Deborah Abernethy

What's Selling on eBay: January 2016

What's Selling on eBay: January 2016

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod Overall appraiser notes: in making evaluations concerning the relative prudence of monetary decisions involving collecting, it comes to mind that collectors are usually different and make decisions based on emotional rather than fiduciary concerns.…

What's Selling on eBay: November 2015

What's Selling on ebay: November 2015

by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $5,101 (19 bids, 13 bidders): Antique Folding Mining/Miner’s Candle Holder Lamp, AETNA POWDER CO. This is a wonderful, nickel-plated original, antique, folding miner’s/mining candleholder/lamp, made by Aetna Powder Company, Chicago, IL. It measures approximately…

What's Selling on eBay: July 2015

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…