An amateur treasure hunter discovered a rare silver threepenny dated to 1652 in a field in Nottinghamshire, UK. The treasure hunter, John Stoner, had just begun sweeping the area with his metal detector when it signaled. With a little digging, he found the coin, originally thinking it was nothing special. Little did he know that “nothing […]
Vintage Baseball Cards
Posted on September 3rd, 2014 by Joe G
A collection of over 1,400 tobacco cards featuring Hall of Fame baseball players from 1909-1911 will be sold by an auction house in Maine early next year. The cards, called “T206” cards, were kept by the grandchildren of a Brooklyn man who began smoking at age 19, and kept every card he got in a box. Ten of […]
A Super Price for Superman
Posted on August 25th, 2014 by Joe G
Sold in West Virginia in 1938 for 10 cents, an original Superman comic was sold on eBay for $3.2 million, setting the record for the priciest comic book ever sold. After the original newsstand purchase over 70 years ago, the comic – Action Comics No. 1 – was stored in a cedar chest for forty years. When […]
These Coins are Out of This World!
Posted on August 19th, 2014 by Joe G
The Southern Sky coin series has released its third and final coin from the Royal Australian Mint. This coin, a domed $5 piece named Orion, was struck by former NASA astronaut Richard Hieb. Orion joins the first two coins in the series: Crux, released in 2012; and Pavo, released in 2013. Falling in line with the same […]
Rio Tinto’s Rare Red Diamonds
Posted on August 15th, 2014 by Joe G
Each year, Rio Tinto, the second largest diamond mining company in the world, hosts the Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender. This year, the collection consists of 55 diamonds – 51 pink and purplish red diamonds, and four Fancy Red diamonds. Fancy Red diamonds are extremely rare. So rare, that only 13 have been featured in the annual […]