First Comic Book Featuring Superman Sells for $317,200 in Internet Auction FOXNews.com Saturday, March 14, 2009 “NEW YORK – A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner of Action...
HISTORY FOR SALE By MARK DeCAMBRE New York Post April 6, 2009 “Fallen auto giant General Motors has resorted to unloading its prized collection of classic cars as its newly installed CEO said yesterday the company will go into bankruptcy if that’s what...
Bids for First Harry Potter Book Already at Record $15,000 February 23, 2009 (Dallas, Texas) — Despite the gloomy economy, bidding for a softcover copy of the first Harry Potter book already is at a record $15,000 with more than a week remaining in a rare books...
Fresno’s ‘Baseball card Granny’ puts rare item up for sale Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 By Mike Osegueda / The Fresno Bee “Digging a rare 1869 baseball card out of a box has taken local antique shop owner Bernice Gallego from the pages of the New...
Nude photo of 20-year-old Madonna on auction block Yahoo! Music 01/16/2009 “A nude photo of Madonna, taken before erotic songs and risque costumes catapulted her to superstardom, is expected to sell for at least $10,000, Christie’s auction house say....
Christie’s Plans Cuts as Art Auctions Slow NYTimes.com By JULIA WERDIGIER Published: January 12, 2009 “LONDON – When works by the British artist Damien Hirst sold for a record $127 million on the same day in September that Lehman Brothers filed for...
Latest Richard Prince Auction Record: $3.4 Million www.pdnonline.com Jan 4, 2008 Daryl Lang “Richard Prince reclaimed the record for most expensive photo sold at auction, when a print of his sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $3,401,000. The price narrowly...
(Oceanside, N.Y.) – A Wagon Train playset, made around 1960 by Marx Toys and based on the popular television show of the time, sold for $15,255 – a new world auction record for a Marx playset – at a multi-estate sale held Oct. 24-26 by Philip Weiss...
(Ann Arbor, Mich.) – A rare bow front violano music player, made around 1910 by the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago and professionally restored in excellent playing condition, soared to $137,500 at a three-day multi-estate sale held October 10-12 by Showtime...
Red Sox 1912 World Series trophy to be auction at Guernsey’s auction house in New York MassLive.com Friday, October 10, 2008 By GARRY BROWN “They hold the franchise record for the best season in Boston Red Sox history with a 105-47 record. They were led by...