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The Golden Age of Coin Collecting: Navigating the 2025 Precious Metals Market

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

Remember when your grandpa’s dusty coin collection seemed like nothing more than a quirky hobby? Gold and silver: The dynamic duo of precious metals – source Gold and Silver Coins Buyers: Choosing Your Champion So, you’ve decided to cash in on your coin collection or part with some precious metals.

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A painting of Venice’s Grand Canal, previously thought to be by Canaletto, has been attributed to his teenage nephew

The Art Newspaper

Specialists at London's Wallace Collection have attributed an 18th-century work to Bernardo Bellotto, who would then have been aged just 15 or 16

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January acquisitions round-up: Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales goes to Tokyo museum

The Art Newspaper

Other acquisitions this month include a Bronze Age Peebles stone hoard, and Yatreda Art Collectives Abyssinian Queen NFT

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The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve

Artnet News

The post The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve appeared first on Artnet News. Gallerie dell’Accademia curator Michele Nicolaci discusses this biblical vision.

Age 118
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Divorcing Our Collections

Maine Antique Digest

As is typical, the average age of those in the queue is probably 65 or higher, and the talk turns to divesting collections. I am standing in line at an antiques show, and the conversation fascinates me. One collector is adamant that she wants top dollar for what she has

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Space Age Collectibles

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles

The post Space Age Collectibles appeared first on The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. “In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and [.]

Age 52
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Gilded Age Architecture and Art: A Journey Through America’s Opulent Era

Invaluable

Just the name “The Gilded Age” invokes a sense of opulence and grandeur. Correspondingly, this rise in wealth was reflected in both the art and architecture of the era, as patrons aimed to create increasingly lavish works of art and environments to reflect both their affluence and the magnificence of the age.

Age 98