LUCKILY, JEFF FIGLER’S MOM NEVER THREW OUT HIS BOYHOOD CARDS By Pamela Y. Wiggins COLLECTORS REMINISCING ABOUT “what ifs” often lament childhood possessions kicked to the curb after they left home. When it comes to guys, those reflections frequently lead back to a big box of baseball cards mom couldn’t wait to toss. They imagine […]
Continue ReadingDomain Names: What’s Your Internet Real Estate Worth?
INTERNET TOOLS CAN HELP DETERMINE VALUE OF YOUR URL By Aron Meystedt SEVERAL FACTORS SHOULD be considered when estimating the value of a domain name. They include traffic, advertising costs, the age of the domain name, the extension (.com, .org, etc.), comparable sales, advertiser competition in the category, industry growth and overall marketability. To give […]
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Auction Update: Success in New York
HERITAGE’S INAUGURAL MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION IN THE BIG APPLE SETS RECORD ANDY WARHOL’S ENDANGERED Species, 1983 (above), set a new world record when it sold for $725,000 at Heritage’s first modern and contemporary art auction in New York. “New York’s modern and contemporary art community gave Heritage Auctions a warm welcome,” says Leon […]
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Looking Back … 1920
REPUBLICAN SENATOR WARREN G. Harding is elected president in the first election in which women have the right to vote in all 48 states. The 1920 Summer Olympics open in Belgium, with the five-rings flag raised at an Olympic Games for the first time. Babe Ruth (above) is traded by the Red Sox to the Yankees […]
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