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Honest Abe Earns Silver Stardom at Americana Auction

On Memorial Day 1911, Theodore Roosevelt presided over the dedication of a bronze monument at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, NJ.  The life size statue, entitled “Seated Lincoln”, was the work of Gutzon Borglum, an American sculptor best known as the creator of Mt Rushmore.  One hundred years later, on May 21<sup>st</sup> in Breinigsville, PA, a one thousand and five troy ounce pure silver statue cast from Borglum’s original “Seated Lincoln” maquette will be offered as a featured lot at (...)

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Bidders Face Off At High Noon In Allentown Pa

Western memorabilia is one of the most enduring and endearing categories of Americana collecting.  On Saturday May 21<sup>st</sup> at the Golden Fantasy, Silver Dreams Americana Auction in Allentown, PA, bidders will compete for top drawer examples of Wild West collectibles.  The auction event, conducted by The Renaissance Auction Group, Reading, PA, features a superb assembly of cap pistols, advertising premium rings, movie posters and ephemera relating to the golden era of (...)

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Animation Brings Fantasy to Life

Animation Brings Fantasy to Life

What is it about animation that captures the fancy of young and old alike?  Why have Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker, Garfield and Shrek penetrated the collective conscious to the point of iconic status? Animation suggests that anything is possible in a world that often emphasizes the limits of our reality.  If elephants can fly and ogres can rule, if roadrunners can vie with wily coyotes in a game of (...)

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