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eBay Auction Helpers
EBay’s Little Helpers New York Times > Fashion & Style > By ALEX WILLIAMS January 2, 2005 “It is time for decisiveness. It is time for eBay, that all-season national yard sale. …It is also why on a recent evening I invited into my home Stella Kleiman, who has…
Comic Books Top Ten
eBay Top Ten Comic Books for November 2004 Top 10 Hot Categories 1. Silver Age (1956-69) Avengers 2. Silver Age (1956-69) Iron Man 3. Silver Age (1956-69) Silver Surfer 4. Silver Age (1956-69) X-Men 5. Bronze Age (1970-79) Ghost Rider 6. Platinum Age (1897-1937)…
Glass Insulators
Old glass insulators hot with collectors billingsgazette.com December 28, 2004 “EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Turns out there’s quite a collector’s market for 100-year-old glass electric insulators. One such item, purchased for peanuts at a garage sale,…
Scottish collectables
Antiques world potty about Scots treasures Scotsman.com News – Scotland GRAHAM OGILVY AND KURT BAYER “Auction prices soar as poor stock market and underperforming pensions fuel new breed of collector MANY antiques may be cheap as chips in the current…
Hollywood Collectible Cars
Want to Buy a Movie Star? New York Times > Automobiles > Driving By DAN McCOSH December 24, 2004 “It seems fitting that the Mount Prospect, Ill., police car used by Jake and Elwood Blues in ‘The Blues Brothers’ found a home in the Volo Auto Museum….
Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary
Not a collectible story (unless you collect strange appearances of the Virgin Mary), but it’s damn (oops, excuse me) funny: The cop, stripper and the holy toast Belfast Telegraph 23 December 2004 “A humble cheese sandwich with an image of the Virgin Mary…
George Harrison’s Gibson SG Guitar
Rare Beatles guitar tops bill at showbiz auction ABS-CBNNEWS.COM December 19, 2004 NEW YORK – A guitar played by George Harrison of the Beatles was sold for $567,500 on Friday, topping the bill at what auction house Christie’s said was its biggest ever…
Princess Diana’s wedding cake
Slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake snapped up at auction Yahoo! News Sat Dec 18, 5:04 AM ET “LONDON (AFP) – A slice of cake ($453) from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding, as well as a rare Dom Perignon magnum of champagne…
Scarlet Letter Auction Record
Scarlet Letter Sets Auction Record Yahoo! News By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer Dec. 17, 2004 NEW YORK – The oldest known copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ was auctioned Thursday for $545,100, a record price for an…
