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Civil War Cannons
Smoke Rises Over Civil War Cannon Sales Yahoo! News By BEN DOBBIN, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 14, 3:13 PM ET “GROTON, N.Y. – Since 1994, Bruce Stiles has coaxed towns from Nebraska to New Hampshire to sell their Civil War cannons, iron and bronze sentinels that…
Baseball Cards Market
Less, not more, in store for baseball card collectors Dwight Chapin Monday, August 8, 2005 sfgate.com “And then there were two. In an attempt to pump life into the market for new baseball cards, the Major League Baseball Players Association has announced that it…
Beckett Baseball Card Hall of Fame
Beckett Announces Charter Class of First-Ever Baseball Card Hall of Fame Total Value of the 10 Cards Inducted Exceeds $560,000 Tuesday August 9, 4:44 pm ET DALLAS, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ — What are the greatest baseball cards of all-time? Beckett Baseball answers…
Star Trek Las Vegas Convention
Trekkies are prosperous and willing to spend Las Vegas Business Press BY DAVID MCKEE Tuesday, August 09, 2005 “Long the butt of media scorn, Star Trek fans — aka ‘Trekkies’ or ‘Trekkers’ — are coming into their own as an…
Art Auction Records
Brancusi ‘Bird’ goes for $24.5 million RelishNow | Sold: Sunday, August 7, 2005 By Linda Sandler BLOOMBERG NEWS “Constantin Brancusi’s marble sculpture Bird in Space sold for $24.5 million in New York in May, the highest record of the many best…
Rare 1943 Penny
Rare American coins? Whether rare or run-of-the-mill, coins can change things www.statesman.com COMMENTARY: JANE GREIG Sunday, August 07, 2005 “The 1943 penny? A few 1943 pennies were made of copper instead of zinc-coated steel. (The traditional coin material,…
Sports Cards
Da Babe weighs in on the state of sports card collecting: As hobby continues to evolve, fun is in eye of collector The Telegraph Online Babe Waxpak Published: Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 “Fun is in the eye of the collector. Folks collect for many different reasons, and…
Antiques and Art Research Resource
Recently, we were introduced to ArtFact which is an impressive online service that should be in every art and antique collector or dealers arsenal. Their full database contains over 6 million objects from over 500 auction houses. “Artfact is a true one-stop…
Buried Viking Relics
Truce called in war over Viking relics EducationGuardian.co.uk Donald MacLeod Wednesday August 3, 2005 “Archaeologists trying to trace how the Vikings arrived in Yorkshire as feared raiders and quickly became (fairly) peaceful traders and farmers have called a…
