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1980 Winter Olympic medal, $86,136, RR Auction

1980 Winter Olympic medal, $86,136, RR Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium The silver medal ...
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Paul Revere Williams was part of the team that designed the Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport.

Paul R. Williams: Designer for Iconic Hollywood

by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Imagine being the only black child in your school who is striving to enter the ...
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Jean-Claude Killy watch, $80,000, Nadeau’s Auction

Jean-Claude Killy watch, $80,000, Nadeau’s Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A late 1950s/early ...
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Antique & Vintage Trends of 2022

Antique & Vintage Trends of 2022

Every year, the research staff at the Asheford Institute of Antiques conducts an informal survey among its over 2,264 current ...
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The Glass Ceiling

The Glass Ceiling

While the use of glass in the making of everything from jewelry to stained glass windows, optical lenses, architectural structures, ...
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How TV fans will always remember her: Angela Lansbury as “Jessica Fletcher.” The hit series Murder, She Wrote ran for 12 seasons, and earned Angela 12 Emmy nominations (although she never won!).

Interviewing Angela Lansbury

By Donald-Brian Johnson In 1984, on her way to the West Coast to begin filming the first season of the ...
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Bill Traylor drawing, $252,000, Christie’s

Bill Traylor drawing, $252,000, Christie’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium An iconic drawing ...
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Princess Diana gown, $604,800, Sotheby’s

Princess Diana gown, $604,800, Sotheby’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium The “Infanta”-style ball ...
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Dracula style F one-sheet (photo courtesy Heritage Auctions)

Movie Posters: Collecting Trends and the Current Market

By Amanda Sheriff, Gemstone Publishing Collecting movie posters is plain and simply a fun hobby that expresses the love for ...
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Projector manufacturers like Richmond Research Corp. produced relatively inexpensive standard 8mm units like this model 600 during the 1950s and 1960s.

Film Memorabilia: The Reel Thing

By Douglas R. Kelly The original props. The one-sheet posters. The lobby cards. The sculptures and statues and autographed photos ...
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Bob Dylan love letters, $669,875, RR Auction

Bob Dylan love letters, $669,875, RR Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium An archive of ...
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Original behind the scenes Snapshots of Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney

Hollywood Collectibles: For Collectors of the Stars

by Charles Snider Happy Oscar Season! These days movie buffs or families can watch most of the films nominated for ...
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“Accentuate the positive and camouflage the rest,” … words legendary designer Edith Head lived by.

Edith Head: Designing A Hollywood Legend

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “Accentuate the positive and camouflage the rest,” … words legendary designer Edith Head lived by. At ...
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Mt. Washington Glass Co. peach blow Queen’s decoration vase ca. 1886-1890 for sale at Etsy for $3,900.

What Styles of Glass Are You Passionate About?

A walk-through of American glass styles and inspiration with Peter Wade In the late 1800s, Canary glass was “all the ...
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Francois-Xavier Lalanne

Lalanne sculpture, $8.4 million, Christie’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A sculpture by ...
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Signed Monroe photo, $300,000, Heritage

Signed Monroe photo, $300,000, Heritage

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium The only known ...
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A "short" history on Hollywood

A “short” history on Hollywood

In the first decade of the 20th century, it was obvious to anyone who had seen a film or heard ...
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This enormous ca. 1755 armchair is ambitious in both scale and design. Its bold contours are enabled by the dense mahogany that came from the colonized West Indies. Distinct in its beautiful grain and light-reflecting sheen, mahogany became eighteenth-century Britain’s “national wood.” Thomas Chippendale’s design for this “French Chair,” published in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754), specified that it “must be covered with Tapestry, or other sort of Needlework.” Here, the needlework depicts a scene of the Annunciation, the feast day when contracts for trades and craftspeople were renegotiated. photo: The Met

Chair Styles: Take a Seat … or Two … or Three …

by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Everyone has their favorite chair, whether it is an ergonomic masterpiece or an overstuffed recliner ...
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A 2023 take on vintage

A 2023 take on vintage

Over the past few years, I have written a number of columns and shared the perspectives and advice of others ...
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A rare Marklin “Fidelitas” clown train, 37 inches long with all original paint, sold for $84,000 at an auction held Nov. 17-18 by Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, NJ.

Marklin Fidelitas clown train,$84,000, Bertoia Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A rare Marklin ...
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A circa 1904 Caille Bros. 5-cent Roulette floor-model slot machine with seven coin slots sold for $246,000 at an Antique Coin-Op Machines & Advertising auction held Nov. 3-5 by Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA

Caille Bros. slot machine, $246,000, Morphy Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A circa 1904 ...
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A small capsule of vintage (and pre-loved, because they’re made post-2000) jeans appropriately titled “Wrangler Reborn.”

Jeans: The Iconic American Style

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher From 19th century miners and railroad workers to the cowboys of the Old West, hippies, rock ...
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The 10 Best History Museums for your Bucket List

The 10 Best History Museums for your Bucket List

If you are a history lover, no doubt museums are a favorite haunt. The following list of Top 10 Bucket ...
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1938 Tiny Betty, a colonial with proper attire and accessories, sold with her original box for $550 online

Madame Alexander: Alexander Doll Company, Inc.: 100 Years of Doll Play

by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor One-hundred years ago, Bertha Alexander turned the porcelain doll industry on its head when she ...
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A Kyser & Rex (Philadelphia) Roller Skating cast-iron mechanical bank with bright original paint colors sold for $24,000 at an auction titled “Abby’s Attic Finds” held October 14th by Bertoia’s in Vineland, NJ

Kyser & Rex bank, $24,000, Bertoia’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Kyser & ...
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