Hey everyone! Back at it again with another blog for you all! Halloween is closer than ever so in the spirit of the holiday I’m diving into the macabre and the odd world of antique taxidermy! There is a [...]

CRANSTON, RI.- A dynamic oil on canvas Cubist horse painting by the Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011) sold for $43,750 in Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Estate Fine Art & Antique Auction held Thursday, September 30th. The monotone composition of gray, [...]

Over thirty years ago I became friends with militaria collector and historical artist Don Troiani. I used to go to his studio and study military objects in his collection and model for a painting or two while I was [...]

Hey everyone! We had an impressive show at our last Toy and Comic auction, and it got me thinking: Why do people like bisque head dolls? Although all the bisque dolls were well received, the Jumeau dolls really took [...]

In the comic, trading card, toy, and essentially entire collectibles world you always here the word “Mint”. The colloquial term in all honesty is tossed around more than “Wicked” in Massachusetts. But what is the actual definition of the [...]

CRANSTON, R.I. –It turns out treasure was hiding in Bruneau & Co’s Rhode Island back yard as the firm’s September 25 “Comic, TGC & Toy” auction brought together 446 lots from a number of local collectors.“Interestingly enough, we had [...]

Last week I was down at Colonial Williamsburg and had a chance to tour the conservation labs as well as the museum. While in the lab I spied a British Pattern 1742 long land musket sitting on a table [...]

Hey everyone, I don’t have specific antiques or artworks to throw at all of you today, but Halloween is right around the corner and I’m very excited for the second Hocus Pocus movie, so let’s get into some spooky [...]