Editor’s Picks Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Comics Enlarge Not only is Detective Comics No. 27in contention with Action Comics No. 1 as the most important Golden Age comic, but it’s also just about as hard to find. The book, which features Batman’s May 1939 debut, is so rare there are just 75 copies known […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Asian Art Enlarge Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock The Plum Garden at Kameido(1857) was the 30th image in the master Japanese printmaker’s renowned series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The gorgeous and balanced composition – lyrical in its muted palette and masterful symbiosis of foreground and background, relaxed perspective, and fine detail […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Fine Minerals Enlarge One of the major exporters of the well-loved and stunning lapidary material from Madagascar and Brazil, Rob Sielecki, a Melbourne, Australia-based dealer and collector, picked out the finest material to be turned into beautifully prepared Quartz spheres. One outstanding specimen in Sielecki’s collection is this […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions U.S. Coins Enlarge This magnificent 1855-S proof three dollar gold piece is the only example known to collectors, making it one of the most elusive in the U.S. federal series. The 1855-S was produced to commemorate the first striking of the three dollar denomination at the San Francisco […]
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