"Collecting" Blogs & Blog Posts

A book believed to have been produced at one of the first Christian monasteries in Egypt around 250-350 AD will go up for auction in June. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, which is believed to be one of the oldest texts in existence, is worth between $2.8...

Found and Chosen, my new favorite instagram page, is a delightful collection of collections by artist Jane Housham. I stumbled across this page the other day and it has been bringing me great joy ever since. Many of the images found and chosen consi...

LONDON (AP) — A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world sold Saturday for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million), an auction record for a bottle of wine or spirits. The Macallan Adami 1926 sold at Sotheby’s in...

A $10,000 bill from 1934 sold for a record $480,000 at an auction in Texas auction — while a $20 coin minted in 1899 also set a record when it sold for nearly the same amount as the banknote, according to the auction.Headquartered in Dallas, Herita...

Robert Kime, I would love to have met this designer, decorater, collector. Listening to him reminds of when I listened and loved some of my best friends/artists/designers/collectors. The passion they have for anything from rocks to feathers to works...

Yes, I have a dish obsession. In 1765 Joseph Zächenberger, a skillful painter, created the lush Cumberland pattern for Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufacturers. Zächenberger's pattern was meant to replace fresh flowers at table. At the time, fresh...

A collector is selling a mind-blowing set of television artifacts at Heritage Auctions. If you've got a few hundred grand (or more?) and a guest room, you might be interested some of the high-ticket auctions. You can view what "The Comisar Collecti...