When it comes to collecting comics, most people concern themselves with first appearances, number one issues, and everything else that falls in the standard classification of a “key.” There has also been tremendous growth in modern age comics for [...]

Hello all you lovely people, it’s September already! Can you believe how quickly this year blew by? Alas, I can’t take a break from blogs just yet! I’m not sure why, but September and autumn always make me think [...]

The massive assortment of historic illustration art we recently acquired from the estate of sculptor Carl Pugliese has inspired yet another article from me. While the collection is full of prolific artists, it boasts a substantial assemblage of paintings [...]

Hello everyone! With the hype behind the Barbie Movie and our last Toy and Comic auction, it’s only fair that we talk Barbie, right? As a young girl who wanted to be Barbie, the movie and range of contemporary [...]

CRANSTON, R.I. — The term ‘history detective’ becomes more apt when Twentieth — and Twenty-First — Century scientific methods are introduced to help further understand long-past historic events. Joel Bohy, who is director of historic arms and militaria at [...]

A generous and humble man, a superb draftsman much admired for his skill as an artist and illustrator, known for his meticulously researched historical paintings and drawings, Norman Mills Price was among those who worked during what is known [...]

Believe it or not, modern sports trading cards, and even trading card games, got their start in the 17th century as trade cards for advertising. With the invention of lithography and color printing in the late 19th century, these [...]

Hello everyone! The summer heat and humidity has been kicking my butt and it’s terrible. Of course, it’s only August so we have a while until we get the most amazing early Autumn weather. Alas, we must suffer! Until [...]