CARRELL WITTMAN: Yez, rare Pez may be valuable, she sez
ROMI CARRELL WITTMAN
Tucson Citizen
"It seems everyone is always looking for the get-rich-quick scheme that's going to make him or her a millionaire. Be it lottery tickets, real estate or some new invention, people are always looking to invest and make money. And so it's no surprise that collecting as a means of investment is the Hot New Thing.
Collecting, like investing, is a tricky business. Markets can be capricious"

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Johnny Cash's Belongings to Be Auctioned
Yahoo! News
Fri May 21,12:53 PM ET
"NEW YORK - One piece at a time, Johnny Cash (news)'s guitars, banjos, handwritten lyrics, photographs, vintage black leather clothing, Grammy Awards and other belongings will be auctioned this fall by Sotheby's.
More than 650 pieces from the estate of the country music icon and his wife, June Carter Cash (news), will be offered Sept. 14 and 15, Sotheby's said Thursday."

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Abebooks Reports Used-Book Sales Are Soaring
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
May 18, 2004
"In response to three recent studies on the new and used book market, Abebooks said it can confirm that online sales for used books are reaching new heights and are in fact exceeding the growth reported in the reports. The three studies were conducted by Ipsos-Reid BookTrends, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), and Book Hunter Press."

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THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR' JEANS!
collectingnetwork.com

"Today's lesson is don't throw away that old pair of jeans in your attic. Beginning in the 1970's historic and popular interest gained considerable ground on artist merit concerning antiques. Today, a well-preserved, properly marketed 19th century pair of Levi's might fetch $50,000-$100,000. A 1940's Lee 'Cowboy' brand denim jacket will bring approximately $6,000. A Levi jacket of the same period will fetch $5,000. A pair of never-washed 1930's Levi jeans complete with a "buckleback" is worth around $2,000. A mint pair of vintage "Blue Bell" Wranglers made late as the 1960's is worth around $100."

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Trash to Treasure
Centre Daily Times | 05/16/2004 |
From staff and wire reports
"Proving to be much more than a fad, eBay becomes cultural, economic force/
In 1993, Toby Scott found a 'squatty' perfume bottle with a big round top at a garage sale in State College. He shelled out $2 for it.
Nearly two years later, a bewildered Scott sold that clear bottle on eBay for $200."

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Profiting From Online Auction Sites
October 06, 2003
By Corey Rudl
"You can create a bidding frenzy and sell more products on large online auction sites if you follow this eight-step plan from our Internet marketing expert.
What's all the hype about online auctions? Why are we hearing so much about them? Are they really profitable? And how can you get involved? "

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Lost Conan Doyle archive sold at auction
20/05/2004
ABC News Online
"A collection of long-lost papers giving a rare glimpse into the private life of Sherlock Holmes's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has sold at auction in London for almost $US1.7 million."

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Calling all rocker has-beens
Dave Simpson
Wednesday May 19, 2004
The Guardian

"Internet auction site eBay has a reputation as 'the world's online marketplace', but may soon be making a splash as a different kind of record label. The idea is the brainchild of KJ Kjelgaard, an eBay employee with experience in the music industry who realised that a lot of his favourite bands had no outlet for their music."

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The same company cited in the previous article:
Seller beware
Collectibles road show comes with a price
DenverPost.com
By Jennifer Alsever Kristi Arellano and Christine Tatum
Denver Post Staff Writers
"Some people who hoped to get rich off old coin collections or diamond rings left disappointed Tuesday after attending a collectibles road show in Denver this week."

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Market for coins not easy to predict
DenverPost.com
By Kristi Arellano Aldo Svaldi and Jennifer Alsever
Denver Post Staff Writers
"Buyers have snapped up coins and collectibles for the past several years, driving up prices. But experts are divided on whether those red hot markets are about to cool off."

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Curators From the Cradle: Marbles, Bugs and Warhols
By RALPH GARDNER Jr.
The New York Times
Published: May 13, 2004
"PICASSO'S 'Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)' sold at Sotheby's last week for $104.1 million, setting a record for a painting purchased at auction. But another notable development came with the first lot of the sale, when a 13-year-old boy waged a spirited bidding war for a Degas horse drawing."

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