Baby Boomers Collect Books They Loved As Kids By KAREN HAYMON LONG, The Tampa Tribune Published: March 9, 2008 “TAMPA – Baby boomers, as a whole, have been fighting aging since they started turning the dreaded 30. Now, they’re returning to their...
Appraisers Offer Advice on Selling Antiques and Collectibles The American Society of Appraisers offers advice to people who want to sell their antiques or collectibles. “Reston, VA (PRWEB) March 11, 2008 — Many people will find themselves cleaning out...
A Wrist Worth Half a Million Dollars? ABC News By NICOLA RUIZ Forbes.com March 5, 2008 “Over the past few years, prices for this specific watch category have increased dramatically,” says Zimmermann, who estimates that his Rolex watch collection has...
Gallery 63 to celebrate first anniversary at new location in Atlanta with March 16 sale featuring fine jewelry, weaponry and vintage cars (Atlanta, Ga.) – Fine estate jewelry, antique guns and other weaponry, rare and vintage automobiles, artwork by important...
Barking Mad Forbes.com Nina P. West, Artfact.com 02.29.08 “There’s a market for everything. Need proof? A painting of dogs playing poker, by little-known American artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, was recently purchased at Doyle New York for $193,000. The...
1963 Grand Sport Corvette – Granddaddy of Collectibles The News Item By Greg Zyla 03/02/2008 “Here’s what Terry Michaelis, of ProTeam Corvettes in Napoleon, Ohio, had to say: “If money is no object, at the top of my Corvette list is the 1963...
Philip Weiss Auctions: The Newport Collection, February 9, 2008 An unused 1869 24-cent inverted center U.S. stamp, # 120b, certified Fine and one of only four unused examples known to exist, soared to $1.271 million at a sale of The Newport Collection held February 9,...
Philip Weiss Auctions: The Newport Collection, February 9, 2008 In second place, behind the 1869 24-cent stamp, was an 1869 15-cent inverted center stamp, # 119b, unused. It hammered for $757,100. The 1869 15-cent invert (# 119b, unused, no gum) was expected to be the...
Philip Weiss Auctions: The Newport Collection, February 9, 2008 The Philip Weiss sale also featured an Inverted Jenny (so-named because it depicts an upside-down Curtis 4-N “Jenny” bi-plane). That stamp sold for $271,200, making it the third top lot of the...
Philip Weiss Auctions: The Newport Collection, February 9, 2008 A 2-cent Pan-American inverted center U.S. stamp (Scott # 295a, unused) in mint condition rose to $118,650. The stamp, one of only 75-100 unused examples, was graded Extremely Fine and had a pre-sale...