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Beatles, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley collectibles at auction
ORIGINAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO MICHAEL JACKSON AND LISA MARIE PRESLEY IN 1994 SELLS FOR $70,800 AT PHILIP WEISS SALE, JAN. 22-24 (OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) - The original marriage certificate issued to pop legend Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of...
Historian’s Collection up for Auction
(New York, New York) -- Described as a collection people have waited for decades to come on the market, a colorful author and historian's extensive multi-million dollar archive of important American manuscripts, maps, letters, early photographs, books and documents...
Bottle Auction: Record Price for Chalmer’s Catawba wine bitters bottle
SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A Chalmers Catawba wine bitters bottle graded 9.8 for condition and considered one of the top five western bitters known, sold for $ 19,600 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Jan. 18 by American Bottle Auctions...
Rare 1913 Liberty Head Nickel Sold for $3.7 Million in Auction
The following press release comes from Heritage Auctions: "(Orlando, Florida) -- A rare U.S. nickel that was owned over the years by an infamous Egyptian King and a Los Angeles sports team owner, and was the centerpiece in an episode of a popular television series,...
Lionel Train Car Pricing
We recently received an email from a reader asking: "How valuable is my old Lionel train car with the Uncle Sam "I Want You" illustration on the side?" Not much to go on without a product number, but we did track down a Buy it Now on eBay listed as "Lionel Uncle Sam...
Live Auctions vs eBay and Auction Trends
Bidders still after bargains By Richard Morrison, Financial Post November 26, 2009"Jim Snider, auctioneer and owner of the Rockford Auction Centre in Owen Sound, Ont., says the prices realized for nearly all types of collectibles have been on the decline for about...
Lionel Train History
What's in the Attic? by Linda Hamer Kennett (reprinted with permission) Even though we may only realize it in retrospect, children often display behavior very early in life that points to their destiny. In the early 1890's seven year old Joshua Lionel Cowen whittled a...
Vintage Dress Patterns
Vintage dress patterns have value for collectors IndyStar.com Lynn Hopper Posted: August 15, 2009 "They're art. They're history. They're style. They are frustrating. They often have pieces missing. I'm just thinking up all the things to say about vintage dress...
Collectible Boats
Collecting - A Style Both Wet and Wild NYTimes.com By LARRY EDSALL Published: August 13, 2009 "KEVIN MUELLER'S car collection started with his grandmother's 1957 Chevrolet sedan, which he received as a high school graduation present in 1980. In the years since, he has...
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