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The most beautiful coins ever
Coins have purpose and functionality. And their look is very much part of that.
Like a flag, a war banner, a crown or a palace they’ve always bee...
Cold war spy cameras are revealing auction lots
A June camera auction that includes one of the rarest Leicas of the 20th century also raises the lid on the cutting edge of surveillance tech durin...
Collecting World War II
World War II is one of history’s greatest tragedies.
The death toll is enormous in a sprawling conflict - or series of linked conflicts - that it ...
Collecting Star Wars action figures in 11 numbers
There’s never a bad time to get into Star Wars collecting.
Though, fair warning, if you do it around now - May the 4th, Star Wars Day - then you s...
What is memorabilia?
Memorabilia is older than the word that describes it.
And more easily instinctively understood than defined.
But, here we are dealing with memora...
World history in 5 documents: earth-shaking words that sold for millions
Document collectors love significant words.
But changing the world comes at a price. Usually measured in millions.
The written word is the founda...
Napoleon locked up the Pope then lied about it! Amazing letter sells for $30,000
In 1809 Napoleon locked up the Pope, who was not behaving as the Emperor would like. In a letter sold this week, the French ruler shamelessly denie...
A century of leading ladies: 20th-century cinema’s most collectible women
The movies reach back into the 19th century. But as a mass-market, dream-catching, star-making, world-shaping medium they were born in the 1920s.
...
The best memorabilia from the Pope ever sold
Pope Francis has passed to a new throne.
The Pope died on Monday, April 22 after a stroke that followed double pneumonia earlier this year. He was...
Bookmakers: the most valuable signed editions in publishing history
Signed first editions are a wonderful way to celebrate your love of literature and the people who create it.
And they might be a good investment t...
How Kurt Cobain’s touch makes a clapped-out van an auction gem
At some point, before Nirvana became huge stars, Kurt Cobain drew a mural on a tour van used by a friend’s band. Next month, the panel he decorated...
