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Aubusson Tapestry (18th Century, Pastoral Scene, Large)

Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 1 month ago

## Woven Art From the Heart of France Aubusson tapestries represent one of the finest traditions in European decorative arts. For over four centuries, the workshops along the Creuse River in central France produced tapestries that graced the walls of châteaux, palaces, and grand homes across Eur...

1955 Topps #2 Ted Williams

Sports Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

## The Splendid Splinter in Cardboard The 1955 Topps #2 Ted Williams is one of the most desirable mainstream baseball cards of the 1950s. Featuring the last man to hit .400 in a season, this card captures Williams during the twilight of his magnificent career with the Boston Red Sox. Its placeme...

2016 S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball Z Super Saiyan Goku (Reissue)

Toys & Figures · Updated about 1 month ago

## The Gold Standard of Dragon Ball Z Figures Bandai's S.H. Figuarts line has become the definitive home for premium Dragon Ball Z action figures, and the Super Saiyan Goku figure sits at the center of that legacy. The 2016 reissue gave collectors who missed the original run a second chance at o...

2003 Takara Transformers Masterpiece Optimus Prime MP-01

Toys & Figures · Updated about 1 month ago

## The Figure That Launched a Collector Revolution In 2003, Japanese toy manufacturer Takara released a figure that would fundamentally change how the toy industry approached adult collectors. The Masterpiece MP-01 Optimus Prime (known as MP-01 Convoy in Japan) was the first entry in what would ...

1857 Flying Eagle Cent (Regular Issue)

Coins · Updated about 1 month ago

## America's First Small Cent Changed Everything The 1857 Flying Eagle cent holds a special place in American numismatic history. It was the coin that ended the large copper cent era and ushered in the small-format cent that Americans still use today. When the Philadelphia Mint began striking th...

Ship's Chronometer (Parkinson & Frodsham, 19th Century, Boxed)

Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 1 month ago

## The Timepiece That Conquered the Seas Before GPS satellites circled the Earth and digital charts lit up every bridge, sailors depended on one instrument above all others to find their way across open ocean: the marine chronometer. Among the finest examples ever produced, the ship's chronomete...

1955 Poor Man's Doubled Die Lincoln Cent Value & Price Guide

Coins · Updated about 1 month ago

Every coin collector eventually stumbles across a 1955 Lincoln cent that looks like it has doubling on the date or lettering and wonders if they have found the famous 1955 Doubled Die. Most of the time, they have not. What they have found is the "Poor Man's Doubled Die," a coin that shows mechani...

Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures 2012 First Edition Core Set Value & Price Guide

Collectible Toys & Games · Updated about 1 month ago

In 2012, Fantasy Flight Games released Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, a tactical space combat game featuring pre-painted miniature ships from the Star Wars universe. The core set included one X-wing and two TIE fighters, and it launched what would become one of the most successful tabletop mi...

Weller Pottery Sicard Line Value & Price Guide

Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 1 month ago

Between 1902 and 1907, a French ceramicist named Jacques Sicard worked at the Weller Pottery in Zanesville, Ohio, creating some of the most visually stunning American art pottery ever produced. His Sicard line featured an iridescent metallic lustre glaze that shimmered with colors of gold, purple...

1999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition Gyarados Holo Value & Price Guide

Trading Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

When Pokemon cards arrived in America in January 1999, they triggered a collecting frenzy unlike anything since Beanie Babies. Kids lined up outside toy stores. Schools banned the cards. Parents scrambled to find booster packs. Among the 102 cards in the Base Set, Gyarados stood out as one of the...

1993 MTG Alpha Mox Ruby Value & Price Guide

Trading Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

In August 1993, a mathematics professor named Richard Garfield introduced a card game at Gen Con that would create an entirely new category of entertainment. Magic: The Gathering launched with a limited print run called Alpha, and among its 295 cards were nine that would become legendary: the Pow...

Ampeg SVT Bass Amplifier (1969 Blue Line) Value & Price Guide

Musical Instruments · Updated about 1 month ago

On June 15, 1969, the Ampeg SVT made its public debut at a New York trade show. Two weeks later, The Rolling Stones used SVT amplifiers at their free concert in Hyde Park, London. The amplifier had arrived, and bass guitar would never sound the same. The SVT (Super Vacuum Tube) was an absolute mo...

1988 Playmates TMNT Original Action Figures Value & Price Guide

Toys & Figures · Updated about 1 month ago

In 1988, a small Hong Kong toy company called Playmates Toys took a gamble on four mutant reptiles that lived in a sewer. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had been a black-and-white indie comic since 1984, but Playmates saw something bigger. They produced the first wave of TMNT action figures, an...

Rolex GMT-Master "Pepsi" Ref. 1675 Value & Price Guide

Watches · Updated about 1 month ago

The Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675 was in production for over two decades, from 1959 to 1980. In that span, it became the definitive pilot's watch, the tool watch that Pan Am airline crews wore across time zones, and the benchmark against which every dual-time-zone watch is still measured. Its red-an...

Kanye West - The College Dropout Advance Promo Value & Price Guide

Vinyl Records · Updated about 1 month ago

Before The College Dropout became one of the most celebrated hip-hop albums of the 21st century, it existed in a different form. Advance promotional copies of Kanye West's debut circulated to radio stations, press, and industry insiders with a tracklist that differed from the final February 2004 ...

The Who - My Generation Brunswick UK Mono First Pressing Value & Price Guide

Vinyl Records · Updated about 1 month ago

On December 3, 1965, a debut album hit record shops across the United Kingdom that sounded like nothing else on the market. The Who's My Generation was raw, aggressive, and deliberately confrontational. Pete Townshend's power chords collided with Keith Moon's manic drumming, John Entwistle's thun...

Peanuts #1 (1953) Comic Book Value & Price Guide

Comic Books · Updated about 1 month ago

Charles Schulz drew the first Peanuts comic strip on October 2, 1950. Within three years, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang were popular enough to warrant their own comic book. Peanuts #1, published by United Features Syndicate in 1953, was among the first standalone Peanuts comic books. Today,...

Showcase #4 (1956) Value & Price Guide: The Birth of the Silver Age

Comic Books · Updated about 1 month ago

By the mid-1950s, superheroes were almost dead. Television had stolen attention away from comics. Most of DC's titles had been cancelled. Only Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman survived. Then, in the fall of 1956, a 10-cent comic hit newsstands with a striking cover: a man in a red suit, blurred...

2003 Bowman Chrome Draft LeBron James #123 Value & Price Guide

Sports Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

LeBron James was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 17. He was the number one pick in the 2003 NBA Draft before he played a single professional game. The hype was not just justified. It turned out to be an understatement. Two decades, four championships, and 40,000+ career points later, LeBron...

1986 Topps Jerry Rice #161 Rookie Card Value & Price Guide

Sports Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

Jerry Rice caught 1,549 passes in his NFL career. Nobody else has caught more than 1,325. He scored 208 touchdowns. The next closest is 175. He gained 22,895 receiving yards. Second place is almost 7,000 yards behind. The numbers are so far beyond anyone else that they almost do not look real. Hi...

1956 Topps Mickey Mantle #135 Value & Price Guide

Sports Cards · Updated about 1 month ago

In 1956, Topps had the baseball card market all to itself. The company had just purchased its only competitor, Bowman, and every major leaguer was now available for a single set. Card #135 featured Mickey Mantle, the 24-year-old center fielder coming off his Triple Crown season. It was the last T...

1847 US 5-Cent Franklin Stamp Value & Price Guide

Stamps · Updated about 1 month ago

On June 26, 1847, a printer in New York City sent word to the Postmaster General that a small parcel was ready for pickup. Inside were 600,000 tiny pieces of paper that would change American mail forever. Five days later, on July 1, the first general-issue United States postage stamps went on sal...

1934-S Peace Silver Dollar Value & Price Guide (2026)

Coins · Updated about 1 month ago

1909 2-Cent Lincoln Commemorative Stamp Value & Price Guide (2026)

Stamps · Updated about 1 month ago

On February 12, 1909, the United States Post Office Department issued a 2-cent stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. It was a simple design: a profile portrait of Lincoln in carmine, based on a plaque by sculptor Victor David Brenner. That same Brenner portrait ap...

2004 Wisconsin Extra Leaf Quarter (High & Low) Value & Price Guide (2026)

Coins · Updated about 1 month ago

Somewhere in the Denver Mint in late 2004, something went wrong with a pair of reverse dies for the Wisconsin state quarter. An extra leaf appeared on the ear of corn on the reverse design. Nobody knows exactly how it happened. Was it a die gouge? Intentional sabotage by a Mint employee? An accid...