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The Hot Bid: Beatles concert poster sets world record
NEW YORK – On occasion, The Hot Bid revisits remarkable antique and vintage collectibles that have sold. Today’s subject is a rare concert poster that sold at Heritage Auctions in April 2020. What you see: An original 1966 Beatles Shea Stadium concert poster that sold for $137,500, which set and a new world auction record for […]
The Hot Bid: Annie Oakley rifle sights set on $400K
What you see: A Stevens model 44 .25-20 single-shot rifle, given to Annie Oakley. Morphy Auctions estimates it at $200,000 to $400,000. The expert: Michael Salisbury, firearms expert at Morphy Auctions. Who was Annie Oakley? In the 1880s, exhibition shooting was extremely popular, like football or baseball is today. A well-known traveling exhibition shooter, Frank […]
The Hot Bid: Buddy Holly poster could break record
What you see: A Winter Dance Party concert poster, touting Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, all of whom would die in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959—aka “The Day the Music Died.” Heritage Auctions issued no formal estimate for the poster, but its likely range is between $50,000 and $100,000.
Psychedelic art recalls Summer of Love
NEW YORK — In a nod to the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Woodstock music and art festival, which took place August 15-18, 1969, let’s take a look at psychedelic art, the most visually compelling product of the 1960s/early 1970s counterculture. Swirling patterns, distorted visuals, striking images and overly bright, often vibrating colors are the […]