DALLAS—Over three days and more than 700 lots of rich music history, Heritage Auctions realized nearly $2.1 million in a wide-ranging music memorabilia event Nov. 18-20 that was led in part by some of America's most beloved musicians. The sale featured significant concert posters and a unique portrait painting of the king of parrotheads, Jimmy Buffett. Buddy Holly's...
Break out the eggnog, hang the mistletoe, put on those Christmas songs, and settle down in your favorite armchair with This is Christmas, Song by Song (Running Press, $27) by Annie Zaleski, an award-winning music writer and contributing editor with Kovels Antique Trader. This beautifully illustrated book explores well-known and lesser-known, behind-the-scenes stories of the 100 most...
Originally built in the late 1800s, this antique vendor marketplace has earned its rightful place as a haven for collectors, history enthusiasts, and those who appreciate the allure of the past. You’ll find #vintage and #antique furniture, antique #phonographs, #Collectibles, #Sports Memorabilia, and The 2nd Page bookstore with Vintage magazines, and 1st edition (some signed) books from...
Forget chardonnay with turkey this Thanksgiving. One adventurous, and deep-pocketed enthusiast could well be serving the most valuable bottle of whisky in the world at their holiday feast. Although that might be a bit of a stretch, what with the bottle costing $2.7 million. The most sought-after Scotch whisky in the world.Courtesy of Sotheby's Known as “the...
She was unsinkable. That was the boast when the RMS Titanic, the largest passenger ship in service, set sail April 10, 1912, from Southampton, England, enroute to New York City. Four days into her maiden voyage, the unthinkable happened: the luxury ocean liner struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. Of the approximately 2,200 people...
Throughout his brilliant career, Norman Rockwell illustrated 323 covers of The Saturday Evening Post during a nearly five-decade relationship with the magazine. With its traditional Thanksgiving setting, "Freedom from Want” is one of Rockwell’s best known illustrations, but it didn't appear on the magazine's cover and it wasn't about the holiday. Rather, the work was about something...
The sale of The Emily Fisher Landau Collection was historic in more ways than one. On Nov. 8, it became the most valuable collection devoted to a woman collector when all 31 lots of the evening auction at Sotheby’s sold for a combined $406.4 million. The following afternoon, an additional 80 lots sold for $18.3 million during...
A Bruinoil and Bruin Gasoline double-sided tin flange sign sold for $92,250, highlighting the third and final installment of the acclaimed Bobby Knudsen Jr. collection at Morphy Auctions. The final sale in October realized $5.1 million, driving the overall collection total to nearly $10 million. Bruinoil and Bruin Gasoline (Pa.) double-sided tin flange sign with fantastic central...
People who collect bottles are often drawn to them for their beauty and history, and also because they’re small and don’t take up as much space as some other collectibles.At Holabird Western Americana’s four-day “Raise a Glass to Yesteryear” sale August 24-27, bidders were eager to acquire the bottles offered in Day 3’s auction. Collectors had more...
President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, November 22, 1963. Minutes later, the President was assassinated as his car passed through Dealey Plaza. Bettmann/Getty Images Out of all of Jacqueline Kennedy’s famous fashions, none have left such a profoundly indelible mark on the American psyche as the pink...
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