ANN ARBOR, MI – Over 1,800 lots of investment grade antiques and collectibles – to include country store and advertising items from the Earl Hagerman collection, many pieces from the Chesapeake Bay Fire Fighting Museum in Maryland, and over 100 rare and vintage toys – will be sold to the highest bidder the weekend of Apr. 1-3 by Showtime Auction [...]
DENVER, PA – This year, collectors won’t have to wait until Christmas to add a great toy, train or Barbie doll to their shelf or showcase. The second session of Morphy’s December 10-11 antiques auction can make that happen two weeks early — if you’re the winning bidder on any of approximately 850 choice lots. There will be two separate [...]
DENVER, PA – Worldwide competition for a high-end collection of antique toys resulted in a million-dollar gross at Morphy’s on July 16-17 as the central Pennsylvania auction house presented the 28-year collection of retired California architect Michael O’Hearn. “Interest in the O’Hearn collection, and in all of the toy consignments for that matter, was fierce,” said auction house owner Dan [...]
HAGERSTOWN, MD – Traditionally, Old Town Auctions conducts a bountiful auction of vintage toys and antique advertising during the week leading up to Thanksgiving. This year the menu for Old Town’s annual “feast” – to be held Nov. 19-21 – has expanded to accommodate several bonus courses. In addition to a vast selection of transportation toys, the Fall 2010 auction’s [...]
FREDERICK, MD – The circus – remember the days with the old travelling big tops? Days or sometimes even weeks in advance, the posters would start to appear around town, posted on store windows and walls, on light and telephone poles, sometimes even on the sides of buildings. Brimming with colorful artwork, they depicted what were fantastic, and to most [...]
BY STEVE BUTLER Confusing, then explaining the issue seems the best way to describe what is meant by a “promotional adaptation.” This will take a number of words, so a bit of patience is needed. “Adaptation” is the easy part and simply means using an item for a purpose other than for which it was intended. It’s the “promotional” part [...]
The sale is anchored by a 50-year doll collection, Jerry and Millie Maltz’s advertising clocks, and the Michael O’Hearn toy collection part II DENVER, Pa. – The selection just keeps getting better in Dan Morphy’s Premier auctions, the next of which is slated for Oct. 15-16 and will feature the extraordinary Cristol/Glickman family’s doll collection, the advertising clocks of longtime [...]
The November Rich Penn Auction Event can deliver both. With just weeks before Christmas, it’s time to start thinking about that visit from Santa. A trip to the Rich Penn Auction Event, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moins, IA, can surely help you get in the spirit. The auction is scheduled for November 6 and 7 and includes [...]
Charles & Marianne Sebastian and Alan Bitterman Collection Auctioned October 1-3 by Showtime ANN ARBOR, MI – Two major lifetime collections comprising about 1,800 lots in a dizzying array of categories will be sold the weekend of Oct. 1-3 by Showtime Auction Services at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. “Our auctions just keep getting better and [...]
The Rich Penn Auction Event at Riverside Casino was billed a big success. Rich Penn said, “Our buyers loved the new venue. We had a big crowd both in-house and on-line and prices were strong.” Holding an auction at the Riverside Casino Event center was a first for the Rich Penn Auction company. The beautiful 12,000 sq. ft. facility adjacent [...]
