News and Articles


Auctions

A 9.8 graded Chalmers Catawba bottle realizes $19,600

Jan 25th, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A Chalmers Catawba wine bitters bottle graded 9.8 for condition and considered one of the top five western bitters known, sold for $ 19,600 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Jan. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). The bottle was the top lot in a sale that saw around 325 […]



First Batman comic expected to set world record price at Heritage Auctions

Jan 9th, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

DALLAS, TX — When a truly exceptional copy of Detective Comics #27, the very first appearance of Batman, is auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries in its Feb. 25 Signature® Comics & Comic Art Auction, it will set two important marks:
It will, more than likely, become the single most valuable comic ever offered at public auction. […]



Panama City: Gordon Atwater on auction

Jan 4th, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – The estate of the late Gordon Ingham Atwater – a renowned petroleum pioneer who was an expert in oil and gas reserves in the United States and accurately predicted the first gas shortage prior to his death in 1973 at age 66 – will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at […]



1948 Tucker 48 Convertible: “The Most Important American Car”?

Jan 3rd, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions, On the Top!

One of the nation’s premier collector car auctions, Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions, will auction off the only Tucker Convertible ever made. Specializing in European sports cars, American muscle cars, hot rods and customs Russo and Steele’s All Reserve format has continued to attract automobiles of the highest caliber. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this […]



Elvis Legacy Lives On At LiveAuctionTalk.com

Jan 3rd, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions, Business

Santa Fe, Jan. 1, 2010 — For the final night of Elvis Presley’s engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on Sept..7, 1970, the hotel presented Elvis with a gold boxing belt for “World’s Championship Attendance Record.”

For the rest of his life Elvis wore the belt on-and-off during performances.
The music legend sang his first […]



Specialists of the South, Inc., to auction the estate of the late Gordon Ingham Atwater

Jan 3rd, 2010 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

The estate of the late Gordon Ingham Atwater – the renowned petroleum pioneer who was an expert in oil and gas reserves in the United States and accurately predicted the first gas shortage prior to his death in 1973 at age 66 – will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 9 a.m. (CST). The […]



Skinner’s Auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts

Oct 30th, 2009 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host its annual auction of Fine Books and Manuscripts on November 15th in its Boston gallery, located at 63 Park Plaza. The auction will offer first editions, botanical illustrations, maps and important documents. Among the most interesting aspects of the […]



Vintage & Historic Clothing From Legendary Museums

Oct 30th, 2009 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

On November 4, 2009, Augusta Auctions, located in New York, NY, will host its Vintage & Historic Clothing From Legendary Museums Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this remarkable sale, Augusta Auctions will offer more than 230 lots of clothing and textiles. A TLINGIT CEREMONIAL DRESS, BLANKET, MOCASSINS & HEADBAND, C. 1900 is the […]



Gibraltar Archive Auction

Oct 2nd, 2009 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

You may have already read about, or heard about this elsewhere. Philatelic Archive Auctions are very rare ‘once in a generation’ type events. Much of the artwork and proofs offered are absolutely irreplaceable - older proofs from important Countries can command many thousands of pounds - so that I believe this is an auction of […]



Ted Williams Memorabilia Available at Auction on Artfact Live!

May 26th, 2009 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

Bid online exclusively through Artfact Live! on Ted Williams memorabilia in The Gallery at Knotty Pine auction of Part II of the Living Estate of Dolores Wettach Williams on May 30, 2009.

(Newton, MA) Red Sox fan Alert! The Gallery at Knotty Pine in West Swanzey, New Hampshire will be auctioning Part II of the Living […]



Html Z?hler