A Gamble on Superman Pays Off 40 Years Later
HOW A LONG-SHOT BID IN THE 1980S SECURED A STANDOUT COPY OF ACTION COMICS NO. 1, NOW THE HEADLINE LOT IN A BLOCKBUSTER AUCTION
Does Anyone Collect Silver Anymore?
HERITAGE SPECIALIST KAREN RIGDON EXAMINES THE EVOLVING SILVER MARKET AND THE ENDURING ROLE OF TRUE COLLECTORS
Inside Frida Kahlo’s Private World
A NEWLY RESTORED FAMILY HOME AND RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK REVEAL THE ARTIST NOT AS ICON, BUT AS DAUGHTER, SISTER, AND KEEPER OF A POWERFUL LINEAGE
From Remote Mines to Refined Cabinets: A Collector’s Life in Minerals
SHAPED BY DECADES OF EXPLORATION AND A DISCERNING EYE, THE BRUCE CARTER COLLECTION BRINGS RARE, MUSEUM-CALIBER MINERALS TO MARKET
Collector’s Guide to Fabergé
A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT REALLY MATTERS WHEN COLLECTING FABERGÉ, FROM MASTERFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP AND PROVENANCE TO RARITY AND CONDITION
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On the Record With Rare Book Collector David Aronovitz
THE LIFELONG READER REFLECTS ON FIVE DECADES IN THE BOOK BUSINESS AS HIS LANDMARK SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY LIBRARY HEADS TO AUCTION
You Don’t Need Millions to Collect Picasso
WHILE HIS PAINTINGS CAN COMMAND NINE-FIGURE PRICES, PICASSO’S PRINTS AND CERAMICS OFFER A COMPELLING AND ACCESSIBLE ENTRY INTO ONE OF ART HISTORY’S MOST PROLIFIC CAREERS
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In the Presence of Rockwell
A teenage fan’s note to Norman Rockwell led to a life-defining encounter — and a gifted drawing now coming to auction after 70 years
Editor’s Picks
Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions
Modern & Contemporary Art
Between February 1981 and January 1982, in a burst of activity, Jean Dubuffet produced more than 500 small paintings on paper. He later grouped these works under the title Psycho-sites, a name that underscores their shared premise: an indeterminate “site,” or place, inhabited by undefined figures. In Site avec trois Personnages, three small figures emerge from a dense web of sweeping brushstrokes. They are not fully formed individuals. Instead, they appear as fleeting presences, absorbed into a terrain that feels at once physical and psychological.
Jean Dubuffet Site avec trois Personnages, 1981
Auction: May 7
Sports
Herb Brooks served as the architect of one of the most significant moments in international hockey history, guiding the 1980 United States Olympic men’s hockey team to its improbable gold medal during the Lake Placid Games. The team shocked the heavily favored Soviet Union in the semifinal forever remembered as the “Miracle on Ice,” followed by a victory over Finland in the final that gave the Americans the gold medal. Brooks received this championship ring for his leadership at Lake Placid 46 years ago.
1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic Hockey Ring Presented to Coach Herb Brooks
Auction: May 15-17
Anime Art
This pan-sized production cel from Dragon Ball Z displays an iconic image of Goku in his immediately recognizable Super Saiyan form, complete with the torn clothes and characteristic golden hair and green eyes of his transformation. The character’s transformation appeared for the first time in chapter 317 of the Dragon Ball manga, released March 19, 1991, with its animated debut seen in the 95th episode of Dragon Ball Z, “Transformed at Last,” which aired June 19, 1991, almost 35 years ago.
Dragon Ball Z “A Final Attack” Super Saiyan Goku Pan-Sized Production Cel with Production Background and Animation Drawing (Toei Animation, 1991)
Auction: May 15-17