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July 31, 2017 / American Posters, Antique Marketplace News, Art, Artistry, Casablanca, film, Grey Smith, Heritage Auctions, Italian, Italian posters, Luigi Martinati, movie posters, Movies, posters, valuable, vnitage posters, World Record

Casablanca Movie Poster Sets $478,000 World Record with Heritage Auctions

The only known surviving Italian issue movie poster for Casablanca sold Saturday, July 29, for a record $478,000 at a public ...

July 29, 2017 / battlefield, Columns, Entertainment, Hawaiian, Jeff Figler, Jousting, King Henry VIII, Knights, Medieval, Medieval jousting, metal, Middle Ages, Nobles, party, royalty, theme, theme party, Western

Collecting with Jeff: July 2017

Full Metal Jousting by Jeff Figler Have you ever been to a theme party? Well, they can be lots of ...

July 25, 2017 / Autograph, Autographed Book, Bette Davis, Book Stacks, Bookcase, Books, Celebrity, Chloe Powell, Columns, Dr. Ken Kallin, Guinness World Record, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Stills, Nelson Mandela, Signature, Stacks, vintage

Great Collections: July 2017

Dr. Ken Kallin: Signature Collector Photos by Chloe Powell Dr. Ken Kallin has amassed what is widely acknowledged to be ...

July 24, 2017 / Antique Marketplace News

Heritage Platinum Night Auction Offers a Treasure Trove from Yankees Immortals

Bats and jerseys from Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio anchor summer's hottest sale DALLAS, Texas (July 24, 2017) – Everything is ...

July 21, 2017 / Blown glass, Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Columns, fluid stand lamps, Gavels n Paddles, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Ken Hall, lighting, oil lamps, Pressed glass, Three-Brintie Block, whale oil lamps

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Pair of whale oil lamps, $26,910, Jeffrey S. Evans

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A pair of free-blown and pressed whale oil lamps, ...

July 20, 2017 / Daniel Finamore, Exhibition, Features, George Schwartz, Glamour, ocean liners, Peabody Essex Museum, PEM, RMS Britannia, Speed, steamboat, Steamship, Style, Transatlantic

Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style

by Daniel Finamore and George Schwartz In July 1840, RMS Britannia departed Liverpool for the voyage that would initiate transatlantic ...

July 17, 2017 / Amazing Spider-Man, American comic art, Art, Battlestar Galactica, Columns, Comic Art, Comic books, Comic Cover Art, Comics & Comic Art Auction, Frank Frazetta, Fritz the Cat, Gavels n Paddles, Green Goblin, Heritage Auctions, Ken Hall, Robert Crumb, Steve Ditko

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Fritz the Cat comic cover art, $717,000, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Robert Crumb’s 1969 Fritz the Cat comic cover art ...

July 14, 2017 / Antiques Peek, Columns, Golden Age of Travel, Historical, Jessica Kosinski, Mall of NE, ocean liners, stage coaches, stagecoach, steamboat, Steamer Trunks, Trains, Travel trunks, traveling, traveling chests, treasure, trunks, wardrobes

Antiques Peek: July 2017

Travel Trunks of Treasure by Jessica Kosinski Few items epitomize the Golden Age of Travel more than travel trunks. Steamer ...

July 12, 2017 / Aquanaut, Columns, Cordier Auctions, Gavels n Paddles, GI Joe, GI Joe Aquanaut, GI Joe Auction, GI Joe Black Action Soldier, GI Nurse, Green Beret, Ken Hall

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1967 GI Nurse in box, $4,200, Cordier Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1967 GI Nurse (part of the GI Joe ...

July 11, 2017 / Advertising, Airplane, Art, artists, Brochures, Exotic, Features, Fliers, investment, Jessie Gillan, poster, Poster Art, Print Ads, RoGallery.com, Ship, Stylized, Trains, Travel, Travel Companies, Travel Poster, Zeppelin

Selling the Dream: The History of the Travel Poster

by Jessie Gillan Creative Director at RoGallery.com Poster art has always been an influential form of advertising in addition to ...

July 9, 2017 / Amazing Fantasy, Amazing Spider-Man, CGC-Certified, Columns, Comic Art, Comic Book Collection, Comic books, Comic Connect, Comic Link, J.C. Vaughn, Jon Berk, Marvel, Original Art, Overstreet, Pop Culture Collecting, Price Guide, Spider-Man, Spiderman, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide

CGC 8.0 Amazing Fantasy # 15 Tops $260,000

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The approach of Spider-Man: Homecoming and the character's presence in feature films since 2002's ...

July 7, 2017 / Bacs & Russo, Bao Dair, calendar watch, Columns, emperor, emperor of Vietnam, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Phillips, Rolex, Rolex Reference, Vietnam, Wristwatch, yellow gold

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Rolex “Bao Dai” watch, $5.06 million, Phillips

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The Rolex Reference 6062 “Bao Dai” wristwatch, named for ...