You Like Me, You Really Like Me: Collecting Oscar and the Other Big Awards (2/18/13)
“And the award goes to…” This is always a great opening line for articles like this, when the Oscar (for film), … More >>

Rediscovered Ruhlmann Piano from the Ocean Liner Normandie Up for Auction (2/14/13)
NEW YORK – An exceedingly rare, long-lost grand piano by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann—which once graced the Ladies’ Drawing Room and Music … More >>

Wayne Henderson’s Hand-Made Guitars are the Perfect Collectible (1/23/13)
Henderson guitars are certainly not the most expensive hand-made acoustic guitars. At about $5,000 (plus or minus) when new, their … More >>

Online Celebrity Fundraising Auctions: A Look Back at the One that Started It All (12/31/12)
What does a guitar from Carlos Santana, a boxing glove from Mohammed Ali and an audience with the Pope have … More >>

Keep Your Collection in Tune: Insuring Your Musical Instruments (12/11/12)
They looked like a line of ants at a picnic. Having finished their gig and packed their instruments, the band … More >>

The Drum Kits that Set the Beat for Swing Bands: Slingerland Radio Kings (11/29/12)
One fact is clear regarding 7,000 years of drum history: whenever drums start beating, people start to move. Archaeologists have … More >>

The Bacon & Day Silver Bell: The King of American Tenor Banjos (10/22/12)
The hard-driving banjo in bluegrass music is a familiar sound to most 21st-century Americans. But, before the stylings of Earl … More >>

Celebrity Collector: Dancer Mark Ballas’ Passion Resides with his Guitar Collection (10/16/12)
Mark Ballas became a household name in 2007 when he landed a spot on the popular ABC-TV series “Dancing with … More >>

Vintage Accordions Making the Migration from Attics to Auction Block (10/1/12)
American soldiers left for the Second World War with the sounds of American popular music ringing in their ears. City … More >>

Antique Reed Organs Valued as much for Beautifully Styled Cabinetry as for Music (9/5/12)
For some, the ideal vacation is lying on a beach soaking up rays while enjoying a good book. For others, … More >>