Formed in 1972 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Marshall Tucker Band are Southern rock icons standing toe-to-toe with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Oak Arkansas, ZZ Top, and other giants of the subgenre. Their inventive mix of driving rock rhythms, country swagger, and flourishes of blues and jazz resulted in a stew that has resulted in six […]
Of Corpse These are Fantastic!
Two amazing pieces from the stop motion animation feature Corpse Bride (Warner Bros., 2005) will be available in the upcoming Hollywood Auction. AUCTION PREVIEW: “Victor Van Dort” and “Emily the Corpse Bride” hero puppets are being offered as a set. The “Victor” puppet, tall and thin (nearly 19” tall), is brandishing a barbeque fork and […]
Star Wars Artifacts: A Personal Favorite
I still remember that summer day in 1977 when I went to watch Star Wars on the recommendation of a fellow eleven-year-old who had recently seen it. The night before, I told my dad, another science fiction fan (I’m a chip off the old block), “Dirk went and saw this new space movie and said […]
Jimmy D Sells Vintage Guitars for Charity
Jim Demuth or Jimmy D is an astute guitar player and overall musician out of White Plains, New York. He has collected many guitars over many years. In July, he is offering select guitars from his collection to raise money for charities. Heritage Auctions is honored to help Jimmy D on his quest of kindness. […]
Rare Vinyl of Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left Debut LP for Sale
Expanding on what Garry Shrum wrote about, one of the records from the Back to Frank’s Place Collection that made me stop cataloging, see it, and hold it in my hands was a rare copy of Nick Drake’s debut LP, Five Leaves Left. With a pink label on the disc, this UK pressing is hard […]
The Back to Frank’s Place Collection
It is not often that we get such a fantastic collection of original pressings on vinyl. Then to have them come to us in such excellent condition. Many classic albums are rare and hard to find today; first pressing covers and mono and stereo pressings will be offered in this collection on original labels. Then […]
Poster Buyers Continue to Bust Down the Door
Everyone here is still all a-twitter about our world-record-setting prices in the April 16 concert posters auction. I was extra jazzed because it was the first live auction I’d attended in person in Dallas since the pandemic struck two years ago. It was also the first time I’d been enlisted to take live bidding on […]
VHS is Dead. Long Live VHS!
Our Video Game Specialist, Brett Weiss, had to choose his favorite movies among all the vintage, graded VHS and Beta tapes at our 2022 June 9 VHS Tapes Signature® Auction. He spent two days in the closet with a VCR and a Betamax machine, a Coke, and an extra-large bag of popcorn to come up with his top seven.
