Publisher’s Message: Something to Chew On
I’ve sometimes commented that auctions offer bad coffee and good donuts. “Back in the day” when there were frequent on-site auctions, the food tent that followed the auctioneer was typically manned by local families or organizations. Regular followers of the...The Syracuse Gun Show & Sale – April 23-24
Come See the Passion at our Shows! Saturday April 23, 2022 9:00am to 5:00pm; Sunday April 24, 2022 9:00am to 3:00pm New York State FairgroundsEmpire Expo Center, Center Of Progress Building, Syracuse, New York The largest Gun Show held in New York State will be staged...Publisher’s Message: The Robins of Spring
It has been a long couple of years with the Covid pandemic. Despite the unprecedented speed that the scientists and pharmaceutical companies achieved in bringing vaccines to the public, we aren’t a patient population. The cancellations, postponements, and re-do...Publisher’s Message: Remembering Mr. Gerry
At least once a decade Elbridge Gerry has his fifteen minutes of contemporary fame.
The York Antiques Show January 28-30, 2022
“The Original 178th Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale” is scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 28, 29 and 30, 2022, at Memorial Hall East, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center in downtown York, PA. This extremely...Publisher’s Message: The First Country “Banks” Were Stores
I am fortunate to have collected a number of ledgers and day books from the first half of the 1800s. Linda may disagree as the 200 year-old documents, with their leather and board bindings and accumulated “dust,” aren’t the most attractive or fresh-smelling....Publisher’s Message: Of Coin Collections and Sports Trading Cards
Growing up I collected coins, mainly pennies. Unlike some kids my age, I wasn’t all that interested in the “baseball” cards, though I did like the pink slab of bubble gum. I never got into trading the cards among friends. What prompted me to think about such...Cottone Auctions to Present Art, Antiques & Clocks Sale November 5-6
Cottone Auction’s November ONLINE: Art, Antiques & Clocks sale on Friday, November 5th and Saturday, November 6th, 2021 at 12PM EST. Cottone Auctions is pleased to offer selections from the private collection of the Calculagraph Co., New Jersey, items from the...Doolittle Estate Leads Cottone’s $3.7 Million Sale with Seascape by John F. Kensett Soaring to $1.1 Million
The auction featured roughly 170 quality lots from private institutions,estates and individuals. “The Kensett strikes me as being a very fine one. The arrangement and colors are very clear and forceful — a good sign in Kensett’s work. The silence of these spare...
