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Insights on Auction Sales: Mickey Mantle, Beer Can, Snow White

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million back in 2022, making today’s sale look like a “bargain” by comparison. This card remains the Holy Grail of post-WWII sports collectibles, both for its scarcity and its lore, especially given the famous story of Sy Berger dumping unsold cases into the Atlantic. Goldin pointed out that a well-centered PSA 7 is rare, and a PSA 9.5

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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Featuring a compilation of images Winkelmann created from 2007 onwards, the work drew attention across the art world as heralding the arrival of NFT artwork among the major blue chip collecting categories. For some, this medium allows them to reconnect with age-old traditions of making in a conversation across time.

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A Cleveland artist turns an historic Greyhound bus into a museum

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Edwards’s project is part of his Columbia University doctoral studies in historic preservation Photo: Leo Michael Nash In 2022, Edwards started wondering whether any bus used during the Great Migration survived, for him to restore and share its story. Regennia N.

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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

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April 2022). Iron Age Celtic Ring with Wave Whorl. Older than the Celtic knot, it emerged in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe and has been found on Germanic coins and in megalithic tombs. Sold for €13,000 EUR via Whyte’s (June 2022). Sold for £7,500 GBP via Bonhams (September 2022). The Book of Kells.

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“Snake… Snake!” Metal Gear Solid Collectibles

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The most collectible Metal Gear game remains the first one. This is due to its age—at almost 40 years old, many copies have been opened, boxes discarded, and cartridges and discs scratched or corroded beyond repair. These items are no longer just for kids but represent big money in the collecting world. For example, a WATA 9.8-rated

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Car Mascots: Hood Ornaments of the Past

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The truly classic hood ornaments are a throwback to what some collectors call “The Golden Age of Motoring.” “The vintage car community, those who own cars and those who just collect automobilia, are all about preservation,” Anderson said. This one sold for nearly $3,000 in 2022.

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Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles

The Art Newspaper

An entire wall and cabinet are given over to portraits of Lucette—a woman, born in 1908, who was a great fan of organised tours, from which she collected 850 images of herself. Watching Lucette age via these photographs, and pondering her motives, is a fascinating exercise.