President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Dent Grant occupied the White House from 1869 to 1877. As first lady, Julia Dent Grant was regarded as an unimpeachable White House hostess. During her role as first lady, Mrs. Grant planned weekly gatherings, afternoon teas and arranged many state dinners as well as serving as the driving...
VINELAND, N.J. – As a former international fashion model who knows the importance of aesthetics, Monique Knowlton also applied her well-cultivated eye for quality and perfection to her antique toy collection.Knowlton, also a former art gallery owner, never compromised on condition, always buying the best and preferably boxed examples of toys. In a two-day sale on March 11 and...
Legendary actor Michael Caine recently decided to do what so many other people do: downsize and sell personal belongings at an estate sale.Except Caine's "estate sale" was at Bonhams auction house in London, and his personal belongings sold for thousands of dollars, including his Rolex watch that set a new world record for the model after fetching...
One April night in 2019, while a German shepherd, aptly named Roky, was sleeping, a meteorite fell on his doghouse, punching a hole through it. Don’t worry: he’s fine.When the doghouse was auctioned by Christie’s, much like the meteorite itself, the bidding went through the woof (sorry), bringing in $44,100. The doghouse of Roky the German shepherd...
My emphasis is in music and pop culture memorabilia, early American and folk art, and the beat generation. Personal property, museums/galleries, insurance, tax and divorce needs, and estate sale valuations. My emphasis is in music and pop culture memorabilia, early American and folk art, and the beat generation. Personal property, museums/galleries, insurance, tax and divorce needs, and...
DALLAS – The cap worn by celebrated aviator Amelia Earhart during her famous first flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 sold for $825,000 in a late-February event at Heritage Auctions.A young man found the cap on the ground after Earhart participated in the National Air Races in Cleveland in August 1929 and gifted it to a...
I have been thinking a lot about Barenaked Ladies lately. And yes, the winters are long and cold where I live. But no, what I’ve been thinking about is the band out of Canada that goes by that name and not women in their birthday suits who would get me in trouble on the home front.The Barenaked...
At the height of its popularity, there were 9,000 Blockbuster stores. A movie fan seeing that familiar Blockbuster logo – a vibrant blue and sunny yellow movie ticket stub ripped on one side – knew they were in for a night of movie magic. “Blockbuster was the social meeting place of every little town,” says Jay Carlson,...
ATLANTA — Kathleen Guzman, former Christie's and Heritage Auction’s executive and noted authority on fine art and collectibles, has been elected to WorthPoint’s board of directors, bringing a broad range of leadership experience, as well as a long track record of business acumen with collectors and resellers to WorthPoint, the world's largest online resource for researching, valuing...
DOUGLASS, Kan. – A pair of outstanding collections heading to auction in March will offer some sparkling choices for collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass.Woody Auction's two-day sale March 4-5 features the collections of Ila and the late Joe Lemon, who gathered fine examples of colored stems and great patterns, and Rich and Sandy Encelewski, who insisted...
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