BY DIANA TABIN The most talked about purchase at the October 2010 Antique-Collectible Toy & Doll Show was the sale of the actual show. Collectors have always known that the best of the best is available at this event, a fact proven once again by the sale of the show itself. Talk about finding a rare gem, mint in the [...]
BY PATRICK-JAMES CAMPBELL FTER 27 YEARS AND 51 great shows, Bruce & Dee Beimers have decided to retire from running the Circus Maximus Antique Toy & Collectible Show in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They now plan on being on the other side of the table; selling many of the items they have accumulated after all those years. (But I’ll bet they’ll be [...]
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 [...]
BY NORMAN SCHAUT Three hours before the box office opened on March 22, 1986 an anxious line stretched down the boardwalk for eight city blocks and continued to build until all attendance records for the huge convention center were broken. ‘Atlantique City’ didn’t grow into the largest indoor antique and collectibles fair in the world, it started that way, thanks [...]
NEW YORK – As 1988 drew to a close, and with the electrifying Perelman Museum and Hegarty sales now in their rear-view mirrors, collectors took a break to reflect on how the year’s back-to-back headliner events had charted a new course for the antique toy hobby. With their values now exposed, fine toys had gained a new respect within the [...]
