The all-new Kovels on Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2017 has just hit bookstores. With over 590 pages, the book is filled with 25,000 actual prices and 2,500 pictures of antiques and collectibles from real auctions, shows, shops and flea markets during the past year, as well as tips and other useful information.
Most pieces listed in Kovels’ price guide cost less than $2,000. We also include those newsworthy antiques and collectibles with prices that will shock you. It’s nice to dream that Grandma’s vase could be worth a fortune. Here are some of the rarest and the best record price items from this year as reported in Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2017.
- $167,700 was the winning price for a metal gas station sign advertising “Musgo Gasoline – Michigan’s Mile Maker” with a portrait of an Indian in full headdress, 48 inches in diameter. Pctured.
- An E. Howard & Co. No. 43 clock: $254,000. The 105-inch-high regulator clock has reverse painted glass, astronomical dial, sweep minute hand and a carved walnut case.
- A Paul Evans cabinet: $287,500. It is made of welded polychrome steel, painted wood and slate, with 23K gold leaf. Pictured.
- Chandelier by glass artist Dale Chihuly: $200,000. It was made of white, clear and amber blown glass in 2004.
- Superman lunchbox: $20,400. It has the original Universal thermos. Pictured.
- An American stoneware water cooler: $483,000. It is decorated with a cobalt blue eagle and shield and attributed to Henry Remmey, Sr. or Jr., of Baltimore, 1812-1829. Pictured.
- Babe Ruth’s 1922 New York Yankees contract: $549,000.
- Hermès Birkin handbag: $300,168. It is made of white matte Himalayan crocodile leather with 18K white gold and diamond hardware.
- $185,000 was paid for an 1844 double-sided political banner with color portraits of presidential candidate James K. Polk and his running mate George M. Dallas. Pictured.
- Märklin toy train tunnel: $84,000. It’s a 13- by 29-inch mountainscape with chalets, an overlook and a castle turret on top, made 1910-1914.
For more record prices, pick up a copy of Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2017.
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Just thought you should know that your bottle price guide that I bought over 20 years ago lead me to keep bottles that I would not have looked twice at and are now worth over $100 each an prominent in my and my Wife’s collection…. Thank you both.