Collectibles

CHICAGO – A spectacular 7.40-carat, D color pear shape Harry Winston diamond ring dazzled bidders, selling for $362,500 at Hindman’s  "Important Jewelry Auction" September 13. In 1947, "Cosmopolitan" magazine bestowed Winston with a moniker that would follow him throughout his career: "King of Diamonds." An innate gemologist with an intuitive mastery of his trade, Winston traveled the globe in his...

DENVER, Pa. – A trio of robot musicians with a captivating, toe-tapping sound sold for $350,550, leading a parade of mechanical music machines and automata at Morphy Auctions $2.3 million sale of the late Henri Krijnen collection in September.The 541-lot auction featured dance organs, orchestrions, slot machines and a myriad of other antique coin-operated novelties amassed over 50...

A jersey worn by Michael Jordan during the 1998 NBA championship has sold at auction for $10.1 million.Courtesy of Sotheby'sMichael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, now has the most valuable sports jersey of all time.A jersey worn by Jordan during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals sold for an attention-grabbing $10.1 million...

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Elmer Duellman knew what he liked and liked what he knew.So when the creator of Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum commissioned a hand-built, steel and custom painted pedal car replica of a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird to the correct proportions of the real deal, he knew he would like it.And, it turned out, so did someone else,...

This so-called “Screw-leg” Rooster, c. 1870, is one of four known examples. Its legs are cast to make the rooster appear to be moving, giving it a more sculptural and animated feel than most weights. It sold for $8,750 at auction.Image courtesy Bonhams SkinnerWindmills have graced the landscape throughout most of the world for centuries harnessing the...

GREENVILLE, S.C. – An incredibly rare 48-inch double-sided porcelain Musgo Gasoline sign sold for $1.5 million, setting a world record at Richmond Auctions on August 27. The previous record for an antique advertising sign was $400,000. Considered the "holy grail" of antique advertising signs by most collectors, the Musgo Gasoline sign was discovered in an attic in Michigan. It had...

Love Immortal: Antique Photographs and Stories of Dogs and Their People.Copyright ©2022 by Anthony Cavo. Reprinted courtesy of Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.An avid collector of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs for more than fifty years, Anthony Cavo has amassed an enormous catalog of antique photography, including hundreds of shots of people and their dogs....

A common 1880-1890 whiskey bottle with no label or embossing can be identified by its trademark on the bottom of the bottle.Photo courtesy of Michael PolakWhen selling at Bottle and Collectibles shows, the most asked questions are: “What makes a bottle old?” and “What makes a bottle valuable?” But, the question that usually leads to a discussion...

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