British metal detectorists make the find of their lives: medieval gold coinsLONDON – Phil and Joan Castle, who live in New Romney in Kent, England, have been hunting treasure with metal detectors for more than 30 years. It was in October 2018, while searching one of their favorite plowed fields at nearby Romney Marsh that Joan, using her XP gold max metal detector, found a broken gold coin on the […]
Holabird to present huge Americana sale Oct. 29-Nov. 2RENO, Nev. – Original artwork for what is widely regarded as the very first psychedelic rock poster – created in 1965 for the grand opening of the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada and advertising the acid-rock group the Charlatans for a series of dates that never happened – is an expected star lot […]
Stephenson’s to host Apr. 3 auction of gold, silver coinsSOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Coins may very well be the ultimate collectible. “They’re small and portable, they have both intrinsic and face value, and they have a long history of positive growth as an investment,” says Cindy Stephenson, owner of Stephenson’s Auctions in suburban Philadelphia. “Any time we are called upon to visit a residence and […]
$19,550 English silver salts spice up Kaminski’s May auctionBEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions’ May sale, which took place May 30-31, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and through the Internet via LiveAuctioneers.com. Day one of this two-day sale featured general fine art, antiques and collectibles, while day two highlighted a diverse selection of maritime antiques and memorabilia. Consignments […]