Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Comic Art Enlarge Frank Frazetta’s art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars book series set a standard for other artists to follow. He helped to cement the characters and locales into the minds of a whole new generation of fans. This 1970 graphite piece, which appeared […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions World Coins Enlarge One of the most storied rarities in all of British numismatics, this Henry VII Fine Gold Sovereign is the first of five distinct Sovereign types featuring decorative differences in the treatment of the throne and reverse shielded rose. Scholars have suggested this issue was used occasionally […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Baseball Enlarge The question mark in the catalog entry for this ticket stub, the highest graded in PSA’s registry, is unnecessary: “The most important baseball ticket of the post-war era?” Just Google the date: April 15, 1947. What follows is entry after entry for Jackie Robinson Day, when […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions U.S. Coins Enlarge The 1854-D three dollar gold piece is one of the chief rarities of the series. While coinage of the denomination at Philadelphia surpassed 138,000 pieces, branch mint involvement was limited to regional commercial needs. Three dollar dies arrived at Dahlonega from the Philadelphia Engraving Department […]
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