Colored gems are setting records this month. Christie’s and Sotheby’s held auctions in Geneva, raking in over $150 million and $95 million, respectively. The top lot at Christie’s was The Blue Belle of Asia, a 392.52-carat cushion-shaped Ceylon sapphire mounted on a diamond necklace. The piece set a new world record for any sapphire at […]
Batmobile For Sale
Posted on November 18th, 2014 by Joe G
A 1963 licensed Batmobile, the earliest known, is up for auction by Heritage Auctions in Northern California, starting at $90,000. The vehicle was hand-built and customized from a 1956 Oldsmobile by Forrest Robinson. He started the project in 1960 and it took him three years. This was two years before George Barris customized a Batmobile […]
Cleaning and Caring for Gold Jewelry
Posted on November 13th, 2014 by Joe G
If you own nice gold jewelry, you likely want to keep it clean, shiny and looking good as new. However, a time will come when you need to clean your gold. You can take it to be professionally cleaned, but can expect to pay quite a bit of money. Fortunately, there are ways to clean […]
1976 Apple Computer on Auction
Posted on November 5th, 2014 by Joe G
Today, people are willing to dish out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to get the latest and greatest in technology. However, next month, an original 1976 Apple Computer could sell for more than the cost of new models. The fully functional Ricketts Apple-1 Personal Computer, nearly 40 years old, was sold by a 21-year-old […]
Spooky Auction Includes Human Bones
Posted on October 28th, 2014 by Joe G
The Danse Macabre, an auction fit for Halloween, was held Oct. 22 in New Jersey, and featured a variety of creepy items. Just how creepy were they? Sold items included everything from sheet music, to a 19th century voodoo kit, to actual human bones! Human foot bones sold for $123, a partial skull sold for […]