Will Seippel, CEO of WorthPoint, enjoys watching the objects bought at auctions held by our WorthPoint Trade Companions. We thought it will be a fantastic thought for him to pick a few of his favourite bought objects and clarify why these gross sales stood out to him. Gaining insights from Will is a wonderful strategy to find out about shopping for and promoting tendencies in our trade. We wish to empower you to purchase and promote with confidence. Check out his ideas on a couple of of our companions’ current gross sales.
On November 26, 2025, WorthPoint added 286,060 objects to its Worth Information, with a complete worth of $20,165,518.39 and a median lot worth of $70.49.
Even on Thanksgiving Day within the U.S., the market by no means sleeps. Whereas general gross sales have been slower because of the vacation, transactions continued, reflecting the resilience of eCommerce—I personally bought about $1,500 on-line yesterday. This regular exercise highlights how collectors and consumers stay energetic even throughout main holidays, maintaining the market alive.
A Vital Piece
John Moran featured a standout sale with an Alson Skinner Clark portray of the State Avenue iron bridge in Chicago. Measuring 34.75″ x 46″, the oil on canvas captures the icy chilly, steam-filled environment of town, with ice floating within the river and frosty air chopping by way of coats. The portray, titled The Espresso Home, bought for $82,550, contributing to a complete of $743,372 for 179 tons. Clark’s work evokes each the sensory and historic expertise of downtown Chicago, making it a major and atmospheric piece within the public sale.
Elko Star Spurs
Idaho Public sale Barn’s November 12 sale supplied a glimpse of genuine native historical past, with vintage spurs main the way in which at $8,588. These Elko Star sample spurs, made and signed by Garcia of Elko, Nevada, date from 1890 to 1900 and got here full with unique leather-based chaps. Notably, the spurs have been marked with a backward “N,” indicating their pre-1910 manufacture, they usually had been preserved within the household barn for generations—a real barn discover. The sale totaled $61,716.74 throughout 340 objects, with the highest 5 tons accounting for almost a 3rd of the general worth. Collectors additionally discovered earlier Navajo items and seasonal Christmas objects among the many tons.
An Alternative Field
In closing, I’ll admit that I’m not an electrical fan collector, so I used to be a bit perplexed to see an “alternative” field of vintage Westinghouse fan elements promote at Ripley’s for a fair $1,000. To me, it gave the impression to be only a assortment of rusted, disconnected items, however credit score to the workers for pulling and separating the lot for public sale. Curious in regards to the worth, I checked the WorthPoint Worth Information and located an identical, barely better-conditioned lot that bought on eBay for $20,100 in 2021, exhibiting the potential worth as soon as restored. Relying on the mannequin and lacking elements, a completely restored fan might simply attain $2,500 or extra. Ripley’s sale additionally included different uncommon objects, corresponding to a Denoyer-Geppert exploding anatomical eye mannequin, which bought for $531.25. These quirky tons spotlight the attraction of amassing oddities and the premiums that rarity and situation can command.
Will Seippel is the founder, president, and CEO of WorthPoint. Will has been an avid collector since 1974 and seller of nearly all issues vintage—with an emphasis on ephemera— since 1984. He’s additionally the creator and founding father of HIP, a web site dedicated to recording the most effective of the world’s historical past that has been saved on movie.
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