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June 13, 2017 / Battle of Little Big Horn, Battle of Trafalgar, Capt. William Rutherford, Colt, Columns, Extraordinary Firearms Auction, Gavels n Paddles, General Custer, Guinea Lloyd, James D. Julia Inc., Sword

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Little Big Horn Colt pistol, $460,000, James D. Julia, Inc.

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Colt single-action Army pistol (SN 5773), used by ...

June 10, 2017 / Boy Scouts, Brooks Bank Note Company, David Cecchi, Eastern States Exposition, Expo, Features, Girl Scouts, Horace A. Moses, Junior Achievement, New England agriculture, Russell Massachusetts, Springfield Board of Trade, Strathmore Paper Company, The Big E, The Dairy Show, the fair, Woronoco Massachusetts

The Big E: The Creation of a New England Tradition

by David Cecchi No matter what you call it – The Big E, Expo, the fair – the Eastern States ...

Great Collections: June 2017

The Eric C. Caren Collection Photos: Christie’s Images Ltd. 2017 Eric C. Caren has been called the “Babe Ruth of ...

June 7, 2017 / Alexander Calder, Art, Canvas, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Henri-Jean Guillaume, mobiles, modern & contemporary works, Oil on Canvas, Painting, Robert Rauschenberg, Screen print, Skinner Inc., standing mobile

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Alexander Calder mobile, $471,000, Skinner, Inc.

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An untitled standing mobile from around 1965 by Alexander ...

June 5, 2017 / Berknie Worell, Bonhams, Columns, Dark Side of the Moon, Eminem, Gavels n Paddles, New York City, Pink Floyd, Rock Memorabilia Sale, Tupac Shakur

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Abbey Road studio console, $1.8 million, Bonhams

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An Abbey Road Studios recording console, the very one ...

June 3, 2017 / Batman, Boy Scout Pavilion, Boy Scout Service Corps, Donald-Brian Johnson, Features, Flintstones, Flushing Meadows Park, Michelangelo, New York City, New York Worlds Fair, official Fair Guidebook, The Riddler, World Fair

What A Wonderful World: The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair

By Donald-Brian Johnson Abe Lincoln was there. So were the “Flintstones.” Michelangelo’s Pieta paid an exclusive visit. The enormous inhabitants ...

May 31, 2017 / Articles, Columns, Editorial, Flushing Meadows Park, Ice Theater, Maxine Carter-Lome, New York City, New York City Pavillion, New York Worlds Fair, , Publisher, Talk of the Trade, The Unisphere, World's Fair

Publisher’s Corner: June 2017

A Fair to Remember By Maxine Carter-Lome My first World’s Fair was the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair at Flushing ...

May 30, 2017 / Antique Marketplace News, artist, collaboration, Contemporary Art, Heritage Auctions, international auction house, Modern Art, skateboard decks, skateboards, sneakers, Street Art, surfboards, The Future is Now

The Future is Now at Heritage Auctions

Collectible sneakers and artist collaboration surfboards and skateboards lead groundbreaking June 11 auction LOS ANGELES, California (May 25, 2017) – ...

May 29, 2017 / Chas. W. Shonk, Coca Cola, Coke, Columns, Dispenser, Gavels n Paddles, Ginger Ale, Glasscock Brothers, Indian Rock, Morphy's Auction, Sales, Sample Cooler, Samples, Spring Antique Advertising Sale, Syrup

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Coca-Cola sample cooler, $17,835, Morphy Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A circa 1929 Coca-Cola double Glasscock Brothers salesman’s sample ...

What's Selling on eBay: May 2017

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $1,525 (43 bids, 12 bidders): Pre-1923 BING German Live Steam Tin Articulated Toy Meat ...

May 24, 2017 / Casablanca, Columbia Pictures, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Heritage Auctions, Invisible Man, movie posters, Movies, Universal Studios, Vintage Movie Posters Auction, Warner Bros.

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Invisible Man movie poster, $274,850, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A poster for the 1933 Universal movie The Invisible ...

May 24, 2017 / American Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, chariot, Columns, Greek Olympics, horse, horse jockey, Horse Racing, Jeff Figler, jockey, Jockey Club, Kentucky Derby, mounted horse, Queen Anne, racing program, the Preakness

Collecting With Jeff: May 2017

Horse Racing Collectibles Jeff Figler If you are like most people who go to a horse race you wage on ...