Monday, June 27, 2011

Billy the Kid $2.3 million a New Picture Sells for $3,890,500!

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As I posted on my May 21, 2011 post, The world renowned Tintype image of Billy the Kid (William Bonney)was auctioned off at Brian Lebel'...
Friday, June 10, 2011

A 78rpm Recording of Vernon Dalhart, The First Million Selling Country Music Artist

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A couple of months ago we had a guy come in with a bunch of old 78rpm records . I was not real thrilled with them. I had went through and lo...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Tintypes, Ferrotypes Part Two – how to spot fakes, hopefully.

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Most “fakes” are simply honest photographs of reenactors made as a souvenir of a gathering.  The fake part is misrepresentation of age and a...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Tintypes, Ferrotypes, and Fakes, Oh My!

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Tintypes, Ferrotypes, and Fakes, Oh My! Tintypes, ferrotypes , whatever you call them can be worth just a few bucks to tens of thousands o...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The Guennol Lioness Sculpture, A Masterpiece in Miniature.

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This is a very famous and stone sculpture called the Guennol Lioness.  It’s also one of the world’s most expensive figures, Having sold for...
Friday, April 22, 2011

1850s-1860s BRASS BLACKOUT LANTERN at South Coast Antiques & Gallery, Ocean Springs, MS-SOLD

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This is a fully functional and complete 1850s-1860s pre-kerosene camphene or burning fluid, dark lantern with all the features intact.  ...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Sylvester Magee Last American Slave and Last Union Veteran's Autograph

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Yesterday the world’s oldest living man died.  He was Walter Breuning born 21 Sept 1896 and he was 114.  But I want to talk about a man wh...
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