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85% of American museums have maintenance, repair issues
A report from the US Government Accountability Office reveals that 85% of the nation's museums have problems with delayed maintenance or serious re...
£420,000 to save portrait of Black British gardener
The Garden Museum, on the south bank of the River Thames in London, is appealing for funds to save the portrait of an 18th century gardener who was...
The 7 most common scams in collectibles
The collectibles business runs on authenticity.
Value depends on an item being what it is claimed to be.
And some claims are easy to make. And e...
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...
