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Free Admission for All. On July 19th, the Museum at the JFK Library will be free of charge for all visitors as part of the Highland Street Foundation's Free Fun Fridays summer programming. Over 60 cultural venues around the state will take part in this year's fifth anniversary of the Free Fun Friday program. For more information visit http://highlandstreet.org/freefunfridays.html.

We've seen a lot of John f Kennedy assassination related memorabilia in our 40 years in the political memorabilia business, but rarely do we see an item that truly fits the category of "for the collector who has everything" A rooming house that was the temporary home of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald recently was listed for sale - for...

Italian Auction A Chinese Ming Vase is up for auction. The bidding opens at a 500K Euro. Bidding is brisk and the successful bidder is the last one who bids 1,000,000 Euro. As the auctioneer counts down the bid you hear in Italian, "Going once, going twice, and sold to the gentleman sitting in front of me for 1,000,000 Euro...

We are pleased to announce that we will be attending two upcoming political memorabilia shows and look forward to meeting our customers. We will be exhibiting at the Arizona APIC SPring Show to be held March 23, 2013 at the Mountain View Lutheran Church, Family Life Center/Gym 11002 S. 48th St Phoenix, AZ 85044 from 9am-1pm and the Southern California...

Just got back from a buying trip to Colorado Springs and Denver Colorado. Interesting trip. Quite a few antique and collectible marketplace - some up to 50,000+ square feet with over 300 vendors. We had heard that Colorado Springs had several marketplaces with numerous booths with collectible dolls. They did, although not the quality we were hoping or. Unfortunately, there...

We're often asked how come we sell political memorabilia items from $1.99 to $99,999. Why don't we just focus on the expensive items? The answer is simple. We believe that collecting political items isn't meant just for people with oodles of money. We also believe that just because an item is valued higher doesn't mean it brings any more join...

Tickets to the 2013 inauguration of Barack Obama are now available The Inauguration of President Barack Obama's second term in office on January 21, 2013 is expected to bring record crowds to the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, during the Inaugural period and on the day of the Inauguration itself. In keeping with tradition, since January 20th falls...

The Life of Joseph P. Kennedy. Visit the JFK Presidential Library on December 12 at 6:00 PM as biographer David Nasaw discusses his new book, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P.

The Chicago Tribune reported today that a copy of the infamous newspaper edition that incorrectly announced Thomas Dewey as the victor over Harry Truman in the 1948 election, was found in a storage locker in an episode of A&E's TV Storage Wars: Texas". Lori Ferber Collectibles owner Steve Ferber was quoted in the article by Ellen Jean Hirst and Rob...

Sometimes you just don't know what to expect at auction Rare 1900 Silver Republicans Convention Ticket. This week we auctioned a rare ticket to the July 4, 1900 Lincoln Silver Republican National Convention held in Kansas City.We expected this ticket to sell for at least $300 - and possibly as high as $1,000. Boy were we surprised when it sold...