by Edwin Bailey | May 22, 2024 | Blog, Collectibles
> Fascination, Accumulation, Obsession, Realization & Liquidation I’ve been chewing on this list for some time now. The idea for it started incubating from a conversation I had years ago with a couple of guys who were selling their father’s huge...
by Edwin Bailey | May 21, 2024 | Blog
On March 18, 2023, Blackwell Auctions sold a painting of one of the most historically important figures of the 19th century, Sitting Bull, the chief who united the Sioux to defeat Gen. George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn in 1876. The portrait was one of four...
by Edwin Bailey | May 20, 2024 | Blog
Letter with outstanding content, written by Captain John Sharp, who effectively accuses his commander, Brigadier General William Hull, of treason in his surrendering of Detroit to the British General Brock and the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh. Sharp writes: “… great God!...
by Edwin Bailey | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Several 1940s circus banners will be offered in the December 9th auction, The ICONIC Sale. Several of these appeared in an episode of American Pickers (season 20, episode 19) titled “Freaky Florida.” They are from the estate of James Sigler, a...
by Edwin Bailey | Nov 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date of Release: Nov. 27, 2023 Original Polaroid cover shot from Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ LP to star at Dec. 9 auction Alternate cover shots – including with tiger cub – and camera that celebrity photographer Dick Zimmerman used at the photo...
