Annual Index September 2018-August 2019 Vol. 45

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles, Vol. 45 Index. Numbers 1 – 12September 2018 – August 2019 Pages 1 – 144 Click the link below or the image to download the PDF*. Annual Index September 2018-August 2019 Vol. 45*Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. Click here to download Adobe Reader.           

What Happened to Apollo Memorabilia?

The TV show “Lost in Space” could now be updated to be “Lost Our Space Memorabilia.” NASA currently is celebrating the momentous anniversary – and meticulous groundbreaking science – of Apollo 11 and the July 20, 1969 landing on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took that “giant leap” for mankind, forever giving […]

May the Fourth Be with You!

May 4th is Star Wars Day. “Star Wars” collectibles are a “force” to be reckoned with. The movie franchise started with a cultural cosmic blast in 1977 and the action figures from that original movie are attracting most collectors. Forty-something men and women, flashing back to their days of tearing into the packaging to get […]

Stolen Impressionist Painting Recovered

It’s been a good couple of weeks for museums and art lovers worldwide. Two Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002 and recovered in 2016 are back in an Amsterdam museum. And the art world is celebrating that a $1.68 million oil painting by the French Impressionist Paul Signac, stolen last year from a museum in France, […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 45 No. 8 – April 2019

Baker Furniture … Martinware … Royal Doulton … Vintage Costume Jewelry … Circus Memorabilia … Autographed Baseballs … On the Road to Miami Beach … Marks on Baker Furniture … Collector’s Gallery … Prices      Download PDF    Online Version                            See full […]

Repairing Porcelain

Damaged porcelains are very hard if not impossible to sell unless they are very rare examples of a famous factory or artist’s work. A small rim chip on an exceptional piece of Rookwood lowers the value by 30% to 50%. If repaired by an expert it would be about 10% less. A small chip on […]

More Rare Pottery Found

A radio show with Paul Harvey started in 1976 and became a huge success. He talked about forgotten historical events or the lives of well-known people. It always ended “And now, you know the rest of the story.” It’s hard to know if online information is new or old, so we try to bring you […]

Dispute over WWII Loss of Pissarro Masterpiece

The descendants of Lilly Cassirer want justice – and their family’s painting back. Cassirer was forced to give up an original Camille Pissarro painting, now valued at $40 million, when she escaped Germany during the Nazi regime. Fast forward to 2019 and a decade of litigation, and her great-grandson David Cassirer could find out within a […]

Tudor-Era Wedded Bliss?

For nearly 10 years, the debate has raged. Could an elaborately decorated wooden bed frame purchased online at that time for 2200 pounds (about $2,500 at the time) really be the marriage bed of the first English Tudor king, Henry VII, and his bride, Elizabeth of York? Or is it as it was advertised – […]

Art Cat-Astrophe

British art historian Bendor Grosvenor might be reconsidering his choice of a pet right now. Grosvenor, an art historian and writer who has appeared on the BBC series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces and Fake or Fortune? was recently repairing two small tears on a 17th-century painting by John Michael Wright (1617-1694) from his own collection. He […]