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August 4, 2018 / Art, art shows, events, Features, gallery, gallery openings, Indian Market, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Indian Market, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts

The History of Santa Fe Indian Market

...& the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Courtesy of SWAIA, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Adapted from "History of ...

August 1, 2018 / alchemy bottles, Antiques Peek, Apothecary Bottles, Beckett Media, Bottles, Columns, Glass Bottles, Jessica Kosinski, Medicine bottle, Medieval, pharmaceutical bottles, tonic, whimsical

Antiques Peek: July 2018

A Tonic a Day Keeps the Doctor Away by Jessica Kosinski Pharmaceutical bottles, also known as apothecary bottles, have been ...

July 27, 2018 / Art, Chinese Vase, Columns, David Hockney, Dimitri Krasnopevtsev, Gavels n Paddles, Ileana Sonnabend, Imperial mark, Ken Hall, marble, Marble top table, Millea Brothers, Oil Painting, Painting, Qing Dynasty, Spring Select Auction, Vase

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Hockney photo portfolio, $75,000, Millea Brothers

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A David Hockney 1976 photo portfolio from the collection ...

July 23, 2018 / Carved Walnut, Coffee roasting, Columns, Deborah Abernethy, eBay, Gas Pump, Hunter, Jennings Slot Machine, Mike McLeod, Mountain Goat, Online Auction, Peanut Roaster, Roasters, Roman design, Slot Machine, slots, Wall Plaque, Walnut, What's Selling on eBay

What's Selling on eBay: July 2018

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $24,080 (11 bids, 7 bidders): Wayne Visible Gallon Gas Pump 492 Antique. Wayne 492 ...

July 23, 2018 / Antique Marketplace News, Heritage Auctions, Lunar Landing, Moon, Moon Landing, Moonwalker, Neil Armstrong, Private Collections, The Armstrong Family Collection

Neil Armstrong’s Private Collection to be Sold at Heritage Auctions

First Moonwalker Neil Armstrong’s Private Collection to be Sold at Heritage Auctions November 1 & 2 The vast personal collection ...

July 22, 2018 / Books, Columns, FBI, FDR, Gavels n Paddles, History, J. Edgar Hoover, John Adams, Jonathan Mayhew, Ken Hall, Novel, PBA Galleries, Political, Politics, Stationary, The Federalist

Gavels 'n' Paddles: First edition, The Federalist, $223,500, PBA Galleries

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A rare first edition copy of The Federalist (1788), ...

July 21, 2018 / banners, Bottles, Features, Glass, Glass art, Glass Plates, Nationalism, Paperweights, Parlor Rooms, Patriotic, Pillows, plaques, POTUS, President, Presidential, Presidential Glass, Tapestries, United States, USA

Presidential Glass

Since at least the 1820s, North American memorabilia has appealed to the patriotic spirit by portraying the presidents who Americans ...

July 20, 2018 / Bottle Making, Bottles, Columns, Glass, Glass art, Glass blowing, Glass Bottles, Glassblower, glassworks, Historic, Mineral, Mineral Waters, National Bottle Museum, Water industry, Wine bottle

Great Collections: July 2018

The National Bottle Museum Inside an unassuming, historic 1901 three-story brick commercial building in downtown Ballston Spa, NY, you will ...

July 19, 2018 / Antique Shops, Auction House, bottle collecting, Bottle Dealers, Bottles, eBay, Features, flea markets, Glass, Glass Bottle Beach, Glass Bottles, glass collection, Maxine Carter-Lome

Diggin’ Old Bottles

By Maxine Cart-Lome Collectors will tell you it's the thrill of the hunt for what they love that drives their ...

July 17, 2018 / Americana, Columns, Gavels n Paddles, Holabird Western Americana Collections, Ken Hall, Mining, Railroad, Reno, silver, Silver Chalice, Slot Machine, Walting

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Watling mid-‘30s 5-cent slot machine, $3,250, Holabird Western Americana

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A mid-1930s Watling three-reel 5-cent slot machine sold for ...

July 12, 2018 / autographs, Bob Dylan, Columns, Dave Grohl, Gavels n Paddles, glossy photo, Grunge Rock, Ken Hall, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Photo, Pink Floyd, Rock, rock music, RR Auction, The Greatful Dead

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Nirvana signed photo, $14,323, RR Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An oversized color glossy photo of the grunge rock ...

July 11, 2018 / bottle, Coca Cola, Coca-Cola Syrup, Coke, Cola, Dennis Smith, Features, Jacob's Drug Store, John Pemberton, Kola, Kola Wars, Pop Bottles, Soda Bottles, Soda Brands, Soda Pop, Willis Venable, Yum Yum

Kola Wars

By Dennis Smith On an early May day in 1886, an Atlanta chemist named John Pemberton walked down Marietta Street ...