WorthPoint’s Industry Partners are offering collectors special “valentines” this month. Highlights include a print of a lost Snow White scene, a hockey legend’s game-worn jersey, cool ancient coins, a sofa upholstered with a special rug, and radios from their golden age.
Blackwell Auctions
Not everyone may know that we’ve been watching the 1937 Disney classic, Snow White, without some scenes that were cut from the final version.
The most famous of these is the “lost soup scene,” in which Snow White teaches the dwarves how to properly eat soup without slurping it. The scene, which took almost a year to animate, was cut by Walt Disney because it was not essential to the story.
At its Fine Art Countdown Auction on February 12, Blackwell Auctions of Clearwater, Florida, is offering Lot 939, which immortalizes this scene. The Lost Soup Scene limited-edition giclée print, circa 2000s, is No. 24 of 70 by Toby Bluth (1940-2013). Bluth, a long-time production designer, animator, and background artist, was one of Disney Studio’s approved artists for its Fine Art Program. He was also the younger brother of Don Bluth, the iconic Disney animator and director.
One of these prints, as part of a lot of three limited-edition giclée prints, sold in 2017 for $475. Over the past five years, listings in WorthPoint’s database show Bluth’s work selling between $10 and $1,600.
Classic Auctions
There’s a good reason why Gordie Howe was known as “Mr. Hockey” during his career from 1946 to 1971. One of the biggest ice hockey personalities, the Canadian-born Howe, played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League, the first 25 of which were with the Detroit Red Wings. He also held three NHL records and was one of the league’s top 100 players of all time.
Classic Auctions of Quebec, Canada, experts in historical hockey and other sports memorabilia, is offering many lots of Howe’s items at its Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction closing on February 18. The most valuable is Lot 14, the No. 9 Red Wings jersey Howe wore when he scored his 544th and 545th goals to become the all-time goal leader during the 1963-64 season.
Because he lasted so long in the sport, many hockey items are associated with Howe, including cards, sticks, and tickets, but jerseys are the most popular. Classic Auctions has been selling Howe’s memorabilia for years, including two other big-ticket jerseys in 2024: one for $173,102 and one for $190,413.
Leland Little
Collectors of ancient coins will not want to miss A Dedicated Scholar’s Ancient Coin Collection on February 19 at Leland Little of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
The coin with the most pre-bidding so far is Lot 2001, a Celtic Gallic War-issue Ambiani gold stater, circa 60-55 BC. The obverse is blank and the reverse features a disjointed horse with pellets in various spaces.
People enjoy collecting ancient coins for their historical significance, artistic value, and investment potential. There is a wide variety of ancient coins to explore and choose from. They often depict gods, rulers, animals, events, and symbols that give insights into ancient societies’ cultures, economies, religious practices, and political systems.
You don’t need deep pockets to collect ancient coins, either. While super rare examples can fetch six figures, most others can be found for under $100—many in Leland’s sale have a starting bid of $50. In the past year, Ambiani gold staters have sold between $595 and $1,866.
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
A sofa upholstered with a rug may sound odd, but it can be quite chic, especially when the textile used is a vintage tapestry-woven kilim rug.
The custom of upholstering furniture with striking kilim and Oriental rugs began with the 19th-century Victorians, who loved to upholster furniture with them. The tradition has been revived by various companies today, including the British bespoke furniture maker George Smith, whose kilim-covered sofas and other furniture pieces are found in many homes worldwide.
At its 2025 Custom & Antique Furnishings, Fine Art, and Decorative Accessories on February 22, Nadeau’s Auction Gallery of Windsor, Connecticut, is offering Lot 31, one of George Smith’s kilim-upholstered sofas.
Kilims are woven, pile-less rugs handmade in the Middle East, from the Balkans to Pakistan. Each kilim is made of wool dyed using natural pigment; no two are the same. They have been used as prayer rugs, mosque floor covers, decorative wall hangings, and saddle covers.
George Smith’s kilim-upholstered furniture is highly sought after for its blend of artistry, beauty, and durability. Nadeau has sold various pieces of it (and single kilim rugs), including another sofa that sold in 2023 for $5,937.
Hall’s Auction Services
Wireless radios once seemed like a far-fetched concept until physicist Reginald Fessenden changed that in 1906 when he sent the first long-distance transmission of a human voice and music from his station in Massachusetts, setting the stage for commercial broadcasts.
Radios eventually became a staple in homes worldwide, and the antique and vintage models developed during the Golden Age of radio, from the 1920s through the 1950s, are avidly sought after by collectors today for their historical significance and attractive aesthetics.
Hall’s Auction Services of Calgary, Canada, is offering radios from these decades during its The Golden Age of Radio sale on February 25, including Lot 2, a radio from 1933 by the Crosley Radio Corporation, whose pieces are a favorite with collectors for their eye-catching appeal.
Some of the most valuable and collected radios are those designed in the 1930s with sleek and streamlined art deco designs. These designs perfectly suited the exteriors of radios manufactured by many companies, including Crosley, known for its handsome cathedral, console, and tombstone models. With art deco being a top trend in 2025, radios from this era will likely be more popular than ever.
According to listings in WorthPoint’s Price, radios from the 1920s through 1950s have sold between $20 and $9,999 over the past year, depending on model, material, and rarity.
Adina K. Francis has been a writer and editor in the antiques and collectibles field for more than twenty years. She has a bit of an obsession with the Victorians and thinks that dogs are one of life’s greatest gifts.
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