Collector's Showcase: July 2015
Rick Treworgy’s Muscle Car City If you’re a car guy or gal, specific to GM models, Muscle Car City in Punta Gorda, Florida is the place to see. With over 99,000 square feet of classic cars spanning 80 years of…
Gavels 'N Paddles: Caille slot machine, $300,000, Morphy's
Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World by Ken Hall A Caille Peerless 5-cent floor roulette slot machine sold for $300,000 at a Coin-Op & Advertising Auction held May 1-3 by Morphy Auctions (based in Denver, Pa.) in Las…
A Primer for Collecting Advertising Signs
By John Mancino Ask just about any antique dealer what is the hottest thing selling today and most would say advertising, especially signs. In the past few years, advertising and signs have risen to the top of the collectors lists.…
Gavels 'N Paddles: Minnie Evans painting, $30,000, Slotin Folk Art
Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World by Ken Hall A folk art rendering by Minnie Evans, titled Face, sold for $30,000 at a Self-Taught, Outsider & Folk Art Auction held April 25-26 by Slotin Folk Art Auction in…
What's Selling on eBay: July 2015
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $803 (54 bid, 15 bidders): Victorian L1894 Sampson Mordan Solid Silver Chatelaine Dictionary. A superb rare English antique Victorian solid sterling silver chatelaine dictionary holder, by the silversmiths Sampson Mordan & Co, and with…
Willis Henry Two-Day Americana & Folk Art Auction Kicks of NH Antiques Week
August 1st & 2nd (Sat. & Sun.) at Noon Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH Previews: Fri. 10-5pm & Sat. & Sun. 9:30-11:30am Day I & Day II: Americana & Folk Art: Both sales contain many of the same type of antiques…
Perfume Bottle Auction sets New Record in Spartanburg
A new record was set at the International Perfume Bottle Association’s (IPBA) 27th annual convention April 30 to May 3, 2015 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. One of the convention highlights was a lively perfume bottle auction with celebrity, Nicholas Dawes,…
Gavels 'N Paddles: Colt Paterson revolver, $414,000, Rock Island
Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World by Ken Hall A Colt Paterson revolver No. 1, the earliest known factory-engraved Colt revolver, sold for $414,000 at a Premiere Firearms Auction held April 24-26 by Rock Island Auction Company in…
Continue Finding Records
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Just a matter of weeks ago, New York-based ComicConnect.com sold a CGC-certified 4.0 copy of Detective Comics #27 for $475,000. In that grade, the previously recorded high for the issue, which features the first…
Gavels 'N Paddles: Antique root beer dispenser, $35,650, Cottone Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World by Ken Hall A Jim Dandy Root Beer dispenser in like-new condition, descended in the family of a Buffalo, N.Y. pharmacist, sold for $35,650 at an auction held May 8-9 by Cottone…