
People love collecting. It may now just be a part of human nature. If you collect coins, sports cards, art, antiques or artifacts may not matter. The reality is that once you […]
People love collecting. It may now just be a part of human nature. If you collect coins, sports cards, art, antiques or artifacts may not matter. The reality is that once you […]
The 4th of July is a special part of American history. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 and that marks the year 2022 as the 246th birthday of […]
The impact of the war inside Ukraine is not just a war inside of the Ukraine. Many nations have taken in Ukranian families, and the impact of higher food prices and shortages […]
Abraham Lincoln is one of the key figures in American history. It turns out that many his personal effects are still on the market in 2022. At least they were ahead of […]
Something exciting came along in book collecting. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a top selling book from her library auction Thursday that sold above six figures. Owning the book collection […]
It would be easy to assume that almost all of Abraham Lincoln’s personal effects are in museums. It is hard to know how many of these items and personal effects there are, […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the greatest historic figures of the twentieth century. While there are many books and documentaries about MLK, there is also a dedicated national holiday to […]
Historical firearms are deeply entrenched in the theme of collectibles as an alternative asset class. Some people may not like the thought of firearms being considered as collectibles, but the reality is […]
This is when history and collectibles collide. Recent news of the $43+ million sale of the last surviving copy of the U.S. Constitution was game-changing on two fronts. The copy of the […]
The United States Constitution is a sacred document that is revered by many nations to this day. All the rights of any individual reading this, at least for those who are a […]
Vintage tobacco card collectors frequently have a very hard time putting together sets of cards from the early 1900s. Putting together a complete set of any tobacco cards from the 1800s is […]
The United States Constitution is a sacred document that is revered by many nations to this day. All the rights of any individual reading this as a United States citizen is printed […]
Not all treasure comes from shipwrecks. Some, like the cache of 45 Roman gold coins that made international news were found by armature free divers on vacation in Spain. Eight coins found […]
Al Capone is perhaps America’s number one gangster from the twentieth century. If he isn’t first on the list, he is definitely high on the list. Many movies have included Capone in […]
Abraham Lincoln is one of America’s most revered U.S. Presidents. Collectors who love history can actually buy or bid on many items which were tied to Lincoln’s presidency. His assassination was one […]
When investors think about buying stocks and bonds in the modern era it involves a financial advisor, an electronic brokerage or a smartphone trading applications. That wasn’t always the case. One tradition […]
Sometimes sports and history collide. Two iconic American signatures that may comparable to collectors of history and baseball would have to be Babe Ruth and George Washington. This is the first President […]
The auction for Ancient Coins of The Roman Republic closed last night at Heritage Auctions. While some of the coins sold below the initial estimates offered up, the high prices should catch […]