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(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) - Three early Detective Comics from the late 1930s sold for a combined $77,790 at a multi-estate sale held the weekend of Feb. 27-28 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The top lot of the sale was Detective Comics #28, from June 1939 and featuring Batman in only his second comic book appearance. The unrestored [...]
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 Cordier Antiques & Auctions Hires New Auctioneer For Immediate Release March 9, 2010 Cordier Antiques & Auctions, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, has hired Edward E. Rowe to head the company’s Onsite and Variety Auction department.  He will oversee the planning and execution of onsite, estate and multi consignor variety auctions for the firm.  Mr. Rowe has worked in the [...]
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Skinner, Inc. announced today that it will host an auction of 20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts on March 27th at 10 a.m. in Boston.  The auction features a wide array of Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Mid-century Modern and Studio Movement material, including works by Tiffany Studios and George Nakashima.  The auction [...]
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Over the past few weeks, the price record for a comic book was broken not once, but TWICE…each time exceeding $1,000,000 for a SINGLE comic book!!! The first record to be broken was for THE FIRST Superman comic book ever published in FINEST KNOWN, UNRESTORED condition!!! The book sold for $1,000,000 via private treaty. Just a few [...]
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We’re glad to be back posting this blog. Whenever you see a pause in our postings, you can be certain the reason is we’re too busy to post, as there is never a shortage of news to report on here at Psychedelic Art Exchange! In the coming couple of weeks, we will have a MAJOR [...]
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American History [ Message to Obama ] - Daryle Lambert’s Antiques and Collectibles Blog - Where has it gone? Stand Proud America Sodahead.com I am searching each and every day for items that I believe will make the club members of Daryle Lambert’s Antiques and Collectibles Club money. It’s not often that I find an idea [...]
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(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) - Nearly 800 lots of fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent local estates will be sold at a Fine & Decorative Arts Cataloged Auction slated for Saturday, Mar. 20, at 9 a.m., by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale will be held at the firm’s state-of-the-art showroom, located at 620 Cornerstone Court [...]
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Through this blog we try to impart advice that has been hard earned through over 50 years of combined experience wheeling and dealing in the collectibles markets. There are “certain rules to live by” that are necessary for success no matter what collectible one is addressing. Today I’d like to share another one of these [...]
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Holly Amber - Daryle Lambert’s Antiques and Collectibles Blog - Greentown Glass.                                  Greentown Glass - Thanks to Greentownglass.org   I often wonder if there are still pieces of information that I need to add to the 45 years of knowledge I have accumulated on Antiques, Collectibles and Fine Art. This week, the answer to [...]
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Vintage Rock Concert Posters Now Available with Certified Authentication and GradingCollectors demand accurate grading and guarantees as values rise (Park City, Utah) As the interest in classic 1960’s Rock Concert Posters continues to grow, a new certified authentication and grading service has been introduced so that collectors can confidently participate in the rapidly growing market. “Concert posters [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Kaminski Auctions, announces its March Estates Auction. The auction features fine art, antiques and a premier selection of historical items from the San Diego estate of the Grant family, descendants of United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Featured consignments hail from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s California location. The auction takes place March 27-28, [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Bonhams & Butterfields announce the inaugural West Coast auction of Rare Coins and Bank Notes on May 30, 2010, featuring the Collection of Paul Bloomfield. Sold to benefit the acquisitions fund at the Bancroft Library located at the University of California, Berkeley, the offering boasts a compressive selection of over 300 years of North [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Autograph Store’s Charity Fundraising Division announces its sponsorship of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma’s recent A Taste of Tulsa charity auction. The celebrity autographed memorabilia provided by Autograph Store Charity Fundraising motivated bidders and helped Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma to conduct a highly successful charity event. Autograph Store supplied these celebrity [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com AAA Appliance Service Center exclusively serves the Chicago and suburban residential and commercial needs with their appliance repair experts on vintage oven repair, antique stove repair, and vintage range repair. Most repairs can be done on the first visit. Even if rare or obsolete parts are needed, AAA Appliance networks with the 5,000 affiliates [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Masudaya’s multi-action Target Robot smashed a world auction record for an example of its type when it hit the bull’s-eye at $52,900. The boxy tinplate alien invader – complete with original box and shooting accessories – took top-lot honors in Dan Morphy’s Feb. 26-27 sale, which grossed $1,070,000 (all prices quoted inclusive of 15% [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Christie’s announced the upcoming Antiquities sale, to be held on 29 April 2010. The first Christie’s sale composed by Georgiana Aitken since her appointment as head of the Antiquities department in November 2009 is set to excite international collectors and connoisseurs as well as institutions with many important, rare and museum quality pieces. The [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com This classic 1960s piece of Charles Schultz cartoon Americana has sold at Heritage We recently reported on a Charles Schulz sketch of his rarely-drawn Peanuts character, Linus Van Pelt, which is available on the market priced $1,995. But now an original Peanuts sketch – featuring the strip’s famous anthropomorphic dog, Snoopy – has sold for much [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com Townhouse Galleries announces that is will now be the North Alabama retail location for Stickley Furniture. Townhouse Galleries is a 4th generation family owned and operated business with locations in Huntsville and Decatur. The decision to bring Stickley to North Alabama was one based on the commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Stickley furniture has [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com The new Community Center in Chatham, Virginia is located in the center of Historic Chatham (115 S. Main St.) and will be hosting its First Annual Antique Show. Due to the weather, the show date had to be changed and will be held on March 13, 2010. There will be something for everyone including [...]
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AntiquesPublicity.com On Monday, March 1st at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction will sell 360+ lots with heavy concentrations in Midcentury Modern; Asian Antiques and Antiquities; and Decorative Arts from Meissen, Lalique, Cartier, Steuben, and Baccarat. Midcentury Modern includes pieces by the notorious James Mont from a Larchmont estate; a possibly Kagan sideboard; an unidentified but exceptional [...]
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 300 lots of Spring Collectibles on March 25, 2010.
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 300 lots of Fine Antiques and Collectibles on March 21, 2010.
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If you are looking to get away from the misery of the last days of winter by spending some time near sailing ships, vibrant hued home decorations, and friendly people, look no farther than the March 2
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 160 lots of Antiques and Decorative Art on March 16, 2010.
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 350 lots of Antique Dolls on March 19, 2010.
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 300 lots of Antiques on March 20, 2010.
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Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on over 400 lots of Antiques, Fine Art, Jewelry and Decorative Art on March 17, 2010.
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399 Strand, the home of stamp and collectibles dealers Stanley Gibbons, is undergoing a complete refurbishment of its world famous shop in time for the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition being held in May. Work started on 4th February to expand the retail area with better, clearer displays, dedicated seating for stamp viewing and interactive information [...]
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PITTSBURGH – Collectors of antique toy soldiers and figures have long known that good things come in small packages, and that ever-growing legion of enthusiasts helped push the total for Old Toy Soldier’s Nov. 21 auction to $193,000 – the company’s highest sale total to date. Leading the charge in the 644-lot sale was an [...]
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The US based online company, New Luxury Items, is the premier international provider of high quality and well researched information about the world’s most expensive products, services, actors and actresses, world’s most expensive dog breeds, and many, many more. For example the world’s most expensive car is a subject that gets to be on the [...]
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Garden City, New York - January 24, 2009 - TIAS.com the Webs largest online antiques and collectibles mall today reported that merchant sales at TIAS.com were up 32.6% in December of 2009 when compared to December of 2008. The TIAS.com antiques and collectibles mall hosts just over 400 online merchants who list 630,000 items for [...]
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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A Chalmers Catawba wine bitters bottle graded 9.8 for condition and considered one of the top five western bitters known, sold for $ 19,600 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Jan. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). The bottle was the top lot in a sale that saw around 325 [...]
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ISA will host a Conference April 30-May 3 with Museum tours and seminars by noted authorities in the fields of Fine Art, Antiques and Residential Contents and Gems & Jewelry (Toronto, Canada) The International Society of Appraisers will celebrate its thirtieth birthday with an in depth three pronged Conference in Toronto on April 30-May 3. The [...]
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Long Beach, California - A $10 million exhibit of California Gold Rush sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America, the fabled “Ship of Gold,” will be publicly displayed during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave., February 4 - 6, [...]
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If you love wooden dolls, you will adore http://www.more-than-dolls.com/. The actual CollectOS-Site-of-the-Week is an online shop located in Germany, but shipping worldwide. More-then-dolls offers exqusite handcrafted wooden dolls by different artists and from various brands. You’ll find - among others - dolls from Fairy Tales, Little Krahmer Dolls, Krahmer Dolls Couples ,… The shop also offers a large collection [...]
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The Northeast PEZ Collectors Gathering (the largest PEZ Conventions in the East) will open its public show to all types of candy collectibles. This will be the biggest show for candy collectibles in the East! The show will be held in Stamford, CT in April 2010. For more info visit our web site www.CandyCollectorExpo.com WHERE: Stamford Plaza Hotel, formally the Sheraton [...]
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DALLAS, TX — When a truly exceptional copy of Detective Comics #27, the very first appearance of Batman, is auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries in its Feb. 25 Signature® Comics & Comic Art Auction, it will set two important marks: It will, more than likely, become the single most valuable comic ever offered at public auction. [...]
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