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Mark Rothko’s Adventures in Figuration

EXPRESSIONISTIC WORKS LIKE 1941’S ‘A LAST SUPPER’ WERE HARBINGERS OF THE ARTIST’S SIGNATURE CHROMATIC CREATIONS

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Grand Slam: New Exhibition Pays Tribute to America’s Pastime

THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM HITS A HOME RUN WITH MEMORABILIA ON LOAN FROM STEPHEN WONG

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A Dior Devotee Opens Her Closet

AUTUMN AUCTION FEATURES 11 ARTIST-INSPIRED LADY DIOR BAGS FROM THE COLLECTOR’S FASHION-FORWARD ASSEMBLAGE

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Collector’s Guide to Action Figures

WHEN AMASSING A COLLECTION OF TOYS TURNED INVESTMENT PIECES, KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR IS HALF THE BATTLE

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Keeping Track of Your Collection

SAVE TIME AND HEADACHES BY MASTERING THE ART OF INVENTORY CONTROL

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Illustration Art Auction Gets Shaken and Stirred by Original ‘Thunderball’ Poster Art

THE JAMES BOND CLASSIC STARS IN FILM-CENTRIC ILLUSTRATION ART EVENT

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Fall Nature & Science Auction Is a Journey Through Time and Space

FALL NATURE & SCIENCE AUCTION OFFERS FOSSILS, METEORITES AND RELICS FROM GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS

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Inside the Collection of Katsina Doll Expert Alan Kessler

THE COLLECTOR’S RARE AND IMPORTANT WORKS FROM THE PUEBLO TRIBES DATE BACK TO THE LATE 1800S

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These Collectibles Are a Slam Dunk

IN HONOR OF BASKETBALL SEASON’S OCTOBER 18 TIPOFF, CHECK OUT RELATED ITEMS FROM THE HERITAGE ARCHIVES

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Mint-Condition Mickey Mantle Card Sells for Record-Shattering $12.6 Million

THE MINT-CONDITION 1952 TOPPS IS NOW THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPORTS COLLECTIBLE EVER SOLD

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Collector Stephen Wong Gives a Guided Tour of ‘Baseball: America’s Home Run’

The National Postal Museum’s latest exhibition features treasured memorabilia from Wong’s personal collection

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Editor’s Picks

Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions

U.S. Coins

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1870-CC $20 AU50 NGC

This 1870-CC double eagle, graded AU50 by NGC, is one of the 10 finest among the roughly 40 survivors from an original mintage of just 3,789 pieces. Because this issue served only a utilitarian purpose, no pieces were preserved for numismatic purposes; in fact, most were eventually lost to attrition. The PCGS estimate is that 40 to 50 pieces survive today, while Rusty Goe, in The Confident Carson City Coin Collector, is slightly more generous with a survival estimate of 55 to 65 pieces.

  1870-CC $20 AU50 NGC. Variety 2-B

Legendary Carson City rarity

Auction: Oct. 6-9

Rare Books

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of Stride Toward Freedom, Inscribed to A. Philip Randolph

Not only is this copy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Stride Toward Freedom signed by King, but it is also inscribed to his friend and mentor Asa Philip Randolph – the man who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, founded the League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation and chaired the 1963 March on Washington. Along with Randolph’s annotations throughout, this historic copy of King’s memoir of the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott contains King’s message to his mentor and the man he called “truly the Dean of Negro leaders.”

Martin Luther King Jr. signed copy of Stride Toward Freedom

Inscribed to A. Philip Randolph

Auction: Oct. 19

Photographs

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Bernd Becher (German, 1931-2007) and Hilla Becher (German, 1934-2015) Hot Blast Stoves (10 works), 1988

Bernd and Hilla Becher’s exacting portraits of late-stage, industrial-age architecture are some of the most distinctive photographs of the last century; their near-anthropomorphic pictures of hot blast stoves (each towering construction vibrates with its own personality) are relatively rare and sought by museums and collectors the world over. The 10 imposing European and American stoves in this set, looming and silent in precise black and white, exemplify the Bechers’ work in their prime.

Bernd and Hilla Becher Hot Blast Stoves (10 works), 1988

Gelatin silver prints, ferrotyped

Auction: Oct. 11

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