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National Audit Office reports on museum finances: warns of risks
The National Audit Office (NAO) has assessed the financial health of 15 museums in the UK and warns that the Department of Culture Media and Sport ...
Yes, YouTube is now in a museum as V&A acquires first upload to sharing site
A YouTube video is now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Entitled "Me at the zoo", the film was first uploaded on Apr...
Is there a collecting boom?
As the year turned, Heritage Auctions announced $2.5 billion in total sales.
Not bad.
The Dallas-based auction house listed big increases in reve...
Jefferson Burdick: a card-collecting hero
At the end of Febraury 2026 it is likely that around $10 million will be spent on two 120-year-old baseball cards.
And, in the process, the somewh...
Anne Damer: £650,000 to save pioneering sculptor's dog
A striking dog sculpture by one of the first British women sculptors could be kept in the UK after the government put a temporary export ban on the...
Museums could be dementia-risk aid
Research has been published suggesting that visits to museums may help reduce the risk of developing dementia.
Andrea Zammit, of Rush University M...
Should coin collectors look at gold prices?
Buy gold! Sell silver!
There has been a lot of news around the price of precious metals. And not just in the past or so, when silver went into an ...
Pokemon for Collectors Part 2: the Cards
Welcome back to our guide to Pokemon, perhaps the most successful non-sports trading cards in the world.
You can see Part 1 here.
With the 30th a...
The $15 mill comic deal with the true-crime back story
We love to see collecting records fall. It means that buyers are out there and the sector is thriving.
And this record comes with a story that's as...
Top 11 Most Valuable Public Pokémon Card Sales
For Pokemon day, February 27, 2026, the franchise's 30th birthday we updated this list with a recent record.
But, it's likely that it will need to...
Will 2026 be the year of the soccer card?
Lionel Messi is usually at the top of any lists he’s in.
But, looking down the list of the most-valuable-ever sports trading cards sold I find mys...
Pokemon for collectors: part 1
Collectors welcomed 2026 with a supremely modern news story: the YouTuber, wrestler and influencer Logan Paul (brother of Jake Paul) announced that...
