The Best of Ed Welch – Your Time and Your Money The Business of Doing Business in Antiques By Ed Welch The antiques trade is time and money intensive. No professional dealer can make a living wage in the antiques…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Scale model barber’s chair, $42,000, Victorian Casino Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World An exceptional salesman’s sample barber chair, a beautifully detailed scale model made by Theo A. Kochs (Chicago), sold for $42,000 at an…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Pair of natural pearls, $3.3 million, Doyle Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World A pair of natural pearls sold for $3.3 million at an Important Jewelry Auction held April 28 by Doyle New York in…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Babe Ruth pocket watch, $650,108, SCP Auctions Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World Babe Ruth’s gold pocket watch from the 1948 celebration of the 25th anniversary of the opening of “The House That Ruth Built”…
The Civil War Collector – July 2014 By John Sexton Q: I live in Syracuse, N.Y., and have these old Civil War invitations to military balls and receptions. I even have a pre-19th century check dated 1799 from the bank…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: English Staffordshire jug, $4,888, Jeffrey S. Evans Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World An English Staffordshire pearlware large harvester’s dated jug, painted in typical Prattware hues with neoclassical foliate swags above farming implements, sold for…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Carved Ruyi scepter, $135,000, Skinner, Inc Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World A carved wood Ruyi scepter, carved with Daoist Immortals and motifs representing longevity, wealth and power, sold for $135,000 at an Asian Works…
Batman at 75, Other Characters Celebrating Anniversaries, Too Comic Book Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi’s Entertainment Museum is, of course, dedicated to the celebration of popular culture, and this is a particularly big year for comic characters. Not only have…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Tiffany stained glass window, $236,000, Michaan’s Auctions Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World A Tiffany Studios stained glass landscape window (circa 1910-1920), with an image of a classic veranda setting, sold for $236,000 at an…
Gavels ’n’ Paddles: Mason Decoy Factory duck, $690,000, Guyette & Deeter Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World A one-of-a-kind hollow premier grade wood duck drake, made by the Mason Decoy Factory, sold for $690,000 (a new world auction…
