Perhaps you can't afford to buy high-priced rarities. But pay attention, and maybe one day you'll sell one...
Watch auctions for clues to buried treasure
Auction Watch: Meet Australia’s prized ‘Monograms’
Would you know one of Australia's most valuable stamps if you found one? Learn to look for those squiggles underneath...
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The Shape of… Who?
A world stamp collection is heading to auction with a very surprising name on the front cover
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Storytime! Weekend at Punkie’s
A chance find at an auction has Punk suddenly rethinking her collecting strategy
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An apology to rich people
I hereby apologise to rich people for suggesting that they are prepared to pay outlandish prices for things that rats have pissed on.
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Watch a rich person pay $85,000 for something a rat peed on
High-end philatelic auctions are a spectator sport. It’s old-school collecting at its jaw-dropping best, as well-heeled businesspeople and rich retirees flop out their chequebooks and aim them at each other, while thousands of children die of preventable diseases in the third world.
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You Can Own A Little Piece Of The Creepy Multimillionaire Who Steve Carell Got An Academy Award Nomination For Playing
Lately, Steve Carell has been creeping out moviegoers with his portrayal of John E. Du Pont in the film Foxcatcher. Academy voters even gave him a Best Actor nomination, hoping it would make him go away and stop haunting their nightmares. John E. Du Pont was an heir to the fortune of the American chemical... Continue Reading →
