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Becca’s Blog – Romanticism
Hey everyone, I don’t know about you but I’m eagerly looking forward to February 15th aka Discount Chocolate Day. Since I don’t have chocolate themed arts or antiques at this moment, I guess I can be educational and put [...]
Robots in Disguise
One topic that I will never get tired of writing about is Transformers. They are by far, hands down, no questions asked my favorite toy line of all time. Hence why I still have a little over 2,000 different [...]
Learning About British Musket Ammunition
Last time I talked about another fantastic British Pattern 1742 musket that we have. I think as a collector of muskets it is important to understand how they function and what happens when they are fired other than the [...]
Becca’s Blog – Chinese Rank Badge Blog
Hey everyone! We have quite the collection coming up of Chinese textiles and rank badges and my oh my are they really fun to look at! The colors are extremely vibrant, and the images are beautifully detailed. Quite a [...]
Paper Worth Much More Than Gold
Over the past year you have seen me heavily mention Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards when discussing the bull market of COVID. Within the world of TCG (Trading Card Game) those are the two that saw the biggest leaps in [...]
Press from Art Fix Daily – Oil painting by Hudson River School artist Julie H. Beers sells for $20,000 in Bruneau & Co. auction
CRANSTON, R.I. – An oil on canvas landscape painting by Hudson River School artist Julie Hart Beers (N.J./Mass., 1835-1913), titled Summer at Mossy Brook, was one of the top lots in an online-only Estate Fine Art & Antiques auction held [...]
New Year’s Day Single Owner Premier Comic Auction Recap with Travis
On New Year’s Day at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers we had our best comic auction to date featuring twenty lots from a single owner Midwest collection. I could not be prouder of the auction and the teams work that [...]
An American-marked British Pattern 1742 Musket
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of British land pattern muskets from the 1730s to the 1770s. The look and feel of those sturdy guns is what makes them very attractive to me. These guns have such attractive [...]