During my junior year of high school, my Contemporary Literature teacher, Mr. Kuklinski, gave the class two reading options: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess or Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.Little did I realize at the time that either choice could potentially lead me down the road to ruination, a path I’m fairly certain I could have stumbled...
When I was growing up in my mother’s antiques shop, she always used the term “shocking pink” to describe a particularly vibrant hue she loved. I didn’t realize until much later that the term originated with fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. This happened when I started foraging for vintage accessories and took notice of Shocking de Schiaparelli perfume...
You didn’t need to drive 88 mph in a time-traveling Delorean to buy Biff Tannen’s shrink-wrapped copy of the 1986 Back to the Future VHS tape – and set a new auction record while doing so.After a heated bidding war, a collector from New York picked up actor Tom Wilson’s sealed, near-mint-condition videotape for $75,000 in Heritage...
DENVER, Penn. – A rare circa 1905-1910 Tiffany Studios “Poppy” leaded-glass table lamp sold for $541,200 (including a 23% buyer’s premium) during a Fine & Decorative Arts event in June at Morphy Auctions, which the house believes is a world-record auction price for a Tiffany lamp in the Poppy motif.A rare circa 1905-1910 Tiffany Studios “Poppy” leaded-glass...
While the Victorian era officially spanned the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) historians also include the timeframe from the Napoleonic Wars until the start World War I as inclusive of the fashions and trends synonymous with the period. In that time, Great Britain transformed from predominately rural and agricultural to an urbanized industrial leader in the world....
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's selfless decision to sell his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal to help Ukrainian refugees has raised more than $100 million in humanitarian aid.Dmitry Muratov.Courtesy of Heritage AuctionsThe medal sold Monday night for $103.5 million, handily smashing the record for a Nobel medal.Heritage Auctions, which facilitated the sale, said the Nobel medal sold to...
In 1986, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a four-part story written and drawn by Frank Miller helped to usher in a new era of mature storytelling in comic books. The original cover art of the first issue of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns sold for $2.4 million Thursday, June 16, at Heritage Auctions, making it the most...
The most my wife and I have ever paid for a vacuum cleaner is $142.99. We got it from Target. It’s a Bissell. A Bissell CleanView, to be specific, with “OnePass” technology, a turbo brush and five deep-cleaning settings. I’ve never actually used the turbo brush, but you can tell by looking at that bad-boy accessory it’s...
Miriam Haskell is a perennial favorite among collectors of vintage costume jewelry. Even a single strand of faux baroque pearls is noteworthy with a Haskell mark, and the more elaborate styles made by this company can indeed bring top dollar. So, who was Miriam Haskell? Many people refer to her as if a single woman crafted every piece...
“Run faster, Joey! The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is unloading from the train. I hear it’s the ‘Greatest Show on Earth.’ Did you see that poster in McCaskey’s candy store window of that acrobat balancing on one finger? That’s amazing!”It was the late 1930s. Practically the entire town had closed for the most spectacular...
Buscemi was allegedly punched in the face on May 8 A 50-year-old man named Clifton Williams was arrested and...
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