What's It Worth?

Out of the attic and into the spotlight

Cigars and Battleships

| June 14, 2011

Greetings, my father recently passed away and valued these two items. Can you please tell me anything about the value of either?  The recruitment poster is from San Jose and the cigar calendar is from San Francisco.  The calendar is dated 1903 and “poster” size. My dad searched for years and there has been three [...]

White eagle statue and Gibson greeting cards

| June 6, 2011

My colleagues and I frequently do verbal appraisal events as community outreach or as fundraisers for non profit groups.  We recently staffed a fundraiser for the Carmel Art Association  where I was confronted by a piece of Americana I’ve never seen in my 15 years of auction work. A couple brought in a 20 inch [...]

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