Historic Antiques

10/07/2026

Horrors, Halloween is coming up and there's a frightening auction to see.

Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archive

09/30/2026

Welcome to Gadsby's Tavern, where President Washington's favorite meal is STILL on the menu!

09/30/2026

If a people are smart they learn from history.

09/15/2026

08/21/2026

Up on eBay now,
1964 New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball from their pennant winning season.
We also have other single and multi-signed baseballs from MLB and Negro Leaguers.
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An authentic New York Yankees team ball dating from the Bomber's 1964 pennant winning season. Authentication is from JSA. If you want this 1964 Yankee Team Signed Official Cronin National League Major League Baseball you must keep your eye on it.

08/19/2026

Did you know that Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing French fries to America? He had potatoes, "fried in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802, after encountering them while living in France.

08/07/2026

Today is Purple Heart Day
August 7, 1782, Newburgh, New York: General George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, creates the “Badge for Military Merit,” a decoration consisting of a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk, edged with a narrow binding of silver, with the word Merit stitched across the face in silver. It would come to be widely known as the Purple Heart.
The badge was to be presented to soldiers for “any singularly meritorious action” and permitted its wearer to pass guards and sentinels without challenge. The honoree’s name and regiment were also to be inscribed in a “Book of Merit.”
At the time of the Revolution, America had no money, no military, and barely a chance at success. Even General Washington was not immediately seen as a strong military commander.
Washington’s “Purple Heart" was awarded to only three known soldiers during the War for Independence: Elijah Churchill, William Brown and Daniel Bissell, Jr. The “Book of Merit” was lost, and the decoration was largely forgotten until 1927, when General Charles P. Summerall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, sent an unsuccessful draft bill to Congress to “revive the Badge of Military Merit."
In 1931, Summerall’s successor, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, took up the cause hoping to reinstate the medal in time for the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth. On February 22, 1932, President Washington’s 200th birthday, the U.S. War Dept announced the creation of the “Order of the Purple Heart.”
In addition to aspects of Washington’s original design, the new Purple Heart also displayed a bust of Washington and his coat of arms. The Order of the Purple Heart, the oldest American military decoration for meritorious military service, is awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces who have been killed or wounded in action against the enemy. It is also awarded to soldiers who have suffered as POWs.

07/12/2026

Wow.

07/10/2026

Did you know a farmer from Jersey City, NJ, helped stop Benedict Arnold from giving West Point to the British?