Daily Archives: October 3, 2008

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A RARE T206 HONUS WAGNER BASEBALL CARD – THE “HOLY GRAIL” OF SPORTS COLLECTIBLES – WILL BE OFFERED IN A HUGE PHILIP WEISS AUCTION, NOV. 22-23

(Oceanside, N.Y.) – A coveted T206 Honus Wagner baseball card – often called the Holy Grail or Mona Lisa of sports collectibles – will be sold as part of a huge weekend multi-estate sale planned for Nov. 22-23 by Philip Weiss Auctions. Nov. 22 will be dedicated mainly to sports memorabilia; Nov. [Read More]

Aesthetics in the Samurai Family Auction

The auction includes approximately 300 items, including the breastplate from the late Muromachi period, armor, helmets, swords, sword fittings (swordguards, decorative hilts and pommels owned and used by Masanori Fukushima, saddles decorated with gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl, and traditional Japanese matchlock rifles. Dates and Times: from Friday, October 17, through Sunday, October [Read More]