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CARS A Project Worth Saving
9/5/2008 -  Bob Drake Reproductions unique booth at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last October featured a rustic scene that included an authentic early day hot rod shop and an old school ’35 Ford hot rod. The five-window coupe — restored to look like a low-bucks, early postwar hot rod — drew a lot of attention. The story behind constructing this car shows how much fun this kind of a “build” can be. Full story
GUNS Nobody Wants This Colt
9/5/2008 -  The Colt Police Positive is the Rodney Dangerfield of revolvers. It don’t get no respect. Normally, the word “Colt” is pure magic to collectors. Put that name on a gun, and shazam! It’s an instant collectible. This rule applies not only to Pythons and Diamondbacks but to real stinkeroos like the ill-fated Model 2000 All-American 9 mm semiauto, too. Full story
ANTIQUES Ralph Kovel, antiques expert, dies
9/5/2008 - Ralph M. Kovel, nationally known antiques author and expert, died Thursday, August 28, 2008, in Cleveland. In the early 1950s, Kovel came up with the idea of publishing a book that indexed antiques by the factory-specific marks found on the bottom of the pottery. He and his wife, Terry, became nationally known with the publication of their first book, Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain, published in 1953. Full story
COINS U.S. Coin Rarities Lead Suite of Heritage's Sept. 2008 Long Beach Signature® Auctions
9/3/2008 -  An O-101 1796 15 Stars half dollar (Lot 2018), certified AU58 by PCGS is joined by many other gold and silver rarities in Heritage's Long Beach Signature® Auction, being held Sept. 17-21, 2008. Heritage is also holding auctions featuring U.S. Currency, Ancient & World Coins, World Currency, and Tokens and Medals. Full story
Collect.com Online User Survey
9/3/2008 - As part of our commitment to providing you with an educational and enjoyable online experience, we are asking for your help. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to click on the link below and take a couple of minutes to complete our little survey to help us better serve you. Full story
TOYS Jury Awards Mattel $100 Million
9/2/2008 - On Aug. 26, in federal court, a jury unanimously awarded Mattel $100 million damages from MGA Entertainment and its CEO, Isaac Larian, for copyright infringement and other claims related to Mattel's rightful ownership of Bratz-related works. Full story
COMICS Virgin Comics Closes New York Office
9/2/2008 -  Virgin Comics has announced that it is reorganizing its operations and closing its New York office to consolidate in a Los Angeles base. Full story
MILITARIA Ordnance Discovered at Estate Sale
9/2/2008 - Auctioneers preparing for an estate sale in Mayflower, Ark., made an explosive discovery among the china and other items up for bid: a suitcase full of military-grade explosives. Full story
COMICS It's Back! Be a V.I.P. in San Diego 2009!
8/22/2008 -  Back again for a third year, it's CBG's "Be a V.I.P. in San Diego" contest! Once again it's time to offer one lucky winner a chance to win a trip for two to the 2009 Comic-Con International: San Diego July 22-26. In addition to round-trip airfare, the winner receives hotel accommodations, and two passes to the entire show (including Preview Night, Wednesday July 26). Full story
POSTERS Disney Vintage Movie Posters
8/22/2008 -  The word “Disney” has become virtually synonymous with animation. Since the earliest days of moving pictures, the Disney company has built its empire one movie at a time, resulting in such timeless and beloved classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Fantasia, Dumbo, and countless others. Full story
EPHEMERA They Weren't All By Norman Rockwell
8/21/2008 -  A common misconception by many people is that Norman Rockwell illustrated all of the covers for The Saturday Evening Post magazine. Although Rockwell is by far the most famous illustrator of the magazine’s covers throughout the 20th century, he is only one of many. During the great period of American illustration, many of the finest illustrators contributed covers for the magazine. Full story
SPORTS Cooperstown’s Stars Come Out in Record Numbers
8/21/2008 -  What a difference a year makes. In 2007, an estimated crowd of 75,000 fans swept through tiny Cooperstown, N.Y., like an invading army to celebrate the induction of Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn into the Baseball Hall of Fame. OK, no disrespect to the talented and popular Gwynn, but about 74,000 of that number were there in Oriole orange to honor the beloved Ripken. Full story
MUSIC Sound Advice: How to Tell if That Old Album is Still Sealed or Re-Sealed
8/19/2008 -  Question: How is it possible to determine if an old album that appears to be still sealed hasn’t been re-sealed? I have a copy of The Ventures In Space album that is tightly sealed in cellophane and a Trashmen Surfin’ Bird album that is sealed loosely in a plastic cover which is a little larger that the LP. Full story
CARS 1941 Packard Darrin: One of One
8/19/2008 -  Chris Goes of Lake Geneva, Wis., owns a unique, unrestored Full Classic car that is unlike anything anyone else has parked in their garage. He is the lucky owner of the only 1941 Packard Darrin Sport Sedan ever made. The car has been in his family since it was only a year or so old. Full story
MILITARIA Vintage Flag Seller Pulled From eBay
8/18/2008 - A Waterbury antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions he placed on who can buy the flags. Mark Albino, owner of C&M Antiques and Collectibles in Waterbury, prohibits sales to buyers in the Middle East, France and Californians, unless they are in the military in that state. Full story
ANTIQUES World’s Largest Tiffany Glass Dome Restored
8/18/2008 -  The restoration of the world’s largest Louis Comfort Tiffany art glass dome, located in Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, has been completed with awe-inspiring results. An initiative of the city of Chicago, which owns the landmark Cultural Center, the project restored the dome to Tiffany’s original vision and allows it to be seen as it was in 1897, when the building opened as the first Chicago Public Library. Full story
GUNS Is That a Colt in Your Pocket?
8/15/2008 -  I like snubnose revolvers. I mean I really like snubnose revolvers. To my admittedly antiquated way of thinking, the snubbie is the perfect self-defense gun. Semiautos get all the press nowadays, but I keep coming back to the fact that in three decades of shooting all types of guns, I’ve never had a snubbie jam, lock up or otherwise put me in a pickle. How I wish I could say the same of semiautos! Full story
POSTCARDS Quest for Olympic Gold - On Postcards
8/15/2008 -  Paris tried to kill me. Food poisoning would have been enough for one visit, but I was knocked over when a crowd surged forward in an elevator going down to the subway and tripped up by a vicious piece of metal sticking out of the ground near the Arc de Triomphe. It was a relief to get on a train for Rome until an electrical fire under our sleeping car provided a little more excitement. Full story
Over $4.1M of Hollywood Memorabilia Sold at Profiles in History’s 32nd Hollywood Auction
8/13/2008 -  Profiles in History offered over 1,100 iconic Hollywood items at a two-day Hollywood memorabilia auction July 31 and Aug. 1, 2008. All prices quoted include a 15 percent buyer’s premium. Star Wars T.I.E. Fighter sells for $402,500; Signed Abe Lincoln Photo, A Special Edition to the auction, goes for $207,000. Full story
COMICS Almost $4 Million Realized in Heritage Comic and Comic Art Auction
8/13/2008 -  Heritage Auction Galleries' latest auction of rare comic books and original comic book art realized $3,987,557 for 1,111 lots offered, although after auction sales are still ongoing, and are expected to raise the final total to even higher levels. "As can easily be seen by looking at the top results, this auction was about two things: original art and Mile High comics," said Ed Jaster, Vice-President for Dallas-based Heritage. Full story
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