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Detective Comics #27 Up for Auction
Batman Beating Superman, Huge Auction Record Being Set February 10. 2010 (Dallas, Texas) — Batman beats Superman. The Caped Crusader is pounding the Man of Steel – and the recession – in an auction. A rare copy of the first Batman comic book has far surpassed the…
Vintage Toy Auction
TWO-DAY AUCTION DEDICATED TO FARM AND CONSTRUCTION TOYS, TOY TRAINS AND VINTAGE TOYS TO BE HELD FEB. 20-21 IN RAYMOND, ILLINOIS Sale will be held jointly by Matthews Auctions, LLC, and Gavin Pope Auction Company. (RAYMOND, Ill.) – A monstrous two-day auction…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
