Francis Bacon Painting

Rare Bacon expected to fetch record price Yahoo! News Mon Jan 8, 2007 “LONDON (AFP) – A Francis Bacon painting not seen in public since 1963 went on show at Christie’s auction house in London, which hopes the picture will smash the record price for a...

Wine auction market sets records

Blue-Chip Wines Like Mouton, Petrus Set Record Auction Prices Bloomberg.com: Spend By Elin McCoy “Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) – Wine auctions are fast becoming big business; they’re starting to look like the art market,” Zachys auction adviser David...

Collectible Gift Cards

Here’s an area that we hadn’t thought about – the collecting of expired gift cards. Michele Alice reports that since they were introduced in 1995, and since people didn’t forsee their value as a collectible, some of the early cards are now...

Rare Frankenstein First Edition

Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning an extremely rare first edition copy of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. “Copies of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein rarely surface,” Tom Slater, Director of Americana auctions for Heritage Auction Galleries said,...

Collectible Children’s Books

Elaine Krieg Smith has released her top ten list of children’s books for December of 2006 on her Bookseller Blog: Top Ten Children’s Books Sold on eBay – December 2006 Holding the number one spot was a copy of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, which...