Coins Hall of Fame

Heritage Auction Galleries has a nice “Hall of Fame” for some of the items that they’ve auctioned off. Sharing the top spot in the coin category with realized prices of US $2,990,000 are: A 1787 DBLN Brasher New York Style Doubloon. EB Punch on...

Identifying First Edition Books

We ran across a news report mentioning this article, but couldn’t find it when we went to the Alibris site, but persistence paid off. David Kaye gives a good summary on identifying first editions: Identifying First Editions for Beginners by David Kaye Alibris:...

James Dean Memorabilia

Dean Memorabilia on Auction Block www.sfgate.com By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, October 3, 2006 “The white, cotton T-shirt with the $15,000 price tag has a Hollywood pedigree, having once hugged the torso of actor James Dean during the filming...

First appearance of Tarzan

Tarzan first appeared in the pulp, All-Story, dated Oct 1912. On September 8th, 2006 Heritage Auctions sold a fine copy of this book for $59,750.00. Part of their description: All-Story Oct 1912 (Munsey, 1912) Condition: Apparent FN. This is the first appearance of...

Rare Beatle’s Fab Four Dress

Get Back… My 1500 Pounds Beatles Dress Isn’t for Sale The Daily Record – NEWS 26 September 2006 By Mike Larkin “Student finds rare Fab Four item in loft A STUDENT has uncovered a rare Beatles dress worth more than 1500 pounds (US $2800) –...