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Wacky Packages from Topps
The Burlington Free Press reports on the revival of the Wacky Packages from Topps: Topps rekindles Wackymania Published: Thursday, October 5, 2006 By Mark Coomes Gannett News Service “The Topps Co., best known for its collectible baseball cards, failed to reignite…
Coins Hall of Fame
Heritage Auction Galleries has a nice “Hall of Fame” for some of the items that they’ve auctioned off. Sharing the top spot in the coin category with realized prices of US $2,990,000 are: A 1787 DBLN Brasher New York Style Doubloon. EB Punch on…
Identifying First Edition Books
We ran across a news report mentioning this article, but couldn’t find it when we went to the Alibris site, but persistence paid off. David Kaye gives a good summary on identifying first editions: Identifying First Editions for Beginners by David Kaye Alibris:…
James Dean Memorabilia
Dean Memorabilia on Auction Block www.sfgate.com By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, October 3, 2006 “The white, cotton T-shirt with the $15,000 price tag has a Hollywood pedigree, having once hugged the torso of actor James Dean during the filming…
First appearance of Tarzan
Tarzan first appeared in the pulp, All-Story, dated Oct 1912. On September 8th, 2006 Heritage Auctions sold a fine copy of this book for $59,750.00. Part of their description: All-Story Oct 1912 (Munsey, 1912) Condition: Apparent FN. This is the first appearance of…
Rare Beatle’s Fab Four Dress
Get Back… My 1500 Pounds Beatles Dress Isn’t for Sale The Daily Record – NEWS 26 September 2006 By Mike Larkin “Student finds rare Fab Four item in loft A STUDENT has uncovered a rare Beatles dress worth more than 1500 pounds (US $2800) –…
Titanic lifejacket
Titanic lifejacket sells for 43,500 pounds Telegraph | News | 01/10/2006 “A life jacket from the Titanic has sold at auction for 43,500 pounds (US $82,000). The rare item, recovered from the debris of the 1912 disaster, was expected to fetch between 25,000 and…
Rare Kierkegaard book
Rare Kierkegaard book to be auctioned Yahoo! News By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 26, 2006 “COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A rare copy of Danish philosopher Soeren Kierkegaard’s famed book, “Either/Or,” will be sold at auction…
eBay: The State of Affairs
Nicely detailed synopsis on the current state of affairs at eBay: eBay: Down But Not Out www.ecommerce-guide.com By Frank Fortunato September 25, 2006 “With eBay’s stock price down over 50 percent in the last 20 months, with fees and seller defections…
