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Titanic Memorabilia Auction in England
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 – locking…
Rare Beatles Art from Monterey Pop Offered For Sale
Dead Sea Scroll of Rock & Roll The Beatles’ “Peace to Monterey,” a psychedelic sketch drawn by all four members, was created for the Monterey Pop Festival program book in 1967. The original artwork, kept in a vault for nearly 40 years, is being…
First Edition Harry Potter And the Philosopher’s Stone
Hey Presto! R10 Potter Book Now Worth Thousands allAfrica.com: South Africa Cape Argus (Cape Town) 7 September 2007 Natasha Prince “Harry Potter is magic! A Stellenbosch family who bought the first Harry Potter novel at a bargain bookstore 10 years ago for a…
George Washington Hair Trading Cards
Wow, now here’s an interesting one – they’re calling them DNA cards, and since these ones actually have a supposedly authentic strand of George Washington’s hair, we suppose you could clone a dead President (if you have an advanced Bio lab)….
Fishing Collectibles
Fishing: The old tackle box The Conway Daily Sun Bill Thompson “The interesting thing about fishing is all of the fascinating avenues that it can lead you to. Fishing is far more complicated than just catching fish. One avenue is the collecting of old or antique…
Orphan Vintage Collectible Cars
‘Orphan’ cars coming back as collectibles Auto researcher and appraiser Kelley Blue Book named its list of the Top 10 “orphans” this week to mark the half-century anniversary of the release of the Edsel by the Ford Motor Co. on Sept. 4, 1957….
Che Guevara items for auction
The following story is generating quite a lot of controversy, especially in Miami where the story originated. There is no doubt about the historical significance of Che Guevara, and the status he has gained as a cultural icon, but this whole thing borders on the…
Revenge of the Nerd Cars
The 1970s were infamous for disco, Watergate, and some of the ugliest cars ever. But now Pacers and Pintos are becoming collectors’ items www.businessweek.com August 23, 2007 by Christopher Palmeri “McKeel Hagerty began noticing the trend a few years ago….
Classic Cars: Time to Buy, Sell or Hold?
New money from Russia, Asia and India is helping to push prices for quality collectible cars to historic highs News & Features August 30, 2007 www.businessweek.com by Keith Martin “It’s been nearly 25 years since we’ve seen prices like this in…
