Using the ‘Right’ Auction Houses Helps Get Top Dollar for Your Items
Recently, a colleague and I were discussing the lofty prices recently attained by collectibles auctioneers. What drives these prices, we wondered: “the luck of the […]
Is there Gold in Your Piano Bench? Collectible Vintage Sheet Music
While browsing through Russell Sanjek’s “American Popular Music and its Business” a statistic jumped off the page and stuck in my head: in 1918, the […]
Zimmerman Gun Sells at Second Auction while ‘Decoy’ Auction Draws Outrage, Bogus Bids
Pop quiz: When is an auction not an auction? Answer: When it involves the sale of George Zimmerman’s gun. After three failed auctions and seven […]
Auction Updates: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Auction World
In the world of auctions this month, we see the weird—and, frankly, tasteless—gun auction, a piece of rock ‘n’ roll royalty, a history lesson, some […]
Mountain Dulcimers are Music to Folk Instrument Collectors’ Ears
By any definition, mountain dulcimers (a.k.a. lap dulcimers, Appalachian dulcimers, Kentucky dulcimers, or other regional name variations) are an ideal collectible. They are arguably the […]
WorthPoint’s Worthopedia Levels the Antiques and Collectibles Playing Field
A few years ago, Forbes Magazine editor Jon Bruner and location technology authority Tim O’Reilly discussed the impact of information on business. O’Reilly’s summary of […]
Book Collecting Can Pay Off: Collegiate Students’ Personal Libraries Could Net National Scholarships
“To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books.” ? Carlos Maria Domínguez,“The House of Paper” […]
From the Worthologists’ Archive: A Misidentified Victorian Sideboard
From the Worthologist Archive comes a tale of misidentification at the hands of an errant estate auctioneer.00 The subject was sold as a “walnut Austrian […]
Investment or Impulse: Art and Antiques don’t act like Blue Chip Stocks
Arguments rage as to whether art and antiques are good investments. There was a time when we were encouraged to invest in art and antiques. […]
The Contagion of Collecting: People Will Pay more for Items in Close Contact with Celebrities
A lock of John Lennon’s hair just brought $35,000 at auction. The crusts of Justin Timberlake’s French toast sold for $3,154. A mucus-filled tissue used […]