Should artifacts like Magna Carta be auctioned into the private domain? Historical collectibles, such as Custer’s battle flag, are fetching huge prices on the auction market. But at what cost? By Clayton Collins Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor...
Old West sale helps city in East Star-Telegram.com: | 11/12/2007 By ERIC O’KEEFE The New York Times “DALLAS — Prospective bidders looking to buy a piece of the Old West were greeted by an intimidating view straight down the barrel of a Model 1883...
Two Tucsonans join in rare business By Tiana Velez Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.12.2007 “History is speaking from the brown-and-off-white pages of the roughly 24 manuscripts and posters presently arranged in Steve Epstein’s home...
Stevens Auction Company of Aberdeen, Mississipi is concluding the fall season with a pair of major estate sales, one slated for Saturday, October 20, beginning at 10 a.m., the other for Saturday, November 3, with an identical start time. Dwight Stevens described the...
Marie Antoinette’s pearls up for auction Yahoo! News By Mike Collett-White Thu Sep 27, 2007 “LONDON (Reuters) – A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are...
Copy of Magna Carta to be sold Yahoo! News Tue Sep 25, 2007 “LONDON – A 13th-century copy of the Magna Carta, a milestone of English freedom, will be offered for sale in New York in December, Sotheby’s auction house said Tuesday. The vellum...
Titanic sum for key auction piece Belfast Telegraph Sunday, September 23, 2007 By John McGurk A key which could have saved the Titanic from its watery grave has made a world record at auction – a whopping 90,000 pounds (US $181,700)! That tiny piece of iron...