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Antique Safes
Guy Zani, the master of safe keeping Over the years, he’s collected about 200 antique safes – or 12 tons’ worth. Some are worth as much as $10,000. By CAMILLE C. SPENCER Published January 8, 2007 NEW PORT RICHEY – Guy Zani Jr.’s house is an antique safe collector’s…
Francis Bacon Painting
Rare Bacon expected to fetch record price Yahoo! News Mon Jan 8, 2007 “LONDON (AFP) – A Francis Bacon painting not seen in public since 1963 went on show at Christie’s auction house in London, which hopes the picture will smash the record price for a…
Wine auction market sets records
Blue-Chip Wines Like Mouton, Petrus Set Record Auction Prices Bloomberg.com: Spend By Elin McCoy “Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) – Wine auctions are fast becoming big business; they’re starting to look like the art market,” Zachys auction adviser David…
Collectible Gift Cards
Here’s an area that we hadn’t thought about – the collecting of expired gift cards. Michele Alice reports that since they were introduced in 1995, and since people didn’t forsee their value as a collectible, some of the early cards are now…
Rare Frankenstein First Edition
Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning an extremely rare first edition copy of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. “Copies of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein rarely surface,” Tom Slater, Director of Americana auctions for Heritage Auction Galleries said,…
Collectible Children’s Books
Elaine Krieg Smith has released her top ten list of children’s books for December of 2006 on her Bookseller Blog: Top Ten Children’s Books Sold on eBay – December 2006 Holding the number one spot was a copy of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, which…
Czar’s Parker Meriden Shotgun up for Auction
Mysterious ‘Czar’s Parker’ surfaces, put up for auction Associated Press Published January 4 2007 “MERIDEN, Conn. — This is a story about a Meriden shotgun, made for Czar Nicholas II, the last czar to rule Russia. The gun was on its way…
Winchester Offers Collectible John Wayne Ammunition
Winchester Ammunition published the following press release earlier this week: Winchester Offers Collectible John Wayne Ammunition Cartridges Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Tuesday January 2, 2007 “NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Whether you’re…
Watch Collecting – Investing in vintage timepieces
Investing in collectible watches can offer timely returns Savvy investors enjoy steep returns by investing in vintage timepieces By Thomas Kostigen, MarketWatch Jan 3, 2007 “SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Sure you can’t buy time, but you can…
