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If you appreciate the work of local artists, have we got a collection for you at Gateway Gallery Auction! Nancy Lehman has been painting for more than 25 years, although she admits she really hasn't made a name for herself…

We encounter many people at auction who have hobbies—and for some, simply attending auction is their hobby. Hobbies are great because they can take your mind off the pressures of work or other daily stresses, and practicing a hobby regularly…

Some say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” That may be true, although in the auction world, we don’t sell “trash,” but we do sell many treasures. When it comes to treasures, there are different levels: there are needed…

How many times has an article on social media or the internet caught your attention with its headline: “If You Have One of These Items You May Be a Millionaire”? You might have clicked on it as you held your…

Are you happy? That could be an easy question or a difficult one depending on how you take it. Are you happy right now—this very minute? Or are you happy, overall, with life? Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks are usually about…

If you are thinking about downsizing or moving to a retirement community, there will probably be many things you simply don't know what to do with. You could load them onto the moving van and hope and pray that everything…

In honor of National Auctioneers Day on April 20, we'd like to take a moment to honor our auctioneers, John and Heather. Each year on the third Thursday in April, National Auctioneers Day recognizes those who hold auctions and take…

You may remember the day sitting in elementary school at your wooden or Formica desk with your No. 2 pencil and tablet paper and wracking your brain to try to come up with a haiku because your English teacher was…

March 9 is National Barbie Day—the date that marks the time in 1959 when the Barbie doll debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York. The now iconic toy created by Ruth Handler was the first mass-produced doll to…