Fire Grenades: History and collectability
From the 1870s through the early 1900s, liquid-filled fire grenades were used to combat the blaze when a small fire broke out in the interior of the home.
Vintage Technology
When Wheeled-Fortune Smiles
A miracle of biblical proportions lands a 12-year-old kid the coolest bike ever -- a Huffy Dragster III, decked out in all its muscle-bike splendor.
Kubrick's 2001 Prop Blasts Off
Iconic space suit from Stanley Kubrick's landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, sells for $370,000 at Julien's Auctions.
Buried Treasure
A long-lost diving helmet, a U.S. Navy Mark V, surfaces after decades buried in a hoarders' northern Wisconsin home. The 1916 helmet could be the most historically important helmet in the world – and the most valuable when it comes to auction in July.
Vintage Video Games: Donkey Kong 3 could win $20K at auction
A copy of Nintendo’s Donkey Kong 3 (NES, 1986) and a rare cartridge of Nintendo World Championships are now enticing collectors to pay $20,000+ at auction.
Mechanical marvels auction slated for May 18
Auction Team Breker announces mechanical marvels - technical antiques of all kinds - will be sold during its May 18 auction in Koln, Germany and online at www.liveauctioneers.com and www.invaluable.com.
Meteorite Auction: Take home a piece from the heavens
Donley Auctions announces a Meteorite Auction May 18, 2019 featuring the collection of Christina Hollis and Ronald Hubbs.
Meet Thomas Edison's phonograph doll
Thomas Edison's phonograph doll, introduced in 1890, is a rarity sought out by collectors. It played wax cylinders created by Alexander Graham Bell.
Antique Appraisal: Tiny ‘spy’ camera is fun, but impractical
In her latest exclusive antique appraisals for Antique Trader magazine, appraiser Susan Mullikin evaluates a tiny "spy" camera and a lovely Art Deco necklace.
Fordite: Turning industrial waste into treasure
For each car painted from the 1950s-1970s, another layer of enamel was added to the hardened mosaic of colored slag that would come to be known as Fordite.
Pilot’s collections offered in Aviation Memorabilia Auction
Captain William B. White spent a lifetime collecting many different antique and vintage items. Come April 5, the pilot's collections begin to cross the auction block.
Vintage video games score high at auction
Heritage Auctions took a first step into a new area of collectibles when its offering of 25 certified and graded collectible video games made its debut Jan. 13.
Collectible video games score big at auction
Heritage Auctions took a first step into a new area of collectibles when its offering of 25 certified and graded collectible video games made its debut Jan. 13.
Classic Shooting Gallery Targets
Legendary collection of vintage shooting gallery targets takes center stage at Soulis Auctions in September. Early collectors Richard and Valerie Tucker embraced the targets, calling them 'iron as art.'