Collecting News

Hubert Looser built up two companies, sold shares to the public, made his fortune, then got bored of business and switched to art.

With nearly 30 years of experience backing up his claim, Ron Drzewucki is confident he has all the knowledge and personal connections necessary to have a meaningful impact at the Professional Numismatists Guild .

The low-cost, straightforward approach makes completing a set relatively easy. A variety of special stickers highlight the collection.

Fleming-Neon Mayor Susie Polis told The Mountain Eagle the city is serious about collecting the funds.

An 1861 Indian Head copper-nickel cent is a quintessential Civil War U.S. coin. This exceptional Mint State 65 example with a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker sold for $1,265 at a May 31, 2012, auction.

"I don't eat them," Foy said on Thursday in his Farmington home, surrounded by four walls of PEZ memorabilia.

For more information on the Kansas License Plate Collectors Association, contact Duane Johnson, 785-233-4499 or jayhawk333@cox.net In Kansas, collectors have a century of plates from 105 counties to choose from.

You'd think I'd have learned by now to stop hoping. Yet, every time I hear about a rare, valuable comic book found in a barn, or an attic, I still can't help but dream about the dollar signs.

After about 60 years of amassing his collection of mostly York County-related items, Fred Rosenmiller, pictured here, held a public auction of much of the collection on his Spring Garden Township property on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Syrian soldiers man their post in the Syrian side near the Lebanese Syrian border, as seen from Lebanon's northern border town of Abboudiyyeh, in Akkar province, June 1, 2012.

The Susquehanna Angel Collectors Club will hold their luncheon meeting at 11 a.m. June 17, at the Manheim Grille at Kreider Farms, 1455 Lancaster Road, Manheim.

Superman through the years: -- January 1933: Superman's eventual creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, publish a short story titled "The Reign of the Superman."

The outspoken rapper went on a rant about art Wednesday during a listening party in Switzerland for his upcoming album, "Yeezus."

James Wheeley is old school. His shop is Obie's Ol' Skool Garage. It's off U.S. 70 between Haw River and Mebane.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reported recently that it is pleased to announce that it has received a gift of 1,088 original movie posters from the golden age of Hollywood filmmaking.

We are a publicly traded debt acquisition company looking for a highly motivated and competent Collection Supervisor to manage a small team of collectors collecting on charged-off consumer debt for a period of 2 months.

Sandra Chapman of Mirror, AB, holds up what she says may be a very valuable bit of currency.

Soldiers leaving Horsham during the European War September 10th 1914, No.1 , a photographic postcard published by Bon Marche of Horsham, circa 1918.

And authentically old will be the defining theme of the day Saturday as the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association throws its 34th annual Spring Outdoor Antiques Show at the Laurence C. MacArthur Elementary School field in South Yarmouth.

'Instruments of Medieval Torture' at the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough explores the horrors inflicted in the name of justice, featuring replicas of more than 50 blood-curdling methods based on objects amassed by private collectors and historians across Europe.