In March 1978, Stan Lee flew to Harrisonburg, Virginia, as the guest of honor at James Madison University’s Fine Arts Festival. As The Comics Journal would later point out, it wasn’t the likeliest of ...

This coin is one of just 75 proof Liberty double eagles minted in 1898. Author and numismatic researcher John Dannreuther estimates there are between 35 and 50 remaining survivors, although there is ...

Some kids shoot water-pressure rockets in the backyard and move on to other hobbies. Others channel that childlike wonder ...

atrick Nagel has been misunderstood by connoisseurs of fine art for too long. But if the past 13 years of surging sales at Heritage Auctions are any indication, the artist is finally getting his due.

From blues to metal, the guitar provides some of the most identifiable sounds of a music act. Skill and showmanship notwithstanding, fans and instrumentalists can literally capture and collect iconic ...

The quest begins. A corroded “No Trespassing” sign on a chain-link fence. An iron gate. A decaying estate. A bedroom in a hilltop modern-day palace, where a titan of 20 th-century America breathes his ...

Del Toro’s obsessive nature doesn’t end with his films. Over recent years, cinephiles and pop-culture collectors alike have come to understand that del Toro is an insatiable collector of the things ...

ver the past couple of decades, perceptions of collecting vintage video games have shifted dramatically. In the 1980s and 1990s, titles from earlier consoles were typically seen as outdated — or, at ...

or centuries, a professional art career was a male-dominated pursuit. Only until recent generations have we seen measurable strides toward greater gender equity in the visual arts, yet many female ...

ong before Carol Day became a sensation in the pages of London’s Daily Mail, David Wright had already secured his place in British visual culture. During World War II, Wright’s elegant “lovelies” ...

ometime in the early 1980s, one longtime comic book fan began getting serious about collecting despite not having a serious amount of money to put into the hobby. What he lacked in wealth, though, he ...

From directing the first feature film shot in Hollywood to creating some of the most iconic films in cinematic history, Cecil B. DeMille was a pioneer and architect of the entertainment industry. On ...