Noteworthy happenings in the art, antiques and collectibles world include some fine wine, some pricey princessy pictures and toys, toys and more toys.

From Reuters:
Christie’s wine sales top $71 million for 2010

Wine auctions have something to toast—sales going up. Last year, Christie’s brought in about what it did in prerecession 2007, topping last year by $20 million. “I think in 2011 prices will be going through the roof,” said Charles Curtis, head of Christie’s wines. “I’m very bullish on this. There are new areas of demand opening up all the time.”

From AFP:
Dutch queen’s childhood drawings sell for 16,750 euros

Do you have any of your Crayola masterpieces from your youth lying around? Probably not worth anything unless you’re royalty or a celebrity. Someone who worked in the Dutch court was given pictures by then-Princess Beatrix of Holland, drawn when she was 10 or 12. A Dutch beauty-products and appliance firm bought the six pictures for the equivalent of about $22,000. The princess became queen 30 years ago.

From artdaily:
The Malcolm Forbes Toy Collection Brings $2.4 Million at Sotheby’s New York

Malcolm Forbes once said, “People who never get carried away should be.” Some might say he got a bit carried away collecting toys—soldiers sacking Troy, a Marklin model of the Luisitania, a Monopoly set handmade by Charles Darrow and many, many more. The collection had been exhibited for 25 years in the lobby of the Forbes magazine offices in New York.

From The Associated Press via The Washington Post:
Brother disputes sale of Lee Harvey Oswald coffin

Lee Harvey Oswald’s brother, Robert L. Oswald, is not pleased that the first coffin of his brother was sold at auction for $87,469. He contends it should have been destroyed after it was dug up in 1981 to do DNA testing to prove the corpse was, indeed, the alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy. The Oswald brother argues that he has the right to contest the sale since he bought the coffin and has a claim of ownership.

From The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Christmas comes early, thanks to a Haddonfield physician

UPDATE: When last we left the School Sisters of Notre Dame, they had been gifted with quite a gift—a rare Honus Wagner baseball card. The card was bought at auction for $220,000—except it wasn’t. The buyer backed out. Luckily, Heritage Auctions had a Plan B. It called collector Nicholas DePace, and he saved Christmas by purchasing the card. The proceeds will be used by ministries in 30 countries.

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