Tim Thompson

LONDON – A Portuguese astrolabe bought for £450 in a junk shop over a half-century ago is expected to fetch £40,000-£50,000 in Charles Miller’s April 30 auction. LiveAuctioneers will provide the Internet live bidding. The story of how the astrolabe was discovered dates back to 1956, when the father of the astrolabe’s consignor dates was […]

  8-gallon Red Wing pantry jar, $4,200, RWCS Convention   An 8-gallon Red Wing blue-banded pantry jar sold for $4,200 at the Red Wing Collectors Society convention auction held July 11 by the Red Wing Collectors Society Inc., in Red Wing, Minn. Also, a 2-gallon Red Wing “elephant ear” ice-water cooler fetched $2,100; a 2-gallon […]