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Toys For Sale, Too Many to Describe

August 12, 2010

Maybe there never was a toy collector like Don Kaufman. He was so crazy about toys he founded the company, K-B Toys.  So large was his collection they’ve already held three auctions and now Bertola Auctions will host a fourth sale September 24&25, 2010. The first three auctions brought in nearly $10 million.

The September sale features Kaufman’s collection of European transportation toys including several double decker toy buses covered with advertising from the period. There are far too many toys to describe.

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“Woz” Signed Apple 1 Appears At German Auction

May 3, 2013

There are only some fifty surviving examples of the handmade Apple 1, the first computer sold by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and they’ve been rapidly gaining in value. Last year one sold for $624,000 at Team Breker in Cologne.Later this month the German auction house will offer another, one of only six still in working order. As a bonus, this motherboard sports Wozniak’s signature as “Woz.” It’s expected to sell for $260,000-$400,000.

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Silver Spoons, High Prices

April 25, 2013

Many collect flatware, some just spoons.  An even smaller subset—numbers unknown– has a passion for vintage silver spoons.  For these collectors, Christie’s has fashioned a sale in early June that’s likely to quicken pulses. It’s an auction of some forty 14th and 15th century examples from the Benson collection.  Expected to be among the most valuable is a set of six 15th century apostle spoons, estimated at $229,000-$381,000.

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See The Movie, Buy Robinson’s Glove, $1m

April 16, 2013

This online auction couldn’t come at a better time for the Robinson family, putting up Jackie’s World Series, game-worn glove just as his biographical movie, “42,” is released. No question the glove was used—hard and long. Steiner Sports Auctions says it was found in an office Robinson once rented. It was authenticated by photo matching. High estimate is $1m.

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Wagner Baseball Card Goes For $2.1m
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Rare Apple 1 Leads German Sale
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