A rare 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard Sunburst Solid Body Electric Guitar, serial #0 1494, produced during the last year — and arguably the best year — of famed Gibson “Bursts,” brought $134,500 during Heritage Auction’s Musical Instruments Signature® Auction held April 20 in conjunction with the Dallas International Guitar Festival. The [Read More]
Daily Archives: April 30, 2013
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The auction (Part XIV) was held in the firm’s gallery at 1580 Lemoine Ave., in Fort Lee, N.J. (FORT LEE, N.J.) – An early 20th century Standard Bank of South Africa, Ltd. color trial specimen banknote for 20 Pounds sold for $10,620 at an auction (Part XIV) held Apr. 16 by Archives [Read More]
A single page of the LM Activation checklist referenced by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during Man’s first moon landing on July 20, 1969 realized $55,268 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $1.57+ million Space Exploration Signature® Auction in Dallas. Items related to the Apollo Program took top lot honors during the April 18 [Read More]
Bonhams present a selection of items from the Estate of actor Larry Hagman, best known for portraying J.R. Ewing on the classic soap opera Dallas, in its May 5 Entertainment Memorabilia auction and May 12 Period Art and Design auction, both to be held in Los Angeles. Hagman began his career in [Read More]
A collection of 400 pieces that will be sold May 4 at Gateway Gallery Auction in Chambersburg, PA. Hoffman, 71, spent the last 50 years collecting things that spoke to him “cool stuff, primitive, factory elements, whatever struck me.” Beginning in the late 1960s, as fun outings with friends, the group went [Read More]