CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Winter Comic, TCG (Trading Card Games) & Toy auction is slated for Saturday, March 11th, beginning at 10 am Eastern time, online and live in the Cranston gallery located at 63 Fourth [...]

Last spring, I picked up a massive collection of WWI and WWII arms, parts, bayonets, holsters, and all sorts of other related material. And I do mean massive! I’ve been selling the arms in every sale since, but never [...]

CRANSTON, R.I. – An early 20th-century Duffner & Kimberly heraldic armorial table lamp, a Chinese Qing dynasty porcelain sculpture of a Guanyin, and an 18th-century Continental carved wooden tavern wall panel are three of the expected highlights in a [...]

Hey everyone! Guess what? February 27th is National Retro Day and I’m dragging you all down into this rabbit hole with me! Now let’s preface this by saying that this blog is about what I consider to be retro [...]

The story of PEZ begins with Eduard Haas III in Vienna Austria in 1927. Believe it or not, he developed these fun candies as an aid to quit tobacco use. The very name PEZ is an abbreviation of "Pfefferminz," [...]

CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ online-only Historic Arms & Militaria auction scheduled for Wednesday, February 22nd, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, is a well-rounded sale, with objects that are affordable for the beginning collector as well [...]

I’m not a fan of Las Vegas. I know a lot of folks love to go there and gamble, eat, see shows, and go a bit crazy, but it isn’t for me. That said, every January I go to [...]

Hello everyone and welcome back! It’s February, love is in the air, teddy bear and flower sales are skyrocketing, chocolates are overpriced, and cherubs are plastered onto everything imaginable! Or are they putti? Are they not the same thing? [...]