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Saturday, November 12, 2011

2 old rubber typesetting kits - toys for boys and girls | JJ's Auction Service

This lot of items sold for $5. Including shipping from JJs auctions, that's still a good deal.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Worthopedia: Ultimate antiques and collectibles price database | sfgate.com

WorthPoint -- The On-line Antiques and Collectibles Resource -- Acquires eBay Transaction Data:

"transaction data on antiques and collectibles bought and sold globally through eBay. The eBay data provided by Advanced will be incorporated into WorthPoint's 'Worthopedia' database of antiques and collectibles transactions and will immediately add historical and ongoing information on price, description and images from approximately 150 million transactions to the existing market data from GoAntiques.com, TIAS, and many of the world's leading auction houses already available at WorthPoint."

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Baseball cards: Joe Jackson sold for $199,750 | Robert Edward Auctions

Robert Edward Auctions:

"This extraordinary card is one of the great prizes that has been locked away for decades in the collection of one of the hobby's great pioneer collectors (who passed away in 2009). It has long been known to exist but has never before been seen publicly or at auction. It is being offered directly by his family. This card is one of vintage-card collecting's greatest highlights. It is also the highlight of an extraordinary complete T210 Old Mill set (Series 1 through 8) that was assembled over a period of many years, and is being offered by series in this auction (with the exception of Joe Jackson and Casey Stengel, which are offered separately)."

Friday, April 29, 2011

Ferris Bueller's Day Off car sold £80,000 - double its guide price

Ferris Bueller's Day Off car sold:

The actual car from the movie is a reproduction (Still $133,000)

Image by Nelson Wu via Flickr

"Only around 100 250GT Spyder Californias were created by Ferrari between 1958 and 1963.

This car was sold at Bonhams Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia auction at the RAF Museum in Hendon, north London."

1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder - Interior

Images by char1iej via Flickr

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Poster: Batman original comic 1966 '...UHH!' visual sound effects )( Swann Auction Galleries

Swann Auction Galleries : Full Details for Lot 190:

"DESIGNER UNKNOWN BATMAN

'NONSENSE! THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS AS--UHH!' 1966.
39 1/2x27 inches, 100 1/2x68 1/2 cm.

In the late 1960s a new type of poster emerged around the world, consisting of decorative ephemera; a by-product of the flower people, peace movement and student protests. This larger-than-life crime fighter would have suffered the same fate as the million other images printed at the time: they disappeared, being thrown away, ripped apart or kept in very poor condition. Paradoxically that now qualifies this image as 'rare.' Estimate $500-750"

UPDATE: Lot 190 sold for $1,300

These are the two companion pieces to this series of posters
produced by G. & F. Posters [Washington] DC, 1966 [via jhalpe.com]

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rare Beatles acetate, “A Hard Day’s Night,” sold for $2225 @Goldmine's record auction countdown

Nice guys finish first in Goldmine's record auction countdown | Goldmine Magazine

Price realized $2,225.99, The Beatles, “A Hard Day’s Night,” 12-inch Emidisc acetate.

Here’s a fairly rare Fab Four find: a 12-inch, double-sided, mono acetate for The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” album.

It features all 14 songs included on the final album. The seller graded it VG to VG- and says the acetate is free of skips and jumps, but it has some pops and background noises and a lot of light hairline marks all over. (If I was going to have a rarity like this, I’m not sure I’d ever want it to be played more than once to record a copy on CD or MP3.) The seller had little else to add, other than the lot included a certificate of authenticity from Beatles expert Perry Cox.

Seven bids were exchanged before a winner was declared.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Chippendale cabinet sold for $5 million at Christie's

The Smart Collector: Figurines are still collected but have lost value:

"The 18th-century mahogany bureau table sold for $5 million at Christie's recently is one of the highest-priced pieces of furniture ever sold at auction.

Known as the Catherine Goddard Chippendale Block-and-Shell Carved and Figured Mahogany Bureau Table, the piece is attributed to Newport, R.I., cabinetmaker John Goddard. A prime example of his work, the bureau is carved in classic Newport block-and-shell style. A handwritten label indicates the carver made the bureau in 1765 as a wedding gift for his daughter. It remained in her family until 1900."

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