Michael Jackson’s name is known around the world. You can go to any country and someone will know the name. On April 21st, 2009 Julien’s Auctions will auction items from Michael Jackson’s personal collection and Neverland Ranch estate. The auction will include approximately 2000 items.

Some of the items to be auctioned include Michael Jackson’s white-jewelled glove, the gates to his Neverland Ranch, fine and decorative art, antiques, collectibles, paintings, life size bronzed statues, memorabilia, amusement, arcade games, Disneyana, garden items, and much more.

I have had a few readers of this site ask me the following two questions about auction houses:

Which are the best auction houses to use?
Are there any auction houses located near me?

So I decided to compiled a list of the good auction houses in the United States and publish on this site. I have either used or have heard good things about these auction houses. There are over 100,000 auction houses world wide. The most popular auction houses are located in Europe and the United States. One of …

The following list of good auction house bidding practices will prepare you for an auction. This list of things to do before biding will give you the knowledge to help you protect yourself from making big mistakes at an auction and in turn will save you money.
1. View the catalogue
Auction houses will usually have their auction catalogues available one week prior to the auction date. Most auction houses offer their auction catalogues on the internet or a hard copy that is mailed out or picked up at the auction house. …

When buying antiques you want to be confident and knowledgeable. In this article i have covered 10 things you can do to help protect yourself and to find a few good bargains at the same time when buying Antiques or Collectibles.
1. Always Negotiate the price
Many dealers will have a code marked somewhere on the antique that you’re interested in. This marking tells them exactly how low they can go on the price. For example X20 or X45 could mean the amount they will discount the price. or this maybe their …

There are many avenues to sell your antiques and collectibles; private sells, auction houses, eBay, antique brokers etc. In this article I have compared between the auction house and eBay. I have presented the pros and cons of both the Auction house and eBay.
Who will see your antiques or collectibles?
In an auction house your antique or collectible will be seen by buyers that are there specifically for that type of item. Most auction houses advertise world wide through there mailing list, brokers, internet based auction proxy such as live auctioneers, …

For years now when my Mechanical music friends, mentors, collogues, and myself get together for meetings and other events there is a subject that always comes up. That is the effect eBay is having on them and the antique world. This conversation on antiques always starts out the same way. They start talking about how good the prices for antiques were in the early 1990’s. From about 1989 to early 1997 antique prices where the best ever seen. Then the year 1997 came along. This is when the antique market …