We offer competitive market-based prices for precious metals, coins and currency. We have built a local reputation for a high-level professional, respectful service.The Coin Exchange (CE) was established 2011, and has since lead the way in providing quality and experienced customer service in Bullion, Currency, Numismatics and Jewelry and Watches. We offer our customers over 30 years...
With a global reach and worldwide shipping, we aim for comprehensive exposure. Optimize asset value through our professional expertise. Every asset holds significance; we highlight its potential.At Blue Box Auction Gallery, we don't just see items - we see stories, history, and value. For years, we've been at the intersection of tradition and technology, blending the age-old...
Like many cultural phenomena in mid-century America, the lunch box owes its popularity to television. Muppet Show, King Seeley Thermos, 1978.Courtesy Warman's Lunch Box Field Guide Until the 1950s and the advent TV’s influence on pop culture, the lunch box belonged to the working class. The plain, unadulterated metal-dome lunch box was essentially blue-collar, the perfect utilitarian...
Our partnerships with renowned platforms like LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable.com have enabled us to connect with a global clientele and showcase our diverse range of art, collectables, jewelry and antiques. Being featured in your publication would provide us with an invaluable opportunity to share our story, insights, and the passion that drives our business forward. We look forward...
A Coca-Cola vending machine made by the Vendo Company of Kansas City. Q: My father recently passed away. He was an enthusiastic Coca-Cola collector. This vending machine was part of his collection. Of all his pieces, this is my favorite. I know it was made by the Vendo Company in Kansas City by the black-and-silver metal tag on...
The fascination with fantasy and science-fiction artist supreme Frank Frazetta continues. His 1976 painting "Dark Kingdom" sold recently for $6 million at Heritage Auctions, breaking the artist’s own record for original comic book or fantasy art set in 2019.Among the late artist’s most potent and popular works, "Dark Kingdom" was first used as the cover of Karl Edward...
USPAP, AIA, CAF, PACC in addition to an advanced degree in Cultural Anthropology. I have studied vintage and antiques for years, curating and appraising. My emphasis remains in early American, folk-art and typewriters. Americana ~ history, traditions, folklore, artifacts and culture of America. I also embrace varied pop culture, memorabilia and ephemera as my personal passion.I am...
There are lots of nicknames costume jewelry collectors have given their favorite styles over the years. None are so fun, perhaps, as “Fruit Salad.” This term pertains to adornment made by one of the giants in the costume jewelry business to imitate a particular type of Art Deco era fine jewelry. And, as with many other terms...
Born in New York City in 1907, George E. Hughes grew up in the epicenter of twentieth century art and advertising. Not surprising then that his work would find a home with The Saturday Evening Post, a wildly popular magazine that defined the century of great illustrator art. In all, Hughes would complete 115 Post covers, second...
Question: I have an Arthur Wood genie teapot and I was wondering about its value.Answer: Your Mid-Century Arthur Wood teapot immediately brings to mind Aladdin’s Magic Lamp and the lamp’s wish-granting Genie with cosmic power. “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp” is the most famous story from the Arabian Nights collection of stories, also known as the 1,001...
Tina Arena was forced to pause her Melbourne concert on Friday (May 10) after a physical altercation broke out...
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