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January 23, 2013 |
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The Batmobile used in the 1960s Batman TV show was auctioned January 19, 2013, for $4.2 million. The 19-foot-long two-seat, bubble-top, bullet-proof car is a customized 1955 Lincon Futura concept car. The winning bidder, a known collector from Arizona, plans to display the car in his living room.
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Read more... [Batmobile Sells for Millions]
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January 16, 2013 |
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We rounded up 10 collector nightmare stories from Kovels Komments in 2012. Our Top 10 list includes stories about fakes sold as real, a treasure found and then lost because others claimed it, antiques planted in some of the new TV shows, and bidders who don’t pay.
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Read more... [Fake Them Out, Defraud Them, and Make a Phony: Just Another Year in the Antique World and Kovels.com Covers the “Highlights”]
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January 09, 2013 |
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Here are Kovels' choices of the best stories of 2012 about lucky finds, amazing discoveries, final sale prices and what new owners decided to do with their antiques and collectibles. You can find more details about each story in the news section of Kovels Komments.
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Read more... [Best Stories from Kovels Komments 2012]
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January 03, 2013 |
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The Top 12 searches for 2012 show collector interest in bottles, jewelry and Coca-Cola collectibles. The Top 12 antiques and collectibles searched for on Kovels.com during 2012 are:
- Bottles
- Jewelry
- Coca-Cola
- Dolls
- Clocks
- Lamps
- Bavaria
- Red Wing
- Royal Bayreuth
- Postcards
- Shawnee
- Carnival Glass
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Read more... [Kovels.com Announces Top 12 Antiques & Collectibles Searches for 2012]
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