Coveted Americana featured in Jeffrey Evans sale, June 26-27

Fine labeled Ernest Vogt (Philadelphia) Civil War Regulation Infantry Regiment drum, 1864 contract. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image

MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will present 38th Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction on June 26-27. With nearly 1,200 lots of high-quality material, the sale is sure to generate excitement in the collecting community, providing a gauge for the current market across multiple categories. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Morphy’s presents ultimate collection of coin-op mechanical music machines June 20-21

Mills Novelty Co., bow-front Violano-Virtuoso, fully restored to perfection by Robert Loeffler. Perfectly tuned piano and violin. Comes with six rolls. Fewer than 20 of these machines are known. Estimate $100,000-$150,000

DENVER, Pa. – The exhilarating sounds of pipe organs, violins and a multitude of percussion instruments fill Morphy Auctions’ gallery in the countdown to a sensational Coin-Op & Antique Advertising sale slated for June 20-21. The main attraction is a private collection that Morphy Auctions founder and president Dan Morphy describes as “the best and most significant offering of mechanical and coin-operated music, vending and gambling machines ever to pass through our doors.” Additionally, the two-day event boasts an impressive lineup of antique advertising items whose quality and rarity are second to none. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Man sentenced for looting ancestral Puebloan artifacts

A view of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado shows the ruins of a Hovenweep-style tower in the foreground, Great Pueblo period: A.D. 1100-1300. Image by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – A man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for taking items from an Ancestral Puebloan ceremonial site at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwestern Colorado, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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