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ANDY WARHOL’S LEGENDARY SHOT SAGE BLUE MARILYN up for auction in May 2022
Christie’s is offering what is potentially poised to become the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold at auction. With a pre-sale estimate of $200 million USD (with the possibility of a sale of $250 million), Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is described as among the…
Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Charles Schulz Peanuts Comic Strip Original Art A lot sold in the online-only auction held November 19th-20th, 2020 by Weiss Auctions was an original Peanuts daily comic strip drawn and signed by the late iconic illustrator Charles Schulz (1922-2000). The four-panel…
First Appearance of Archie in Pep Comics
PEP Comics #36 Sold at the online-only auction held November 19th-20th, 2020 by Weiss Auctions, a copy of PEP Comics #36, graded CBCS 7.0 and notable because it marked the first appearance of the popular character Archie, brought $8,050. It was a key book in a high…
Pokemon Trading Cards
Pokémon SM Black Star “Ishihara GX” Promotional Trading Card An extremely rare Pokémon SM Black Star “Ishihara GX” promotional trading card, graded PSA 8 Near Mint/Mint, one of only about 60 copies in existence and just the fourth copy to ever…
Harry Potter Trading Cards
UPDATED Dec 10, 2020 Originally Published Aug 7, 2006 Harry Potter trading cards were one of the hot categories on eBay as of the date of this posting (August 7, 2006) – or they were 14 years ago! However there still looks like there is action in this genre….
Kenner Blythe Dolls
Feature Photo by ninachildish Who created the Original Kenner Blythe Doll? The original Kenner Blythe doll was created in the early seventies by designer Allison Katzman at Marvin Glass and Associates. Blythe dolls were only sold for one year (1972) in the U.S., UK,…
Davy Crockett Letter and More
HANDWRITTEN LETTERS SIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON DAVIS & DAVY CROCKETT, PLUS A PATENT DOCUMENT SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN, WILL BE PART OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES’ ONLINE-ONLY AUCTION, MARCH 27th, 2019 The auction will start at 10:30 am. All 276 lots can be…
Cracker Jack… An American Tradition
What’s in the Attic? by Linda Hamer Kennett (reprinted with permission) The world’s Fair of 1893 offered visitors a strange concoction of popcorn, nuts and maple syrup. This confection, unnamed at the time, was an instant hit with the public. For the next…
Mormon Collectibles
This one just crossed the radar in the past few weeks, and with the recent sale of the The Book of Mormon printer’s manuscript and a record for the highest paid amount for a manuscript, it is worth a notice. As one news story mentioned, it is the ship that floats the…
