A 1963 licensed Batmobile, the earliest known, is up for auction by Heritage Auctions in Northern California, starting at $90,000. The vehicle was hand-built and customized from a 1956 Oldsmobile by Forrest Robinson. He started the project in 1960 and it took him three years. This was two years before George Barris customized a Batmobile […]
Cleaning and Caring for Gold Jewelry
Posted on November 13th, 2014 by Joe G
If you own nice gold jewelry, you likely want to keep it clean, shiny and looking good as new. However, a time will come when you need to clean your gold. You can take it to be professionally cleaned, but can expect to pay quite a bit of money. Fortunately, there are ways to clean […]
1976 Apple Computer on Auction
Posted on November 5th, 2014 by Joe G
Today, people are willing to dish out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to get the latest and greatest in technology. However, next month, an original 1976 Apple Computer could sell for more than the cost of new models. The fully functional Ricketts Apple-1 Personal Computer, nearly 40 years old, was sold by a 21-year-old […]
Spooky Auction Includes Human Bones
Posted on October 28th, 2014 by Joe G
The Danse Macabre, an auction fit for Halloween, was held Oct. 22 in New Jersey, and featured a variety of creepy items. Just how creepy were they? Sold items included everything from sheet music, to a 19th century voodoo kit, to actual human bones! Human foot bones sold for $123, a partial skull sold for […]
Halloween Symbols – Spiders and Bats
Posted on October 20th, 2014 by Joe G
In the mid-20th century, common Halloween decorations were similar to today, and included jack-o-lanterns, black cats, spiders, bats, ghosts and witches. In the late 1800s, spiders, spider webs and bats were painted on bowls and vases that were displayed in the parlor. However, back in Victorian times, bats and spiders were symbols of success and […]