Baby Boomers Snatch up Fighter Planes of Dad’s Era By Martin Zimmerman LOS ANGELES TIMES June 30, 2008 “MURRIETA – In the world of warbird collecting, Glacier Girl was a rare prize. The World War II-era P-38 fighter made an emergency landing on a…
Well, let’s keep an eye on this one – could it possibly be the fabled “Amber Room”? Hunt continues for Nazi treasure Yahoo! News Tue Feb 26, 2008 “DEUTSCHKATHARINENBERG, Germany – German treasure hunters were to begin digging…
Memories of World War II, Still Fresh in Collectibles New York Times By DAVID KOEPPEL Published: November 18, 2007 “It’s such a popular hobby that prices have skyrocketed through the years,” says Mr. Crews, who lives in Marshall, Ill., and is…
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…
HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ULYSSES S. GRANT TO ROBERT E. LEE, DATED APRIL 10, 1865, TO BE SOLD BY GALLERY 63 IN ATLANTA, AUGUST 4th and 5th (Atlanta, Ga.) – A letter handwritten by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Gen. Robert E. Lee on April 10, 1865, discussing terms of…
Heritage Auctions will be holding a major auction of Civil War Memorabilia next week on Sunday, June 24, 2007, and Monday, June 25, 2007. The auction contains so much Civil War Memorabilia that Heritage has done three catalogs for the event. Some of the highlights:…
Soldiers find vintage weapons among caches in Iraq Stars and Stripes By Zeke Minaya, Mideast edition, Friday, May 25, 2007 “BAGHDAD – While searching for weapons caches, American soldiers near Abu Ghraib often play the part of accidental archaeologists….
(Oceanside, N.Y.) – After already logging several huge multi-estate sales in the early part of this year, Philip Weiss Auctions is preparing for what could be its biggest sale ever – a two-day, three-session monster weekend filled with collectibles from a…
Stevens Auction Company in Aberdeen, MS recently held a two-day estate sale held March 16-17, 2007. Included in the event was an auction of Civil War memorabilia. “This sale was a huge success by any measure,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction…
Thriving market emerges for World War II collectibles Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Chriss Swaney Sunday, January 21, 2007 “Together, the veterans and those historic battlefields form a precious national treasure, a collective conscience, of sorts, that has…