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More good news...Naismith's rules for basketball fetches more than $4 million!

Started this discussion. Last reply by john reznikoff Dec 11, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes

More incredible news from the auction world - the TYPED rules for basketball, which hung in a gym for years and were later signed by basketball inventor James Naismith, brought over $4 million at…Continue

Tags: naismith, alexander, auction, basketball

Autograph market rebounds! Dylan lyrics sell for $400,000+

Started this discussion. Last reply by 2ro69jm8dyt5i May 11, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Great news for rock autograph collectors, and for that matter, all autograph collectors!After years of lackluster sales, todays sales at Sotheby's have shown that the market for quality material has…Continue

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Bill Panagopulos replied to DB's discussion 'Dolos-Project Militaria Blog refocuses on it's main intent, maybe'

No...W. C. Stump is dead...as dead as a stump. But Keating uses his name as an alias, supposedly in homage, tho' the real Stump is probably rotating in his grave at 150 RPM. Start with Royster - absolutely bonkers anti-Semite who has an…

17 hours ago

Bill Panagopulos replied to DB's discussion 'Dolos-Project Militaria Blog refocuses on it's main intent, maybe'

Here is the link to the page of comments by "Stump" and…

18 hours ago

DB and Bill Panagopulos are now friends 18 hours ago

Bill Panagopulos replied to DB's discussion 'Dolos-Project Militaria Blog refocuses on it's main intent, maybe'

Don Bacardi - Funny you should bring up Dolos! I was on the site for quite a while, and could...and will...tell you some tales about it. BTW - the site is back up and running. I suspect I was part of the reason it was closed for a week or…

18 hours ago

Bill Panagopulos commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'

Hahahahaha!!! "Universal Manuscript Society"!!! And I'm a member in good standing of the "Atomic Autograph Association of Ashtabula"! What a maroon...

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Bill Panagopulos commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'

"Al Radwill is a well-known, respected trusted member of an industry he has served for 30 years...We are a member of The Garden State Ephemera Association and The Universal Manuscript Society...Over two-thirds of our items come from three major…

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Bill Panagopulos commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'

Just received an email re: "Guaranteed Autographs". My opinion: the only "guarantee" is that you will be ripped-off, and the only doctorate held by "Dr. Radwill" is "Doctor of Proctology" because by dealing…

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Steve Cyrkin commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

I saw that, too, DB. I wouldn't want it, but I think $423,000 was a fair price for both the buyer and seller.

Dec 14, 2011

DB commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

was about to pass on "condolences" as the original results indicated unsold but according to recent reports and an updated list it went for $360k ($500-$600k est) and reported releases indicated $423k was paid in…

Dec 13, 2011

Steve Cyrkin commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

I wouldn't be surprised if the desk set sold for a multiple of that.

Dec 8, 2011

DB commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

appears "luck" and some deep pockets are with Mr. Bill on this one! ADOLF HITLER'S CEREMONIAL DESK SET - USED IN THE SIGNING OF THE MUNICH PACT - Current Bid: $250,000.00

Dec 8, 2011

john reznikoff commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

Thanks Bill, Good luck on this!!

Dec 6, 2011

Bill Panagopulos commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

BTW - Special thanks to John Reznikoff who directed the seller of this item to us. He's a real mensch!

Dec 6, 2011

Bill Panagopulos commented on Rufi Cole's group 'History'

All due respect, Joed...don't go crazy on this lot because there isn't really a huge amount of value in it, as far as I can see. Most signatories were important in their time, but have been trumped by Michael Jackson and Barack Yomama.…

Nov 29, 2011

DB commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

Mr. Bill I hope this item does well. Although if you had Snookie or the Situation posing with it the Jersey Crowd might be more inclined. Perhaps if you add the dracula kill kit who knows what the "bordello of blood" followers…

Nov 29, 2011

Mr Zipper commented on Bill Panagopulos's blog post 'The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."'

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Nov 20, 2011

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What do you collect, or want to start collecting?: History/Politics

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The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."

Posted on November 15, 2011 at 7:00pm 9 Comments 2 Likes

The other day, the following walked into our office. Thought this might make an interesting diversion from signed photos of Snookie and "The Situation".

Here's the catalog description, which I've edited for brevity:

The solid cast brass desk set owned and used by Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler and…

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What's Your Favorite Movie Scene?

Posted on March 18, 2011 at 6:05pm 12 Comments 0 Likes

I have plenty of favorite movie scenes..."Call me Ishmael...Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...Frenchie, this could be the beginning of a beautiful frienship...", and so on.

My favorites of late: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMLGkj91Og&feature=related, …

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Idiot autograph vandal on the loose!

Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:45pm 18 Comments 1 Like

While perusing eBay listings today, I ran across the seller "patriotsfan10" who seems to have been a pretty regular customer at R&R and Heritage...and now they need to ban him!

This cretin has made a habit of buying complete historic letters of famous Americans and then cutting them to bits so he can sell one and two word segments on eBay!

Just look at a typical description:

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A question about authenticators...

Posted on December 3, 2010 at 12:30pm 26 Comments 0 Likes

Here's a question bound to stir up some more controversy on this site. I suppose the best way to put my question forth is by way of example:

Dealer Joe Schmoe provides his time to PU Authenticators, a publicly held firm, by viewing historic artists' autographs on their behalf. His job is to determine whether an item is authentic or not. When he "passes" an item, the owner is charged a fee by PU and in turn receives a certificate signed by Schmoe. In exchange for his…

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