History Through Antiques

King Tut Sculpture Sold For $5.9 Million In Spite Of Ownership Dispute

March 9, 2024 No Comments

In July of 2019, the Daily Beast reported that – A 3,000-year-old bust of King Tutankhamun that sparked a tug-of-war between Egypt and the auction

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Kennedy Half Dollar Video

1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Sold For $108,000

March 9, 2024 No Comments

A 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar sold for a world record $108,000, making it the most expensive coin of its type, during a public auction of rare

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Ford Theater Tickets

Tickets For Lincoln’s Assassination-Night Theater Outing Sell For $262,500

March 9, 2024 No Comments

On September 26, 2023, Victor Mather wrote in the New York Times: Around 10:15 p.m., the actor Harry Hawk, playing Asa Trenchard, said the line,

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Elvis Guitar Comeback Guitar

$625,000 For Elvis Comeback Special Guitar

March 9, 2024 No Comments

According to Guitarplayer.com Elvis Presley’s ‘Comeback Special’ Hagstrom Viking II sold for $625,000 at an auction run by GWS in 2021. A Piece of Elvis

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Avanti

1963 Raymond Lowey-Designed Studebaker Avanti R2 ‘Supercharged’ Sold For $104,500

February 17, 2024 No Comments

Sotheby’s reported in 2019 that a 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2 ‘Supercharged’ sold for $104,500. This video is about the Studebaker Avanti, a car that was

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Monopoly

Original 1933 Monopoly Sold For $146,500 – Now Housed At Strong Museum In Rochester

February 17, 2024 No Comments

The oldest known version of the game Monopoly was purchased by the Strong Museum in Rochester,  New York in 2010, and continues to be on

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