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A Sweet Find: Rare Sugar Bowl Bought for $50, Auctioned for $34,800

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This sugar bowl , dating from the early 19 th century, surprised collectors and bidders for its rarity and condition. Every vintage fan, reseller, picker, or thrifter dreams of finding an item at an estate sale or thrift store for a dirt-cheap price and then discovering it’s extremely valuable. The listing by Jeffrey S.

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Estée Lauder Solid Perfumes: Buy Them or Leave Them?

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I still look for them when making flea market and estate sale rounds. What to Buy I always hate to generalize because you really must research every collectible individually, no matter what you’re dealing with, since every genre has its rarities. An Estée Lauder Lucky Dragon perfume compact dating to 2005.

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WorthPoint Indices: Movie Posters

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With much crossover appeal, the poster brought $72,000 in a December 2022 sale held by Robert Edward Auctions. Total monthly earnings since 2020 have dipped below $400,000 only six times; the rest of the months have consistently had sales between $406,000 and $507,000. The major drivers for movie posters are rarity and subject matter.

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WorthPoint Indices: Morgan Dollars

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More Gain with Morgans: Dollar Values Buck the Trend According to our index, prices paid for Morgan Dollars, considered a perennial favorite among collectors, have increased more than 38 percent since January 2020, despite a decrease in the number of transactions starting in mid-2023. coins by numismatic collectors.

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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Sold for ¥1,500,000 JPY via Tomikai Auction (Oct 2023). The rarity of the material, as well as the beauty and intricacy of the decoration, represented status and wealth during the Qing dynasty. Sold for $340,000 USD via Bonhams (Dec 2023). Sold for £50,000 GBP via Bonhams (May 2023). How will the item be shipped?

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WorthPoint Indices: Lobby Cards

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It was sold on eBay for $10,995 in April 2023. million in sales since 2020. percent increase in transactions from 2020 through 2023. Prices since 2020 have ranged between $1 for single cards to $30,000 for a lot of seven from various movies that sold in March 2023.

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WorthPoint Indices: U.S. Gold Coins

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Golden Gains: Growing Gold Coin Sales The trading value of U.S. gold coins ever sold include obscure rarities in top condition. Investment Grade 1986 American Gold Eagle A small number of these coins are minted annually, and more than 63,000 sales are recorded in WorthPoint’s database. Some of the most valuable numismatic U.S.