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April 12, 2017 / Andy Warhol, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Great Estates Auction, Louis Solon, Mintons, plaques, pop art, Rago Arts, Rago Arts & Auction Center, Tiffany & Company

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Tiffany 18kt gold dresser set, $21,250, Rago Arts & Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Tiffany & Company 18kt gold dresser set once ...

April 7, 2017 / Baseball, baseball card, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Goudey baseball card, Hawkman, JSA certificate, Lou Gehrig, Superman, Weiss Auctions, Yankees

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Lou Gehrig-signed card, $49,450, Weiss Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1934 Goudey baseball card for Lou Gehrig, signed ...

April 3, 2017 / Columns, drawing, Dream of the Dance, figural drawing, French artist, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Marc Chagall, The Woodshed Gallery, Village Berger Descending

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Marc Chagall figural drawing, $16,250, The Woodshed Gallery

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A sanguine drawing on white paper by the Russian-born ...

March 11, 2017 / Adirondack fall landscape, Americana Auction, Art, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tate, artist, auctions, Columns, cowan's auctions, delftware, English Plates, Gavels n Paddles, James McDougal Hart, Ken Hall

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Set of English delftware plates, $24,000, Cowan’s Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A set of six English delftware Merryman plates sold ...

March 5, 2017 / Art, artists, Canvas, Columns, Edward Seago, Freeman's, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Paintings, The Brewster Collection, The Forbes Collections, The John Biscoe in Pack Ice

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Edward Seago painting, $106,250, Freeman’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A painting by British artist Edward Seago (1910-1974), titled ...

February 27, 2017 / Antique & Fine Arts Auction, auctions, automaton, Chinese Qing Imperial Court, Columns, Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, musical clock, pagoda, Rare

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Automaton musical clock, $998,250, Fontaine’s Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A very rare 18th century English-made pagoda form automaton ...

February 21, 2017 / auctions, Chevrolet Corvette, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Pottier & Stymus, rococo gold mirrors, Rosewood, Stevens Auction Company, Victorian

Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1959 Chevrolet Corvette, $78,775, Stevens Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A red 1959 Chevrolet Corvette sports car with the ...

February 15, 2017 / Banks, cast-iron, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, J. & E. Stevens, Jonah the Whale, Ken Hall, Mechanical & Still Bank Sale, Mechanical Bank, Morphy Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: “Jonah the Whale” bank, $119,925, Morphy Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A “Jonah the Whale” cast iron mechanical bank by ...

February 13, 2017 / auctions, Blue Ridge Glass Company, coins, Columns, Copper Coin, Florida United Numismatists, Gavels n Paddles, Glass Coin, Heritage Auctions, Ken Hall, Yellow Amber

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Experimental ’42 glass cent, $70,500, Heritage Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall The only known surviving intact experimental all-glass cent coin, ...

February 10, 2017 / Alexander Hamilton, Americana Week, auctions, Chippendale, Columns, furniture, Gavels n Paddles, Ken Hall, Mahogany, Queen Anne, Sotheby's, Table, tea table

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Chippendale tea table, $912,500, Sotheby’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A Chippendale carved and figured mahogany scalloped-top tea table ...

January 13, 2017 / Buster Brown, carved putti, Columns, figureheads, French Louis XV basin, Gavels n Paddles, Kaminski Auctions, Ken Hall, Richard F. Outcault, Sunday comic, Thanksgiving sale, The Worm Turns Twice, Tiffany Studios

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Buster Brown comic strips, $47,700, Kaminski Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A collection of six Buster Brown Sunday comic strip ...

January 10, 2017 / Gavels n Paddles

Bob Dylan’s Martin guitar, $396,500, Heritage Auctions

Bob Dylan’s owned and stage-played 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar – played for over a decade and through the entire ...