This two-day auction includes almost 1,300 lots of extraordinary vintage toys and childhood ephemera, with museum-quality selections across all the most popular collecting categories. Denver, Pennsylvania, September 5, 2016 – Morphy Auctions, the finest auction destination for fresh to the market collections, is pleased to announce this million-dollar Toy, Doll, Marble, and Figural Cast Iron […]
Results of Recent Auctions From Around the World by Ken Hall A circa 1900 Sioux dentalium (tooth shell) and tradecloth dress that was featured on an episode of Antiques Roadshow prior to auction, sold for $7,475 at Big Spring Phoneix, an auction event held March 7-8 by Allard Auctions, Inc. (based in Saint Ignatius, Mont.) […]
Ken’s Korner: Lost Diego Rivera found on “Roadshow” News and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting By Ken Hall A lost work by the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was brought to the Corpus Christi, Texas, taping of TV’s “Antiques Roadshow” and appraised for between $800,000 and $1 million. Corpus Christi resident […]
Ken’s Korner: Mark Wahlberg named new “Roadshow” host – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 Mark L. Wahlberg, best known as the former host of TV’s “Temptation Island,” has been named the new host of the PBS series, “Antiques Roadshow.” He took over for former host Lara Spencer effective with the January 9 telecast. The […]
Ken’s Korner: Keno brothers get Humanities medal – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2006 At a recent White House ceremony, noted antiques experts Leigh and Leslie Keno were awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Bush. The Keno brothers were two of eleven Americans who were given the award, first presented in 1989 as […]
