How to Tell if that Gibson Les Paul Guitar is Real or a Counterfeit (8/6/12)
Jimi Hendrix owned one; so did Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. The Gibson Les Paul guitar, in continuous … More >>

Evaluating an Antique American Upright Piano – Finding a Diamond in the Rough (7/23/12)
Old pianos are everywhere: in homes, institutions, churches and schools. Many of them are junk, but a fair number of … More >>

Telling an Angel from a Wolf: Evaluating Antique Violins (6/27/12)
First created in Italy in 1555, the modern four-string bowed violin is arguably the world’s oldest continuously used musical instrument. … More >>

Unloved Antiques: 19th-Century Pump Organs (10/31/11)
The next item in this series of Unloved Antiques is the 19th-century “pump” or “reed” organ, or the Estey “Eastlake-style”* … More >>

Unloved Antiques: ‘Stradivarius’ Style Violins (10/17/11)
The twelfth item in this series of “Unloved Antiques” is the world-famous “Stradivarius Violins.” Nothing hits the popular-culture’s buttons better … More >>

Auction Report: Julien’s Grammy Benefit (1/31/09)
Julien’s Auctions gets cranked up on Feb. 6 with its charity auction in conjunction with the 51st Grammy Awards at … More >>

Sell Abroad or Stay Home? (1/19/09)
Are foreign markets better for selling antiques than American markets? Collecting has gone global, thanks to the Internet. As a result, … More >>

Monster Mash Discs: Graveyard Smash (10/20/08)
Elvis may have hated it, but to millions of people, “Monster Mash” is Halloween’s anthem, and the novelty song’s first … More >>

Early Car Makers Desired Hit Song to Boost Sales (10/13/08)
Early Car Makers Desired Hit Song to Boost Sales By Dave Bausch In the field of Automobilia, the one subject most collected is advertising. Advertising took many forms: posters, prints, toys, magazine ads, postcards just to name a few. But the one that most of the automobile makers yearned for was to have their specific model of car depicted on sheet music. More >>

old sheet music (10/3/08)
I have a collection of sheet music from about 1941 on and they are preserved and in great shape. I would like to sell either as a collection or individual sheets. More >>