Category Archives: Celebrities
You can buy some of Lee Marvin’s personal items at Julia’s Auction on August 27, 2010
Remember Lee Marvin, winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for Cat Ballou in 1965? Marvin was the tough guy in many movies, of which “The Dirty Dozen” is probably his most famous. His widow, Pamela Marvin, has decided to … Continue reading
Remember Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger? Well, you just missed buying him!
I’m old enough to remember the Roy Rogers Show on Saturday mornings in the 1950s. It was a great show for kids. I enjoyed listening to Roy and Dale (Evans) singing “Happy Trails To You” to end their show each … Continue reading
You could have bought a piece of history at Sotheby’s New York sale of the Mark Twain Collection, June 17, 2010
Sotheby’s New York sold the Mark Twain Collection of original letters, manuscripts and photographs, as part of a larger sale of the James S. Copley Library, June 17, 2010. The Mark Twain Collection consisted of about 200 items, valued pre-sale … Continue reading
Skinner’s auction of the Richard Wright Collection is a barnburner
Richard Wright died on March 1, 2009 at age 62. He was best known as the expert doll appraiser for the Antiques Roadshow. He was also the owner of Wright Antiques & Dolls, in Birchrunville, Pennsylvania. I used to see … Continue reading
Elvis Presley items do well at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
On October 18, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers held an auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia from the collection of Gary Pepper, who was the president of the Tankers Fan Club, for Elvis fans. Many items exceeded the high estimates, but those items … Continue reading
Celebrity encounters in the antiques business, part VIII
In approximately 1987, I had a shop on the street level of the Manhattan Arts & Antiques Center on Second Ave. in New York City. It was small, but nicely appointed, with a window to the street. Barbara Streisand came … Continue reading
Celebrity encounters in the antiques business, part VII
One day while sitting in my shop at the Manhattan Arts & Antiques Center in the late 1980s, I received a call from another dealer asking me if I had any Pairpoint puffy table lamps for sale. He said he … Continue reading
Celebrity encounters in the antiques business, part VI
One day in the mid 1980s, my wife, Lia, was at our street level shop in the Manhattan Arts & Antiques Center on Second Avenue in New York City. “Big Bob” was one of the security guards on duty that … Continue reading
Celebrity encounters in the antiques business, part V
Johnny Carson and a much younger woman came into my shop at the Manhattan Arts & Antiques Center on Second Ave. in New York City in the late 1980s. I now assume the younger woman was Alexis Maas, whom he … Continue reading
Thanks, Los Angeles
What a difference a city makes. Each city has a personality based on who shows up. Interest was completely different here in LA, compared to Denver. Tiffany seemed to garner the most interest, with many questions about lamps, glass and … Continue reading