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Charles M. Russell Auction Record
Russell painting sells for $5.6 million The Montana Standard By the Associated Press – 08/03/2005 “GREAT FALLS (AP) – A Charles M. Russell oil painting titled “Piegans” sold for $5.6 million at the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nev. “It was a world record price…
Rare Maps Stolen
Were treasured maps looted? Newsday.com: By Tonya Maxwell Tribune staff reporter July 28, 2005 “An X-Acto knife blade, dropped last month in a Yale University library, has the Newberry Library in Chicago and other top storehouses of antique maps around the…
Beatles Lyrics Auction Record
Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ Lyrics Manuscript Sells For $1.25 Million Antiques and the Arts Online LONDON – Just 12 handwritten lines on one piece of paper yielded $1.25 million when The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’…
Collectible Decoys
Rare Joseph Lincoln Canada Goose Decoy Sells For $78,200 At Decoys Unlimited Sale Antiques and the Arts Online Story and Photos by David S. Smith “BOURNE, MASS. – Select shorebirds and decoys by mainstream established carvers continued to follow the trend…
Hollywood Memorabilia Auction: Star Wars
Profiles In History: Historical Autographs, Hollywood Memorabilia, Auctions Profiles In History (www.profilesinhistory.com just completed a recent auction of Hollywood memorabilia, and reports some of the highlights from their recent sale, with the top items being…
Antique Cash Registers
Pre-World War I cash registers can ring up an attractive price herald-dispatch.com LIFE |Sunday, July 31, 2005 Jean McClelland “Today, collectors of antique cash registers are particularly interested in those that were produced prior to World War I. These…
Barry Bond’s Record Breaking Baseball
The gloves come off in an intriguing fight over a history-making baseball The State | 07/22/2005 | Posted on Fri, Jul. 22, 2005 By ROBERT W. BUTLER The Kansas City Star “You needn’t be a baseball fan to appreciate “Up for Grabs,” a subversive…
Gun Collecting
‘Tommy Gun’ Sets Record Antiques and the Arts Online “BEDFORD, N.H. – J.C. Devine, Inc auction featured numerous diverse items in their recent auction with Class III firearms remaining a high draw. Proof of that came when an early Colt Model…
John Lennon Memorabilia
John Lennon Lyric, Memorabilia May Fetch $3.5 Million in London Bloomberg.com: Europe “July 22 (Bloomberg) — John Lennon memorabilia, including a handwritten lyric of the Beatles’ song, “All You Need is Love,” will go on sale at…
