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Sevres Porcelain Jeweled Cabinet Plate (Chateau des Tuileries)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 20 hours ago
# Sevres Porcelain Jeweled Cabinet Plates: Royal Treasures from the Chateau des Tuileries In the world of European decorative arts, few names carry the weight of Sevres. The porcelain manufactory established in the mid-18th century under the patronage of Louis XV became the gold standard for cer...
Batman #227 (1970): Neal Adams and the Cover That Reinvented the Dark Knight
Comic Books · Updated about 20 hours ago
# Batman #227 (1970): Neal Adams and the Cover That Reinvented the Dark Knight In December 1970, a 15-cent comic book hit newsstands with a cover so arresting that it would become one of the most reproduced, homaged, and celebrated images in the history of the medium. Batman #227 featured artwor...
1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Black Beauty, 3-Pickup): The Guitar That Changed Everything
Musical Instruments · Updated about 20 hours ago
# 1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Black Beauty, 3-Pickup): The Guitar That Changed Everything The 1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom, known affectionately as the "Black Beauty," occupies a special place in the guitar universe. It was the year Gibson introduced the revolutionary PAF (Patent Applied For) hu...
The 1956 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet: Rock and Roll's Black Beauty with DeArmond Pickups
Musical Instruments · Updated about 20 hours ago
# The 1956 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet: Rock and Roll's Black Beauty with DeArmond Pickups In the mid-1950s, the electric guitar was still finding its voice. Fender had rattled the industry with the Telecaster and Stratocaster, Gibson was pushing its Les Paul, and over in Brooklyn, the Gretsch company ...
1976 Hot Wheels Super Van (Chrome, Convention Exclusive)
Toys & Figures · Updated about 20 hours ago
# The 1976 Hot Wheels Super Van: Chrome Glory from the Super Chromes Era In the mid-1970s, Mattel's Hot Wheels line was undergoing one of its most creative periods. The Flying Colors series brought vibrant tampo-printed graphics to diecast cars, and alongside it, the Super Chromes line offered s...
Meissen Porcelain Swan Service Tureen (1737-1741): The Crown Jewel of Baroque Tableware
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 20 hours ago
# Meissen Porcelain Swan Service Tureen (1737-1741): The Crown Jewel of Baroque Tableware If there is one porcelain service that defines the ambitions, artistry, and sheer extravagance of 18th-century European courts, it is the Meissen Swan Service. And within that legendary service, the tureen ...
The LeCoultre Galaxy Mystery Dial: When Diamonds Floated on Air
Watches · Updated about 20 hours ago
# The LeCoultre Galaxy Mystery Dial: When Diamonds Floated on Air Sometime in the late 1950s, a watchmaker in the Vallée de Joux decided that telling time should feel like staring into the cosmos. The result was the LeCoultre Galaxy Mystery Dial, a watch that replaced conventional hour markers w...
Josef Hoffmann Kubus Sofa (Wittmann, 1910 Original Design)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 20 hours ago
# The Josef Hoffmann Kubus Sofa: A Geometric Masterpiece from the Vienna Secession Few pieces of furniture can claim to have defined an entire movement in design. The Josef Hoffmann Kubus sofa, first conceived in 1910 and produced by the Austrian manufacturer Wittmann, stands as one of the most ...
1996 Bowman's Best #R23 Kobe Bryant Refractor: The Chromium Rookie That Changed Everything
Sports Cards · Updated about 20 hours ago
# 1996 Bowman's Best #R23 Kobe Bryant Refractor: The Chromium Rookie That Changed Everything The 1996-97 NBA season introduced the world to a skinny 18-year-old straight out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania. Kobe Bean Bryant skipped college entirely, declared for the draft, and was se...
1993 Magic Alpha Savannah
Trading Cards · Updated 2 days ago
# 1993 Magic Alpha Savannah Savannah from Magic: The Gathering's Alpha edition (1993) is one of the original Dual Lands, one of the ten dual-color lands printed in Magic's first printing that remain among the most powerful and valuable cards in the game's history. The Alpha printing is the first...
1950 Bowman #22 Jackie Robinson
Sports Cards · Updated 2 days ago
# 1950 Bowman #22 Jackie Robinson The 1950 Bowman Jackie Robinson card (#22) is one of the most historically significant baseball cards ever produced, capturing the man who integrated Major League Baseball just three years earlier at the peak of his brilliance on the field. A high-grade example ...
1965 Fender Mustang (Dakota Red, First Year)
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 days ago
# 1965 Fender Mustang (Dakota Red, First Year) The 1965 Fender Mustang in Dakota Red is a guitar with two distinct identities: the student-priced instrument that Leo Fender designed as an accessible entry point for young players, and the cult object that became associated with a specific aesthet...
Yes - Close to the Edge (1972 Atlantic First UK Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 days ago
# Yes - Close to the Edge (1972 Atlantic First UK Pressing) Close to the Edge, released by Yes on Atlantic Records in September 1972, is widely considered the definitive progressive rock album. The first UK pressing on Atlantic is the canonical collector edition of a recording that pushed the bo...
1890 Western Australia 4d Inverted Swan
Stamps · Updated 2 days ago
# 1890 Western Australia 4d Inverted Swan The 1890 Western Australia 4d Inverted Swan is one of the great rarities in Commonwealth philately and one of the most celebrated error stamps from any British colonial postal authority. With only a handful of examples known, it ranks alongside the Inver...
1883 No Cents Liberty Nickel
Coins · Updated 2 days ago
# 1883 No Cents Liberty Nickel The 1883 No Cents Liberty Nickel is one of American numismatics' most famous coins, notable for a design error that led to widespread fraud in its year of issue, a massive mid-year modification, and collector demand that has kept it popular for 140 years. ## The F...
1895 US 1-Cent Bureau Issue (Watermarked)
Stamps · Updated 2 days ago
# 1895 US 1-Cent Bureau Issue (Watermarked) The 1895 1-cent Bureau Issue, produced with the distinctive USPS watermark, represents a pivotal moment in American stamp printing history: the introduction of standard watermarked paper for U.S. stamp production. This technical change, introduced in 1...
1999 Magic: The Gathering Urza's Legacy Tinker
Trading Cards · Updated 2 days ago
# 1999 Magic: The Gathering Urza's Legacy Tinker Tinker from the 1999 Magic: The Gathering Urza's Legacy expansion is one of the most powerful artifact manipulation spells ever printed and a card whose ban history across multiple formats reflects just how dangerously efficient it is. For collect...
Lord of the Rings TCG The One Ring (Decipher, Foil)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 2 days ago
# Lord of the Rings TCG The One Ring (Decipher, Foil) The One Ring card from Decipher's Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game is one of the most recognized cards in non-Pokemon, non-Magic TCG collecting. As the central MacGuffin of one of the most beloved literary and cinematic franchises in histo...
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Ref. 25721ST (The Beast)
Watches · Updated 2 days ago
# Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Ref. 25721ST (The Beast) The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Reference 25721ST, nicknamed "The Beast" by collectors, is the original Royal Oak Offshore model: the first, largest, and most controversial watch that AP ever produced. Released in 1993 to mark ...
Roycroft Hammered Copper Karl Kipp Vase (Arts & Crafts)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 2 days ago
# Roycroft Hammered Copper Karl Kipp Vase (Arts & Crafts) Roycroft copper objects designed and produced by Karl Kipp represent some of the finest metalwork of the American Arts and Crafts movement. A Kipp-designed hammered copper vase from the Roycroft Campus in East Aurora, New York combine...
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971 Westbound First Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 days ago
# Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971 Westbound First Pressing) Maggot Brain, released on Westbound Records in 1971, is one of the most radical and emotionally devastating albums in the history of American music. The first pressing on Westbound is the definitive collector item for a recording whose ...
The Ramones - S/T (1976 Sire First US Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 days ago
# The Ramones - S/T (1976 Sire First US Pressing) The Ramones' self-titled debut album, released on Sire Records in April 1976, is one of the most consequential rock albums ever recorded and one of the founding documents of punk rock. The first US pressing on Sire is the definitive collector edi...
1856 5-Cent Jefferson (Type I, Scott #12)
Stamps · Updated 2 days ago
# 1856 5-Cent Jefferson (Type I, Scott #12) The 1856 5-Cent Jefferson (Scott #12), printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. in the deep red-brown color designated as "red brown" in the Scott catalog, is one of the most historically significant stamps in the classic era of American philately. As a ...
1920 Lyon & Healy Style 23 Gold Concert Harp
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 days ago
# 1920 Lyon & Healy Style 23 Gold Concert Harp The Lyon & Healy Style 23 concert harp in gold finish, produced in the early 20th century, represents American instrument manufacturing at its most ambitious and refined. Lyon & Healy of Chicago has been making harps since 1889, and thei...
1962 Topps #1 Roger Maris
Sports Cards · Updated 2 days ago
# 1962 Topps #1 Roger Maris The 1962 Topps Roger Maris card holds the card number most coveted in all of sports card collecting: #1. As the lead card in the 1962 Topps set, it features the reigning American League home run record holder after Maris's historic 61-home-run season in 1961, making i...