One Thousand and One Banjos, The Tsumura Collection, Akira Tsumura

Marble Lamp with two female Banjo Players from the book 1001 banjos

The Coolest Banjo Book in The World I present for your Viewing Pleasure One Thousand and One Banjos, by Akira Tsumura …think of this book as a “Picking Mans Bible”… Here’s why I think that this is the coolest Banjo Book in the world: Because it represent one mans passion for a very specific category [...]

000-42 Martin Guitar: A Love Story, and an Auction

Gale German Playing a Martin 000 42 Guitar

This Martin Guitar Style 000-42 is coming up for auction at Chrisite’s on October 13, 2009 This man had dreams…of playing guitar, and did so for many years, but mostly for his family… (Gale German playing his Martin 000-42 Guitar circa early 1940′s) In the late thirties and forties throughout the middle of this great [...]

Civil War Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolvers Found in New York

Ivory-Gripped Civil War Presentation Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolvers Case Cartouche

Or How Colonel William C. Browne’s Pair of 1851 Navy Colts Came Out Of Hiding… It all started with an advertisement that Greg Martin Auctions placed calling for people to bring their vintage and antique firearms to an appraisal clinic. Kind of like an Antiques Roadshow, but only this appraisal clinic was for the valuation [...]

…At Estate Sales, Be On The Lookout For…

Stoneware doll head from the Anna Pottery of Illinois; image courtesy of Crocker Farm, Inc.

Anna Pottery What: Anna Pottery Doll Head. Sold By: Crocker Farm, Inc. Item Description: A salt-glazed stoneware doll’s head with a painted surface, incised “Anna Pottery / 1885.” One of two Anna Pottery doll’s heads known. Sale Price: $5,980.00 My Notes: To anybody in the know about antiques and collectibles Anna Pottery of Illinois is [...]

3 Rare things you might find, or why you should call a Professional Estate Liquidator…

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The $2.4 Million Stamp Details Alphonse Mucha Postcard $12,650 Details: $30,000.00 Freewheelin Bob Dylan Record Read here carefully The Do it Yourself Estate Sales Guide