Día de los Muertos brings the living and the departed together through ancient traditions and the enduring power of ...

Cat brooches are always popular collectibles, from the most valuable Trifari figurals produced in the 1930s to cutesy 1960s versions that fit in perfectly with today’s “grandmacore” fashion aesthetic.

The North Carolina state flag bears the date April 12, 1776, commemorating the adoption of the Halifax Resolves, which authorized the colony's delegates to support American independence. Image ...

An original Roover Brothers fortune teller leads Morphy’s Oct. 16–17 auction, where mechanical marvels, amusement relics, and colorful advertising bring an earlier age of entertainment back to life.

Rare books and related ephemera at auction can be easy selling, or shall we say easy reading, for auction houses (see pages 16–21 for the latest sales). But rare and/or collectible paper goods aren’t ...

The Last Moving Picture Company will hold its 35th Annual Movie Poster and Stills Auction on Saturday, October 10, 2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Hollywood glamour, jet-age optimism, and a touch of Victorian boldness take center stage in the March issue of Kovels Antique Trader. This month’s cover feature, Flights of Fancy, explores artist ...

The Matchbox Regular Wheels 62c Mercury Cougar, with a pale yellow body, black plastic wheels, and a “New Model” Type E4 box, sold for a record £22,050 at Vectis Auctions. Image courtesy of Vectis ...

January 27, 2026 – Goldin, an internationally-renowned auction house known for rare and record-breaking collectible sales, has today announced a USA 250 Auction, set to take place this spring.

Early 1860s ferrotype of gamblers smoking cigars. I first encountered cigar label proofs as a teenager when, at an estate sale, I pulled a chest from beneath a staircase. The people running the sale ...

This vintage ad from 1971 touts Fisher-Price toys being powered by young imaginations and energy, and not batteries, though there were likely a few parents who wished the Corn Popper and other noisy ...

I am a long-time collector of tchotchkes and gewgaws, and I come by it honestly. My mother was a collector of many, many odds and ends, and I never really had a chance (happily) to be anything else. I ...