Like many Holidays-makers (happy to be off work, though desperate to escape their relatives), I recently saw The Imitation Game. Based on true events, The Imitation Game chronicles the struggle of Alan Turing, father of the digital computer, to break the “unbreakable” Nazi Enigma code during World War II. I initially went to see Benedict […]
A Moment of Peace during a Time of War: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Christmas is a magical time of year for me. I come from a fairly German family (my mother hails from a small town near Ludwigsburg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg) and there is no time of year that I feel more “German” than around Christmas. While we celebrate like most Americans (my father, like […]
Condition Significance in Collectible Coins
When we happen upon a pile of old coins in an estate’s closet or safe, usually our first reaction is to look for the oldest coins in the cache. It may be counterintuitive however, that age is not always the biggest determinant of value. While coins minted in the mid 20th century and forward tend […]
Why Elvis Presley is the King of Rock n Roll
Elvis Presley is known as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” – what does that mean, exactly? Buy, Value or Appraise Your Rock n Roll Memorabilia Bid or buy watches and timepieces for sale, value your item, or request a free appraisal to sell your collection. It’s not that he was the first to be associated […]
Hermès Scarves: Ties That Bind
My love affair with scarves began at the age of eleven when I inherited my grandmother’s collection. The rest of her clothes were given to charity when she died, but her scarves seemed too full of memory to let go – the many times had I seen her drape her shoulders or tie a knot […]
Heritage’s Top Picks from Paris Photo
The 18th year of Paris Photo open from November 13-16th, is comprised of 35 countries, 143 galleries, and 26 art book dealers and publishers on display at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. The City of Lights is filled with photographs, artists, gallery owners, curators, and collectors making Paris even more enchanting. Below are just […]
TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE HANDBAGS SOLD AT AUCTION
To celebrate PurseBlog‘s National Handbag Day, we curated a list of our Top 10 Most Expensive Handbags ever sold at Heritage Auctions. Happy Bidding!
LOST in “S” by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst: A True Collectible
Why “S”? Because LOST. JJ Abrams does it again. But this time in book form. When the TV show LOST launched 10 years ago today, an argument erupted in my living room. It went something like this… WIFE: Will you watch this new show with me? It’s called LOST. ME: What’s it about? WIFE: A plane crash’s on an island. […]
