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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 ...

May 18, 2017 / Antique Marketplace News, Campaign, Campaign Flag, Flag, Founding Fathers, Heritage Auctions, historical figures, James Buchanan, Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques, World Record

1856 Campaign Flag Sells for $275,000 at Heritage Auctions, Shattering World Record

James Buchanan flag is the centerpiece of $1.9 million auction of Founding Fathers and historical figures DALLAS (May 15, 2017) ...

May 18, 2017 / Alfred E. Neuman, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Hake's Americana, MAD magazine, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mia Farrow, Norman Mingo, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Memorabilia Auction, The Beatles

Gavels 'n' Paddles: MAD magazine cover art, $57,242, Hake’s Americana

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall Original cover art for the September 1968 issue of ...

May 18, 2017 / Architecture, Collections, Columns, gardening, Gardening tool, Gardens, Judy Gonyeau, Landscape, Mark Morrison, Tools, Wisconsin

Great Collections: May 2017

A Tool for Every Purpose - The Gardening Tool Collection of Mark Morrison By Judy Gonyeau Seeds of His Collection ...

May 15, 2017 / America, experimentation, Features, food, Gardeners, Gardens, historic house gardens, house gardens, Hyde Park, inspiration, Longwood Gardens, Master Gardeners, Maxine Carter-Lome, Middleton Place, Monticello, personal pride, The Griswold Museum, Winterthur Museum Garden and Library

Seeding a Historic Garden

The Realized Visions of Six Master Gardeners By Maxine Carter-Lome Gardens can be a source of food, inspiration, experimentation and ...

May 13, 2017 / American Bottle Auctions, catalog auctions, Catawba Wine, Columns, E. G. Lyons & Co., Gavels n Paddles, Lacour, Medicine bottle, Online Auction, western bitters

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Lacour’s bitters bottle, $35,650, American Bottle Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Lacour’s early Western bitters bottle, made circa 1866-1875, ...

May 12, 2017 / Antique Marketplace News, Glass, Glass & Lighting, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Joan E. Kaiser, lighting

Jeffrey S. Evans 18th & 19th Century Glass & Lighting Auction, May 20

MT. CRAWFORD, VA, April 1, 2017 - Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will conduct their 18th annual spring auction of ...

May 11, 2017 / Atlas-Seaboard, Collectibles, Columns, Comic, Comic Character, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, J.C. Vaughn, Martin Goodman, Marvel Comics, Philip Zolli Jr., Pop Culture Collecting, Spider-Man, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, The Atlas Archives

In Memoriam: Philip Zolli, Jr.

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For many years, it seemed as if Philip Zolli, Jr.'s site, The Atlas Archives ...

May 8, 2017 / automobile, Cabriolet, Columns, Ferrari, Ferrari F50, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Maserati, Maserati A6G/54 Coupe Series III, RM Auctions, Sotheby's

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S car, $7.7 million, RM/Sotheby’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Cabriolet automobile, one of ...

May 6, 2017 / Donald-Brian Johnson, Features, Flowers, gardening, Gardens, Nursery, Outdoors, Plants, Seeds, Spring, Winter, Yards

In Living Color

Vintage Seed Catalogs Story & Photos by Donald-Brian Johnson From the mid-1800s onward, many a wintry day passed faster as ...

May 4, 2017 / Antiques Peek, Columns, crops, decorating, decorative, Flowers, garden, Jessica Kosinski, planting, Plants, practical, Watering Cans, watering pots, weeding

Antiques Peek: May 2017

Watering Cans Can by Jessica Kosinski Whenever the weather permits, many of us like to be out in the garden ...

May 3, 2017 / Columns, Cordier Auctions & Appraisals, Fine Art, Gavels n Paddles, Hippolyte Peyrol, Isidore-Jules Bonheur, Ken Hall, tinplate, Winter Antique & Fine Art Auction, wood toy

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 19th century toy fire pumper, $33,000, Cordier Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 19th-century tinplate and wood toy fire pumper sold ...