, Cigarette Holders, Cigarette Machines, Cigarettes, cigars, Collection, Columns, Dining Set, Dispensers, Fashion, Maxine Carter-Lome, smoking, Sterling Silver, Talk of the Trade, Tobacciana

Publishers Corner: October 2017

Smokin' Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher I am old enough to remember cigarette dispensing machines in almost all public places, ...

September 28, 2017 / Antiques Peek, Butter, butter chips, Butter Pat, Butter plates, butters, China, Columns, cups, dishes, Eating, food, Jessica Kosinksi, Pat, plates

Antiques Peek: September 2017

By Jessica Kosinski Pat-A-Pat We all have traditional foods that we like to eat. Often, favorite foods vary by era ...

September 26, 2017 / Cinderella, Columns, Cordier Auctions, Freight train, Gavels n Paddles, Giuseppe Armani, Ives, Ken Hall, Railway Lines, Star Wars, Toy & Train Auction, toy train

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Ives Railway Lines set, $6,000, Cordier Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An Ives 1134 Railway Lines freight set sold for ...

September 25, 2017 / Apothecary Jar, candy, Cane, Ceiling Nozzle, Col. JW Robinson, Columns, Deborah Abernethy, eBay, Fire Sprinkler, Fireman, gold, Gold Cane, Gold Filled, HC Vogel, Henry S Parmalee, Jar, King Kong, Mike McLeod, Movie poster, Movies, Parmalee, poster, RKO Radio, RKO's King Kong, Vogel, What's Selling on eBay

What's Selling on eBay: September 2017

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod The following two items were sold on the same day by the same owner ...

September 21, 2017 / Books, Classic Book, Columns, Fine books, Fine Literature, Gavels n Paddles, Herman Melville, JD Salinger, Ken Hall, literature, Moby Dick, Novels, PBA Galleries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Copy of Moby Dick, $9,600, PBA Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A first American edition copy of Herman Melville’s classic ...

September 21, 2017 / Antique Marketplace News, British, detective literature, Fantasy, fiction, First Edition, genre, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Heritage Auctions, JK Rowling, Libraries, mystery, rare books, sci fi, science fiction, World Record

Harry Potter First Edition Sets World Record at Heritage Auctions

A rare, first-edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – one of just 500 original copies, of which 300 were destined ...

September 20, 2017 / American history, China, Citizens, Decoration, Decorative China, Executive Mansion, Features, POTUS, Style, US President, White House, William G. Allman

White House China

Excerpted with permission from Official White House China From the 18th to the 21st Centuries by William G. Allman The ...

September 17, 2017 / Columns, Comic Art, Comic Book, Comic Collection, comics, Disney, JC Vaughn, Licensed, Media, Overstreet, Pop Culture, Star Wars, Zorro

LICENSED! Overstreet Looks at Licensed Comics

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn Almost from the earliest days of comic books, titles licensed from other media have been ...

September 16, 2017 / Baseball, baseball bat, Bat, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Goldin Auctions, Hack Wilson, Hillerich & Bradsby, Ken Hall, Micky Mantle, Premium Live Summer Auction, Red Sox, Ted Williams

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Hack Wilson game uniform, $382,812, Goldin Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The jersey and pants that Chicago Cubs slugger Hack ...

September 13, 2017 / Art Collections, artistic, China, commemoration, Features, floristry, Herend Porcelain, Judy Gonyeau, Louis XV, Manufacture de Vincennes, Porcelain, Queen Elizabeth, royal art, Royal Collection Trust, Sèvres, tableware, Wedgwood

The Royal Connection

By Judy Gonyeau When Queen Elizabeth was preparing to celebrate her 90th birthday, a beautiful set of china was commissioned ...

September 12, 2017 / Baseball, Columns, Cracker Jack, Cracker Jack Prize, football, Gavels n Paddles, Hank Aaron, Heritage Auctions, Johny Unitas, Ken Hall, Premium Sportscard Catalog Auction, Topps, Trading Card

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1915 Ty Cobb baseball card, $432,000, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1915 Cracker Jack #30 baseball trading card, one ...

September 9, 2017 / Art, banking, Columns, furniture, Glass, J. Pierpont Morgan, manuscripts, Paintings, Porcelain, Prints, rare books, Sculpture, silver

Great Collections: September 2017

J. Pierpont Morgan Hartford native John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), founder of a banking dynasty still in operation today, was one ...