Caroline Ashleigh Appraisers & Auctioneers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Caroline Ashleigh Associates receives 2013 Michigan Excellence Award October 21st 2013 - Caroline Ashleigh Associates has been selected for the 2013 Michigan Excellence Award amongst all its peers and competitors by the Small Business Institute for Excellence in Commerce (SBIEC). Each year the SBIEC conducts business surveys and industry research to identify companies that have achieved demonstrable success in their local business environment and industry category. They are recognized as having enhanced the commitment and contribution of small businesses through service to their customers and community. Small businesses of this caliber enhance the consumer driven stature that Michigan is renowned for. Caroline Ashleigh Associates has consistently demonstrated a high regard for upholding business ethics and company values. This recognition by SBIEC marks a significant achievement as an emerging leader within various competitors and is setting benchmar...

Debbie Reynolds The Auction Part II The Paley Center For Media 465 North Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Live Auction Saturday December 3, 2011at 11:00 AM PST: Featuring over four hundred items from the golden age of Hollywood collected by my client Debbie Reynolds

Caroline Ashleigh Featured in Women2Women Magazine Read the PDF Version Cover Story in Women 2 Women Caroline Ashleigh, Appraiser and Auctioneer, Author and HGTV & Antiques Roadshow expert appraiser, talks about her passion, living in the Sweet Spot in her profession, and building her business into one of the premier art appraisal and auction companies in the country. Excerpts from the article: "When you find your true vocation in life, you find your sweet spot. Step into that rhythm and enthusiasm flows, and gives you a higher sense of purpose in that which you do" "Each of us has unique skills to share and we are happiest and most energized when we share them"

...that Howdy Doody marionettes might be put up for sale for $99,000? Recently I found an original set of the entire Howdy Doody cast for sale on eBay for just that amount. For the most part, puppets don't command this high of a price tag, so I wonder what they will actually sell for. I shall certainly keep my eye on them and let you know. For more on puppets and collecting, visit the Caroline Ashleigh Auction Blog .

After 50 years of collecting toy trains, Jerry Greene has amassed a collection of over 40,000 pieces, worth tens of millions of dollars, and has a ticket to ride…. One look at this collection would convince anyone that there is such a thing as a collecting gene, and that Jerry Green inherited it. When Green decided to sell the collection, at Sotheby’s in New York, it took his entire family three weeks to unpack and arrange what was on display at the auctioneers. David Redden, vice chairman of Sotheby's, believes it's the biggest train collection in the world. Green admits he’s an “obsessive collector.” He says he has more than 1,700 locomotives and cars, 700 stations, and thousands of accessories. "In cataloguing the collection, I came up with 27,000 different items," he said. Green decided to sell the collection because he ran out of good pieces to buy. So how much is it worth? Here's a hint . . . Green described one stati...