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June 1, 2025 / Antique Marketplace News, Antique Shows, Expert Exchange, Features, Vintage Living

The Summer Treasures Trail: A Cross-Country Road Trip Through Vintage America

For antique enthusiasts, summer marks the beginning of an exhilarating season packed with opportunities to uncover hidden gems. Picture the ...

May 30, 2025 / Bob Dylan, Gavels n Paddles

Dylan demo recording, $39,325, RR Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall The earliest known ...

May 25, 2025 / collecting instruments, Features, music memorabilia, vintage instruments

The overall size of Guadagnini’s cellos stays fairly constant, slightly undersized by modern standards but extremely effective for modern soloists. Centuries-old scratches from errant bow strokes in this cello testify to its substantial width in the center section.

Collect the Orchestra: Instruments of Renown

By Judy Gonyeau, managing editor On February 7 of this year, a 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sold for $11.25 million at ...

May 23, 2025 / decoys, Gavels n Paddles

Pair of dowitcher decoys, $222,000, Copley Fine Art

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

May 21, 2025 / Digital Publications, Journal of Antiques Magazine

June 2025: Summer Fun!

Summer Fun This issue of The Journal of Antiques, includes articles examining convertible toy cars, vintage fans, and the history ...

May 20, 2025 / Talk of the Trade

A New Chapter Begins: Welcoming the Boschettos to the Journal Family

As the Journal of Antiques & Collectibles celebrates its 25th year in publication, we find ourselves at a moment of ...

May 20, 2025 / Antiques Peek, music memorabilia, stage costumes

Stage Costumes: Enter Stage Right

By Jessica Kosinski Stage costumes have long been a defining feature of live performances, allowing musicians to amplify their personas ...

May 16, 2025 / Gavels n Paddles, Wedgwood Pottery

Wedgwood vase, marked, $87,500, Woody Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall A Wedgwood vase ...

May 15, 2025 / Features, vogue picture records

#R714, Doodle Doo Doo shows one of the turntables especially designed so that stores could highlight Vogue records. Rather than being on a standard horizontal plane, the Vogue turntable was tilted. The disc’s picture could then be enjoyed as the record spun. $40-50.

Picture Perfect: Vogue Picture Records

Article and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Downbeat magazine called them “the discs that sparkle with color.” Gimbel’s trumpeted their “new ...

May 12, 2025 / Antique Marketplace News, collecting music, RetroCollect, The Psychology of Collecting

Dantes HiFi in Miami, the areaﾒs first vinyl listening bar.

Vinyl Records and the Meaning of Music Memorabilia: Identity, Beauty, and Belonging

By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. Music memorabilia—especially vinyl records—serves as more than a nostalgic nod to the past. For many ...

May 10, 2025 / Antique Marketplace News, Features, Music Trading Cards, RetroCollect

Beatles bubble-gum in display box sold for $4,000 in 2019 at Heritage Auctions.

The Next Big Hit? Music Trading Cards & the New Wave of Collecting

By Laurence Carpenter, Music Memorabilia Expert From vintage concert posters to stage-used guitars, music memorabilia has long captured the hearts ...

May 9, 2025 / Gavels n Paddles, vintage signs

Indian Motorcycles sign, $78,300, Miller & Miller

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall An Indian Motorcycles ...