John Stith at webpronews.com reports on the following unusual auction which ends on December 1st: Saddam Hussein’s Uniform Up For Auction www.webpronews.com John Stith Staff Writer Published: 2005-11-28 “You just never know what’s going to fetch a...
Auctions
Maurice Cullen Painting
Canadian art auction brings in record $12.2M CBC Arts Fri, 25 Nov 2005 “The sale of a snowy street scene by Maurice Cullen for an unexpected $1.5 million has helped vault a Canadian fine art auction into the record books. The fall sale of Vancouver-based Heffel...
Record Price for Phillis Wheatley Letter
Letter by 18th-Century Slave Fetches Record Price New York Times By BEN SISARIO Published: November 24, 2005 “A signed letter dated Feb. 14, 1776, by Phillis Wheatley, a Boston slave and the author of the first book of poetry published by an African-American,...
Bob Dylan Poems Sold at Auction
Dylan’s poems fetch $78,000 www.ndtv.com Nov 23, 2005 “A manuscript of Bob Dylan’s poems, written while he was still at college, was the best performer at the Christie’s rock memorabilia auction on Monday.” Read the Full Story >>
3 Million Dollar Gold Coin
Proof High Relief Double Eagles Heritage Coins also recently completed the sale of this $20 dollar gold coin on November 3rd, 2005, which went for an amazing $2,990,000.00 (including Buyer’s Premium): “1907 Ultra High Relief, $20 Lettered Edge PR69 PCGS....
The Song of Bernadette by Norman Rockwell
The following press release was distributed on behalf of Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers by Donn Pearlman of Minkus & Pearlman Public Relations: For immediate release November 21, 2005 FAMOUS NORMAN ROCKWELL MOVIE PAINTING BRINGS $478,000 IN AUCTION...
Remember Marilyn LP and Booklet
A reader writes: “Is it rare? I picked up a Marilyn Monroe album titled “Remember Marilyn” the vinyl record also includes a twelve-page photo book from “Marilyn Monroe- The Legend and the Truth” Exhibition, from a garage sale. How would I...
James Bond Memorabilia
Bond items top movie and rock memorabilia sales at London auction Yahoo! News Thu Nov 17, 6:47 PM ET “LONDON (AFP) – A jacket worn by Sean Connery in the 1967 James Bond film ‘You Only Live Twice’ sold for 21,000 pounds (30,700 euros, 36,000...
Heritage Comics Auction
Heritage Comics just completed a recent comic book auction with some of the following highlights: – Marvel Comics #1 (Timely, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Realized: $161,000 – More Fun Comics #53 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM+ 9.6...
Movie Poster Auction Record
Press release from Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers: $1.56 MILLION MOVIE POSTERS AUCTION SETS WORLD’S RECORD (Dallas, Texas) — Bidders paid a world’s record $1.56 million for 1,006 vintage movie posters in a public sale conducted by Heritage...
