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1952 Gibson CF-100 (Cutaway Flat Top): Gibson's First Cutaway Acoustic
Musical Instruments · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1952 Gibson CF-100 (Cutaway Flat Top): Gibson's First Cutaway Acoustic In 1950, Gibson introduced something that had not existed in their flattop acoustic lineup before: a cutaway. The CF-100 was Gibson's first production cutaway acoustic guitar, and for a company that had been making flat-top...
Koloman Moser Silver Flatware Set (Wiener Werkstatte): The Most Radical Cutlery Ever Made
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 2 months ago
# Koloman Moser Silver Flatware Set (Wiener Werkstatte): The Most Radical Cutlery Ever Made Koloman Moser's flatware designs for the Wiener Werkstatte are not just interesting. They are ruptures. In the Vienna of 1904-1905, when every established silversmith was producing naturalistic Art Nouvea...
1993 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Underground Sea: The Most Valuable Dual Land
Trading Cards · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1993 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Underground Sea: The Most Valuable Dual Land The Dual Lands from Magic: The Gathering's original sets are the most valuable utility cards in the game's history. They are the foundational mana-fixing tools, producing two colors of mana without restriction, and th...
1947 US 10-Cent Airmail (Pan American Union, Scott #C34): The Stamp That Celebrated the Americas
Stamps · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1947 US 10-Cent Airmail (Pan American Union, Scott #C34): The Stamp That Celebrated the Americas The 1947 10-cent Pan American Union airmail stamp (Scott #C34) marks the 100th anniversary of the Pan American Union, the diplomatic organization that brought together the nations of the Western He...
1996 Pink Splendor Barbie (Limited Edition, #16091): The Most Opulent Barbie of the 1990s
Toys & Figures · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1996 Pink Splendor Barbie (Limited Edition, #16091): The Most Opulent Barbie of the 1990s In the mid-1990s, Mattel's collector Barbie program was producing some genuinely ambitious limited editions, and the 1996 Pink Splendor stands at the peak of that era. Limited to 10,000 pieces worldwide, ...
1862 Gold Dollar (Civil War Issue): America's Smallest Gold Coin at Its Most Dramatic Moment
Coins · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1862 Gold Dollar (Civil War Issue): America's Smallest Gold Coin at Its Most Dramatic Moment The 1862 Gold Dollar is among the smallest coins ever produced by the United States Mint: 13mm in diameter, about the size of a modern button. It was struck in 90% gold during the second year of the Ci...
1964 Barbie Miss Barbie (Sleep Eyes, First Bendable Legs): Mattel's Most Mechanically Ambitious Barbie
Toys & Figures · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1964 Barbie Miss Barbie (Sleep Eyes, First Bendable Legs): Mattel's Most Mechanically Ambitious Barbie In 1964, Mattel produced a Barbie unlike any before or since. Miss Barbie featured two mechanical innovations simultaneously: eyes that opened and closed (sleep eyes), operated by pressing a ...
1923 German Inflation 50 Billion Mark Stamp: Philately's Most Extreme Currency Collapse
Stamps · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1923 German Inflation 50 Billion Mark Stamp: Philately's Most Extreme Currency Collapse In the summer and fall of 1923, the German Weimar Republic experienced one of the worst episodes of hyperinflation in recorded history. Prices doubled, then doubled again, then doubled again, on timescales ...
2020 Pokemon Champions Path Shiny Charizard VMAX #074: The Pandemic-Era Chase Card
Trading Cards · Updated about 2 months ago
# 2020 Pokemon Champions Path Shiny Charizard VMAX #074: The Pandemic-Era Chase Card If you were trying to buy Pokemon cards in late 2020, you probably remember the Champions Path situation. The set arrived at the height of pandemic-era Pokemon demand, was distributed through a limited number of...
1976 Topps #98 Dennis Eckersley Rookie: The Hall of Famer's First Card
Sports Cards · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1976 Topps #98 Dennis Eckersley Rookie: The Hall of Famer's First Card Dennis Eckersley had one of the most unusual career arcs in baseball history. He came up as a power starter, throwing a no-hitter in 1977 and making his first All-Star team. Then, decades into his career, he reinvented hims...
1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: America's Rarest 20th Century Gold Coin
Coins · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: America's Rarest 20th Century Gold Coin If you are building a list of the most important American coins ever struck, the 1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle belongs near the top. Despite a recorded mintage of 180,000 coins, only approximately 12 to 15 examples ...
Legend of the Five Rings 1st Edition Starter (1995 Alderac): The CCG That Built a World
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated about 2 months ago
# Legend of the Five Rings 1st Edition Starter (1995 Alderac): The CCG That Built a World In October 1995, when the collectible card game market was still in its explosive post-Magic: The Gathering phase, Alderac Entertainment Group released Legend of the Five Rings. It was a bet on a fantasy wo...
Omega Railmaster Ref. CK2914 (Broad Arrow Hands, 1957): The Rarest of Omega's Holy Trinity
Watches · Updated about 2 months ago
# Omega Railmaster Ref. CK2914 (Broad Arrow Hands, 1957): The Rarest of Omega's Holy Trinity In 1957, Omega released three watches simultaneously that would define the company's professional tool watch identity for generations. The Seamaster 300 (CK2913), the Speedmaster (CK2915), and the Railma...
1962 Supro Dual Tone (Val-Trol, Res-O-Glass Body): The Fiberglass Guitar Jimmy Page Loved
Musical Instruments · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1962 Supro Dual Tone (Val-Trol, Res-O-Glass Body): The Fiberglass Guitar Jimmy Page Loved In the early 1960s, most guitar manufacturers were building with wood. Valco, the Chicago company that produced instruments under the Supro brand, was doing something different. Their Res-O-Glass guitars ...
Rolex Submariner Ref. 5508 (Small Crown, Gilt Dial): The James Bond Submariner
Watches · Updated about 2 months ago
# Rolex Submariner Ref. 5508 (Small Crown, Gilt Dial): The James Bond Submariner Of all the vintage Rolex references that command serious collector attention, the ref. 5508 with small crown and gilt dial occupies a place of genuine reverence. This is the Submariner that Sean Connery wore as Jame...
1940 Leedy & Ludwig Broadway Standard Snare Drum: The Professional's Choice from a Golden Era
Musical Instruments · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1940 Leedy & Ludwig Broadway Standard Snare Drum: The Professional's Choice from a Golden Era If you have spent any time around serious vintage drum collectors, you know that the years immediately before World War II represent a kind of high-water mark for American percussion craftsmanship...
MB&F HM1 (2007 Horological Machine No. 1): The Watch That Reinvented Time Display
Watches · Updated about 2 months ago
# MB&F HM1 (2007 Horological Machine No. 1): The Watch That Reinvented Time Display In 2007, Max Busser unveiled the Horological Machine No. 1 and asked a question no major watchmaker had seriously posed in decades: what if time display did not have to be a dial? The answer was the HM1, a w...
Pay Day (1975 Parker Brothers, First Edition): The Board Game That Taught America's Bills
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated about 2 months ago
# Pay Day (1975 Parker Brothers, First Edition): The Board Game That Taught America's Bills Before personal finance apps, before budgeting podcasts, before anyone had coined the phrase "financial literacy," there was Pay Day. Released by Parker Brothers in 1975, this deceptively simple board gam...
Gustav Stickley Model 208 Even-Arm Settle (Original Finish): The Benchmark of Arts and Crafts Seating
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 2 months ago
# Gustav Stickley Model 208 Even-Arm Settle (Original Finish): The Benchmark of Arts and Crafts Seating If you are going to own one piece of American Arts and Crafts furniture, the Gustav Stickley Model 208 Even-Arm Settle makes a compelling argument for itself. Massive, architectural, and built...
Swatch Kiki Picasso Ref. GZ118 (1985, Art Series): When a Watch Became a Canvas
Watches · Updated about 2 months ago
# Swatch Kiki Picasso Ref. GZ118 (1985, Art Series): When a Watch Became a Canvas In 1985, Swatch did something genuinely unexpected: they gave the face of a mass-market plastic watch to a professional artist and asked her to turn it into a canvas. The result was the Kiki Picasso — a Swatch desi...
N.C. Wyeth Original Oil Painting (Illustration, Documented): America's Master Storyteller in Paint
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated about 2 months ago
# N.C. Wyeth Original Oil Painting (Illustration, Documented): America's Master Storyteller in Paint Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) painted stories into being. His illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, Robin Hood, and dozens of other classics defined how gener...
1963 Gibson Firebird VII (Reverse Body, 3 Mini-Humbuckers): The Anti-Fender Guitar
Musical Instruments · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1963 Gibson Firebird VII (Reverse Body, 3 Mini-Humbuckers): The Anti-Fender Guitar In 1963, Gibson brought in industrial designer Ray Dietrich to create a new guitar line that could compete with Fender's visual appeal. The result was the Firebird — a reverse-bodied, neck-through-construction g...
Middle-Earth CCG The Wizards (1995 Iron Crown First Ed Sealed): Tolkien's Only Card Game
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated about 2 months ago
# Middle-Earth CCG The Wizards (1995 Iron Crown First Ed Sealed): Tolkien's Only Card Game Middle-Earth: The Wizards was a collectible card game designed by Coleman Charlton and published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1995. It holds a unique position in gaming history: it is the only collec...
1925 C.G. Conn 22B New York Symphony Cornet: America's Golden Age of Brass
Musical Instruments · Updated about 2 months ago
# 1925 C.G. Conn 22B New York Symphony Cornet: America's Golden Age of Brass C.G. Conn Ltd. of Elkhart, Indiana was the dominant American band instrument manufacturer for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At its peak in the 1920s, Conn was producing some of the finest brass instrum...
Piaget Altiplano Ultra-Thin (1960s, 9P Movement): The World's Slimmest Watch
Watches · Updated about 2 months ago
# Piaget Altiplano Ultra-Thin (1960s, 9P Movement): The World's Slimmest Watch Piaget built its 20th-century reputation on a specific technical achievement: making watches extraordinarily thin. While other Swiss brands competed on complications (perpetual calendars, tourbillons, chronographs), P...