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Victorian “Tear Catchers” Story a Myth, But the Bottles Are Highly Collectible

WorthPoint

This vibrant turquoise blue bottle with gold paint and white enamel details sold for $300 in March 2025. She said she and the twenty colleagues and journalists she has consulted with have never found any historical source that says throwaway bottles functioned as tear catchers or had any other sentimental purpose.

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Taste test: artist-made desserts will be shown (and eaten) in New York gallery’s one-night exhibition

The Art Newspaper

The ephemeral, edible show is a fundraiser for the small art dealership that will also function as participatory performance art. Williams, Hein Koh and Melissa Joseph. Buying a $45 ticket will get hungry guests access to indulge, and a Tupperware container for taking any leftovers that remain. I’m a mix of excited and scared,” Joseph says.

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Social Media Savvy Helps Reseller Hit $1M Mark

WorthPoint

Reseller Kelly Gunn says vintage telephones have become popular again, and thanks to technology, her 1966 payphone is fully functional and connected to her Bluetooth. From February 2024 to February 2025, we climbed from a combined following of 300k to 550k game changer! Each session is $189, Gunn noted.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Zodiac Coffee Table, NASA Ephemera

WorthPoint

On May 2, 2025, WorthPoint added 243,866 items to its Price Guide, totaling $15,553,013.59 Fully functional, gleaming with nostalgia, and stamped with the iconic Have a Coke slogan, it was a fizzy little slice of Americana. Gaining insights from Will is an excellent way to learn about buying and selling trends in our industry.

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Frasier Crane and the Art of Interior Design

Invaluable

Gone were the usual workplace, family home, or college dorm sitcom settings, and in its place is an apartment befitting of a character who attends operas, has refined opinions about classical music, can identify wine in blind taste tests , and perhaps most importantly, has impeccable taste in home furnishing. 1945 Chteau Petrus (Magnum).

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Metal Masterworks: The History and Techniques of Bronze Sculpture

Invaluable

While her original meaning or function is unknown, other similarly refined examples from nearby Mesopotamia and Egypt were clearly made as votives, or offerings to the gods. Sold for $275 USD via Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (February 2025). In still other examples, the gods themselves were rendered in the medium.

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Resounding Authoritarianisms By Jonathan Rosa

American Anthropological Association

In line with The Heritage Foundations Project 2025 , a comprehensive conservative presidential transition plan and policy agenda, these various tests of executive powers limits are illustrative enunciations of authoritarian populist politics.