Kovels Antique Trader

Whether you're looking for a trusted place to bid in auctions, buy or sell, Antique Trader is the top resource to find online auction sites, auction houses, and expert advice about antique furniture, jewelry and collectibles. Thousands of antiques and collectibles are for sale in each issue as well as hard to find items to buy, sell, or trade. Antique Trader also contains the most current and comprehensive information on antique shows and stores and earns best-selling honors year after year by providing precise descriptions and current pricing.

Antique Trader

BLUE JEAN BLUES • … and how a mustache may not be the worst decision ever.

Stan the Man • Celebrating 100 Years of Comic Book Legend Stan Lee

Wickedly Good • WIZARD OF OZ hourglass sells for $495K

Hall of Fame Toys • The ancient top, Masters of the Universe and Lite-Brite honored

As Found Collection • Mike Wolfe, star of the TV reality show “American Pickers,” has been on a quest his entire life to find and rescue some of the most legendary and long-forgotten relics of yesteryear, uncovering motorcycles and bicycles hidden in fields, cellars and barns. After decades of searching, his AS FOUND COLLECTION hits the auction block in Las Vegas at Mecum's 32nd annual Vintage & Antique Motorcycle Auction, January 24−28. This is Wolfe's story of dust and discovery.

As Found Collection

We'll Drink To That! • Here's to the glamorous cocktail dress, one of the most party-loving pieces in fashion history.

Tips for Collecting VINTAGE COCKTAIL DRESSES

Best of 2022

Paul Allen's Art Collection • Sale tops $1.6B! Records tumble

CAUGHT IN SPIDEY'S WEB

BATMAN'S BEST • Original Dark Knight cover art sells for record $2.4 million

A Dog's Tale

Goodbye Elmer's

What About Bob?

SACKS General Store

Bill Melendez

EVENTS • To list your antiques-related event (show, auction, convention, etc.) for free in Antique Trader, and on our website, antiquetrader.com, email event information (date, location, contact information, times) at least six weeks in advance to: ATNews@aimmedia.com. Listings will be included on a space-available basis. Antique Trader assumes no responsibility for any show not listed in our print editions, but it will be listed in our online calendar.

Annual York Show Feb. 3-4

Toy Stories • Nearly 880 lots of antique and vintage toys crossed the auction block at Milestone's December 10 Winter Toy Extravaganza, chalking up $750,000 in sales. Four dozen robots and space toys easily achieved liftoff, with an extremely rare color variation of a Yonezawa tin windup Diamond Planet Robot (BELOW) leading the group. At 10 inches tall, Diamond Planet is the largest windup robot produced during the golden era of postwar Japanese toymaking. It sold for $33,210. For more information go to: milestoneauctions.com.

Jomaz Jewelry Beauty Beyond Mazer