It took months of convincing my old man, but as a 15-year-old I was able to make the five-hour trip from my hometown of Marinette, WI to the Windy City for the 1993 National Sports Collectors Convention. At the time, baseball card collecting was at its peak, and this was unquestionably going to be the […]
Opinion Piece
Shagreen and Art Deco’s “Great Gatsby” moment
With the anticipation that built up to the release of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby this year, Art Deco is having a revival moment – not that it ever really goes out of style. It seems that the stores are filled with beaded frocks with drop-waists, perfect for your evening jaunt to your local juice joint […]
“The Wolverine,” a review
(Thinking of checking out “The Wolverine” this weekend to get your latest Super Hero movie fix? Gary Dowell, one of Heritage’s Jack-of-All-Trades catalogers and experts – working across the comics, comics art and Music & Entertainment categories – has a few thoughts on the film. Besides having an encyclopedic knowledge of Pop Culture, he is a capable and accomplished […]
The Coin Geek: a Potentially Staggering Loss in the Art World
(A mother’s act of love in defending the crime of her child? Or an even worse crime than the one she was trying to cover? Those are the questions that hit me, and likely millions of others, when news of this crime in Romania broke. What a gut punch on a Friday morning. These are […]
