Reagan Collectibles A Free-Market Force June 12, 2004 – Posted in: Press
By LORENE YUE Published: June 12, 2004 Chicago Tribune Please click here to read the entire article on the Chicago Tribune Website.
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By LORENE YUE Published: June 12, 2004 Chicago Tribune Please click here to read the entire article on the Chicago Tribune Website.
Continue readingBy LUCIO GUERRERO Published: June 9, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times Two months ago, Paul Linke tried to auction off a 12-inch replica doll of Ronald Reagan. He had few takers. The same doll is back on Internet auction site eBay, and the response has been much different. “There is definitely more interest this time,” said Linke, 34, of Addison. “It’s too bad that it takes a tragedy like a death to get people interested.” Since the…
Continue readingBy LUCIO GUERRERO Published: April 8, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times Platinum has become hugely popular in recent years for wedding rings and other high-end jewelry, but skyrocketing prices are chasing some consumers away. The price of platinum is up 35 percent in just a year, 70 percent over the last two years. It hit a 24-year high earlier this month when the price peaked to $900 an ounce. Analysts believe this price can go even higher…
Continue readingBy ROBERT JANJIGIAN Published: March 27, 2004 Palm Beach Daily News For several months, Palm Beach jeweler Adele Kahn has been sowing the seeds for a different kind of spring garden. Kahn, 70, owner of the Peruvian Avenue estate jewelry business House of Kahn with her husband, Edward, since 1971, has acquired or commissioned more than 60 18-karat-gold and platinum flower brooches featuring diamonds, rubies and other precious and semiprecious gems. There are dual reasons…
Continue readingBy FELICIA DECHTER Published: March 11, 2004 Pioneer Press Fergie, Duchess of York’s charity, Chances for Children, focuses on their safety and well being, as many are forgotten by their families or social agencies, During March, Tobina Kahn, of the House of Kahn Estate Jewelers, 60 E. Walton, is offering Sara’s special little Red Doll, a winsome, large stuffed toy, with every purchase more than $1,000. A portion of the sale goes to the charity.…
Continue readingBy THOM SMITH Published: January 20, 2004 Palm Beach Post He described himself simply as “an old hoofer,” but for more than 20 years George Murphy was one of Palm Beach’s most illustrious and popular residents. The former actor, who appeared in nearly 50 movies with such stars as Shirley Temple and Arlene Dahl, also was popular in movieland. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946 and was given an…
Continue readingBy CHRISTINE DAVIS Published: December 26, 2003 Palm Beach Daily News Transported by television via a series of popular Buick commercials, the ghost of Harley Early has returned. And it was to be expected and none too soon, says Richard Earl of his GM designer grandfather, who spent his final years in Palm Beach during the late 1950s and ‘60s. The legendary car designer deserves any recognition he is afforded, says his grandson, who lives…
Continue readingPublished: December 11, 2003 Pioneer Press This Thursday, Dec. 11, at the House of Kahn Estate Jewelers, 60 e. Walton St., a sterling silver cigarette case (pictured right) give to the honorable George Murphy in 1951 as a special Academy Award for humanitarian services will be one of the items up for sale. With a price tag of $20,000 the case was signed by former President Ronald Reagan, first lady Nancy Reagan, Bob Hope, Fred…
Continue readingBy LUCIO GUERRERO Published: October 22, 2003 Chicago Sun-Times You don’t have to be of noble blood to own royal jewels. One Chicago jewelry store is selling off a royal conversation piece: a ruby and diamond bracelet owned by Queen Isabella II of Spain. “It’s extremely rare to come across royal jewels for sale,” said Tobina Kahn, vice president of House of Kahn, which is selling the piece. “They are usually passed down from generation…
Continue readingPublished: July 31, 2003 Pioneer Press Horizon Hospice, Chicago’s first hospice, celebrated its 25th anniversary in grand style in the Cultural Center. Honored were founder Ada Addington and president Dr. Michael Preodor. 400 friends of the organization came in from coast to coast. Tobina Kahn of the House of Kahn Estate Jewelers and Auctioneers conducted a live auction and the event raised a record-breaking $200,000 in support of the Horizon’s mission to provide comfort care…
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