10 Most Incredible Antique 3D Images

Image: Underwood & Underwood While James Cameron might have made 3D movies all the rage with Avatar, this is not the first time that 3D...

My Art Has to Kill

There is art for all types and tastes. Some people, like my father, look at the modern handgun and think…that’s the most beautiful thing...

Ugly Piano

Frequent auction visitor Mary Maduzia had been on a date, just trying to get her groove back, and sent her daughters to an auction in her...

I Would Totally Do that Cabinet

Antiquing can be seen as an art (mostly for fabulous gay men and my grandmother—who is a gay man, oddly enough); a very, very expensive art....

So it just LOOKS like the Mona Lisa? I’ll take it!

No portrait can really compete with the Mona Lisa…imitate yes, compete? No. One imitation has drawn loads of attention and even a few...

Anything with “Nude” in the Title Does Well at Auction

At a crowded Christie’s auction in May, a Picasso painting broke auction records and hearts. The “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” painted...

Fancy Man=Fancy Desk

Talk about decadent office furniture—what do you mean? Of course office furniture can be decadent. In 1989, a Christie’s auction saw a...

Stamps Really Get me Going

Considered to be the world’s most valuable stamp, is it more than a century old, and has survived two world wars. The Treskilling Yellow, or...

$7.85 Million is Some Serious…Coin

Rare coins are always an easy sell at auctions (hahahaha! Nerds are hilarious), and the sale of a sparking 1794 American silver dollar is no...

That Emma, she’s a saucy little thing.

First prints of the classics are always hot commodities, like Jane Austen’s Emma. A copy of the book, complete with Austen’s signature,...

« Older Entries