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A History of Record-Breaking Video Game Auctions
Copy of Super Mario 64 that set a new record for a video game at auction. Image from Heritage Auctions. Earlier this month, an unopened copy of Super Mario 64 sold for USD 1.56 million. The lot set a new record for the category and was the first video game…
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Stephenson’s to host surprise-filled Mid-Summer Trains & Toys Auction, July 23
Featured: Collection of mint/boxed Korean brass engine and train cars plus Bing, American Flyer and Lionel pre- and postwar trains; toys from Mid-Atlantic estates SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – On Friday, July 23, Stephenson’s Auctioneers of Southampton (suburban Philadelphia), Pa., will conduct the 2021 edition of its popular Mid-Summer Trains & Toys…
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Fresh-to-market antique European toys drew international bidders to Milestone’s 100%-sold June 26 auction
Surprising rarities surfaced, including German clockwork ‘Woman Blowing Bubbles,’ $9,900; and French bicycle-go-round, $4,920 WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Even the best-connected toy buyers in Europe surely would have been surprised by the contents of the Margaret and Joel Weissman antique toy collection, which was offered by Milestone Auctions on June 26th.…
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Strategy Board Games From The Estate Of Peter Dean Come To Auction June 26
Turner Auctions + Appraisals Offers Over 325 Lots from an Avid Gamer Battle for Berlin SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 14, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present strategy board games from the Estate of Peter Dean, Part I, on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Offering more than…
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Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Estate Fine Art & Antique Auction, June 17th, Features Items From Prominent Local Estates And Collections
It’s an online-only auction featuring over 300 lots. An expected highlight is the immaculate, hand-carved Alaskan Inuit walrus ivory chess set; it has a pre-sale estimate of $3,000-$5,000. Immaculate, hand-carved Alaskan Inuit walrus ivory chess set, the pieces modeled after native fauna with exquisite calcification, purchased in San Francisco in…
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Morphy’s adds 100+ pairs of collectible sneakers, classic baseball cards to June 16-17 Toy & General Collectibles Auction lineup
Also featured: Rare, complete boxed sets of antique and vintage marbles Rare 12-inch German Halloween candy container in the form of a witch holding a broom. Plaster head, all original paint and clothes. Estimate $6,000-$9,000 DENVER, Pa. – Whether they’re European antiques, American tin vehicles or postwar favorites from Japan’s…
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Will You Win a $15,000 Charizard? Heritage Auctions Hosting Live Pokémon Box Break June 27 at Collect-A-Con in Frisco, Texas
1999 Pokémon Unlimited Base Set Booster Box online pack auction kicks off June 1 leading to unique event 2021 June 15 Unlimited Base Set Booster Box Break Trading Card Games Showcase Auction #43151 DALLAS, Texas (May 27, 2021) – It’s time to catch ’em all – live. Beginning June 1,…
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Provenance, Paws, and Personality: Sue Pearson’s Teddy Bear Collection Available in SAS Event
Sue Pearson and her hug of teddy bears. Image from Special Auction Services. There's plenty of Teddy hugs to go around at Special Auction Services’ Dolls & Teddy Bears sale on June 8th, 2021. This event will be held in the company's London area gallery and features the collection of…
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Toy collectors aimed high for vintage robots and early Disney toys at Milestone’s May 1 Spring Spectacular
Boxed Bandai Flying Spaceman on Super Cycle more than doubles high estimate at $55,200 Bandai (Japan) friction-powered ‘Flying Spaceman’ on ‘Super Cycle’ with original caped, green rubber “Superman” figure. Accompanied by colorfully illustrated box lid. The top lot of the sale, it sold for $55,200 against an estimate of $15,000-$25,000.…
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Bertoia’s to auction Paul Cole’s 50-year collection of fine American and European trains, early tin and pressed-steel toys, May 21-22
Featured: Marklin rarities including ‘Circus Oriental’ caravan car and Newark Passenger Station; Ives trains and toys, George Brown classics, Arcade, Dent and Kenton automotive toys Circa-1908 Marklin ‘Circus Oriental’ train wagon, 8in long with exquisite detail, hand-painted shutters. Estimate $20,000-$30,000 VINELAND, N.J. – The exceptional antique toy and train collection…
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Part I of premier Schroeder toy and bank collection rings the register at $3.1 million
Girl Skipping Rope mechanical bank captures top-lot honors, sells for record $156K J&E Stevens (American), Girl Skipping Rope cast-iron mechanical bank. Book example depicted in Blair Whitton's 1981 reference ‘Clockwork Toys.’ Pristine to near-mint condition. The top lot of the sale, it sold for $156,000, a world auction record for…
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Bertoia’s April 8-9 Annual Spring Auction introduces hybrid format offering bidders two levels of beautiful toys, banks and trains
Marklin ‘HMS Gladiator’ clockwork battleship, 25in long, in production from 1902-1907. Wonderful proportions with exaggerated superstructure and cannons, details faithful to the real-life battleship of its day. Estimate $30,000-$50,000 VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia Auctions will introduce an exciting new hybrid model at this year’s Annual Spring Auction, combining an April…
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Clocks From Canada, The U.s. And Europe Dominate The List Of Top Lots In Miller & Miller’s Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana Sale
The online-only auction, held March 20th, featured 646 lots of clocks, Canadiana and music machines, pottery, stoneware, folk art, advertising and trade signs, toys, breweriana, paintings. French Paul O’Dobey wire tower clock made in 1899, originally from a monastery, featuring an “angelus strike” striking twelve times on a small bell…
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Miller & Miller’s March 20th Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana Sale Will Be Headlined By Four Outstanding Collections, At 9 Am Eastern
The online-only auction is loaded with 645 lots. In addition to the clocks, Canadiana and music machines, the sale also has pottery and stoneware, folk art, advertising signs, toys, breweriana. Dutch wall clock in a walnut case with barley twist columns, made in the Zaanse region of Holland near Amsterdam,…
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Trains Did So Well In Weiss Auctions’ February 24th Toys & Trains Sale The Firm Plans To Hold Up To Eight More Train Sales Thru End Of 2021
The February auction featured the extensive S gauge collection of Frank Pisani, plus more of the Neil Padron estate, with its many high-grade American Flyer S accessories and post-war rarities American Flyer S gauge smoke-in-tender Northern 332 steam locomotive, 1946 or 1947, with a bronze brake tank and a unique…
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Stair Brings the Art of the Exquisite Corpse to Auction
This March, Stair will offer an unusual auction that borders on the macabre. Collectors will find drawings of the human body in every style imaginable, from the realist to the absurd. The auction, held live on March 3rd, 2021, highlights the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game of the Surrealists. Annette Lemieux, Doug…
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4 Trends in Fine Teddy Bear Collecting During Lockdown
Enter-seam Steiff teddy bear circa 1905 brought to auction in 2020 by Bertoia Auctions. Photo from LiveAuctioneers. Just over a year ago, lockdowns began in the United States. The auction industry’s online infrastructure largely helped it combat the dearth of live events and the realities of social distancing. Still, each…
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Auction Review: Oddities and Collectibles From the Guinness World Records Museum
On February 12th, 2021, Ripley Auctions sold over 100 items from the now-closed Guinness World Records Museum in Niagara Falls, Canada. The sale enjoyed a 99% sell-through rate. Announced shortly after the museum permanently closed in September of 2020, the auction offered life-sized versions of record holders, various visual displays,…
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All Aboard! Turner Auctions + Appraisals Presents The Paul Guaraglia Collection Of Model Trains
Over 220 Lots Go Up for Bid on Saturday, March 6 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 17, 2021 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Paul Guaraglia Collection of Model Trains on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at 10:30 am PST. Featuring over 220 lots, the sale presents a…
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Items From The Now-closed Guinness Museum Of World Records Will Be Sold In An Online-only Auction Ending Feb. 12th By Ripley Auctions
The auction is packed with over 100 lots of curious oddities, circus sideshow items, arts and entertainment memorabilia, music and sports collectibles, museum displays, coin-op interactive exhibits, sculpted characters, artifacts and even some smaller items such as record wall plaques. A candidate for top lot of the auction is this…
