With Heritage’s Inaugural Automobilia Signature Auction fast approaching, we sat down with Karl Chiao to give us the inside scoop on its featured lots and his passion for the automobilia category. “I am a huge car enthusiast and have a large collection of automotive periodicals dating back to the 70’s, along with having gone through a lot of cars […]
If Art Could Talk: Video Exclusive of Original Wolverine Art
What’s better than the new X-men movie? The original artwork that started it all! Here’s an exclusive behind-the-scenes video from our Comic Department discussing the first-ever appearance of #wolverine art in tomorrow’s auction. For an up close look visit: Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction
Farewell to “Darlin’” Dick Ayers (1924-2014)
The Western genre is just one of many Dick Ayers was known for. The entire Heritage comics staff is deeply saddened to learn of Dick Ayers’ passing. His contributions to the comic book field are undeniable. We all owe a part of our careers to his impressive and prodigious contributions to the field. Comic readers […]
Captain Briscoe’s Story: Letters from the Crimean War
I’ve always loved history; always found the old stories and the old stuff just interesting. As a consignment director here at Heritage’s Arms & Armor department I see a lot of old items and I often hear a lot of stories. Many of the stories are only word of mouth or from the family’s oral […]
A Glimpse Into the Life of Alex Haley, the Author of Roots
It has been 38 years since Alex Haley published Roots in 1976. Michael Eric Dyson summed it up well in the 2006 introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition of Roots: “Haley’s monumental achievement helped convince the nation that the black story is the American story.” If you know anything about American history, you know that […]
Twelve Years a Slave, One Little Book
And the Oscar goes to…Solomon Northup. Who? Solomon Northup. His is certainly not a household name in current American culture. In fact, Northup has never been a wildly popular or recognizable figure in American history outside a few years in his own time and with historians of slavery, abolition, and the period before, during, and […]
What Are State Quarters Worth?
State Quarters are beautifully designed coins representing each one of our fifty states, but that is about all they serve a good purpose for. Many people have put together sets of these coins and have invested money into them, but these coins have proved to be a bad investment overall. Buy, Value or Appraise Your […]
