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Dear Fellow Collector, Welcome to our latest digital edition. Every issue features an editorial lineup designed to enhance your collecting experience. Whether it's auction highlights and expert advice or interviews with top collectors, we strive to keep you informed and inspired. Have a story you'd like to share? Drop me a line at a line at RhondaR@HA.com.
| Rhonda Reinhart, Editor
Heritage Auctions Celebrates Its Most Successful Year With Total Sales of $1.867 Billion in 2024 Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, Babe Ruth's jersey and Superman's debut helped lead to fourth consecutive record-setting year
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Why Are Hall of Fame Pitcher Eddie Plank's 1909-11 T206 Cards So Hard to Find? Although theories abound, the coveted collectibles' rarity remains an enigma more than a century after their debut
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Ode to Robin, the Original Superhero Sidekick In celebration of the Boy Wonder's 85th birthday, we take a by-the-numbers look at Batman's partner in crime fighting
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America's Inaugural Federal Reserve Note Proof Archive Heads to Auction The pinnacle of U.S. Currency collecting, the set includes the 1918 $5,000 and $10,000 Proofs
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Looking Back: 1925 A peek into the Heritage Auctions archives reveals what the world was reading, watching and appreciating 100 years ago
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World Coins Spotlight: The Gatsby Collection Heritage's Cris Bierrenbach chats with James Croock, consignor of an extraordinary assemblage of pre-1960 South African coinage
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Editor's picks for upcoming auctions
Carl Barks Money Lake Original Art (1971) Auction: January 9-12
Comic Art Between 1971 and 1975, Carl Barks completed a series of eight paintings based on his classic cover to 1952's Four Color No. 386. One of the most important Disney comics, the issue boasts the first Uncle Scrooge solo story and Scrooge's first cover appearance. This piece, produced in 1971, is the fourth of the series and one of the brightest and most vibrant. The image features grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie alongside Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. View Lot
"The Last Known Photo," John Lennon and Mark David Chapman, The Dakota, New York City, December 8, 1980 Auction: January 12
Type 1 Photographs Amateur photographer Paul Goresh captured this image of John Lennon signing a copy of Double Fantasy for Mark David Chapman just hours before Chapman murdered Lennon outside his residence at The Dakota on New York City's Upper West Side on December 8, 1980. This original photograph, signed and dated by Goresh, was developed the next day by the New York Daily News and is the only known photo to show Lennon and his assassin. View Lot
1932 Saint-Gaudens Twenty, MS64 CAC Auction: January 14-19
U.S. Coins Only one example of the 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle is legal to own, making the 1932 Saint-Gaudens Twenty the final collectible issue of the extremely popular series. Despite a substantial reported mintage of more than 1.1 million pieces, nearly all were held in government vaults and later melted following the 1933 Gold Recall. The surviving population is estimated at just 95 pieces. The offered example is one of only 33 graded in 64 (four in 64+), with only 43 finer. View Lot
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