Topping the headlines in the world of art, antiques and collectibles are the opening of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame annex, a deceased antiques dealer’s attic stash and Ted Williams’ strikeout.

From The New York Times:
A Piece of Cleveland With a New York Accent

Two years in the making, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will open its Annex NYC in SoHo on Nov. 25, a branch of the music history and memorabilia behemoth in Cleveland. Annex NYC follows in the vein of the museum in Ohio, but its contents are somewhat more New York-centric. Local musicians take prominence, as do bands like the Clash who made New York their States-side home. Along with some permanent items, temporary exhibits will rotate twice a year.

From The Telegraph (UK):
Thousands of antiques and £33,000 in cash found in dealer’s attic

Thousands of pounds and thousands of antique items were found in the attic of an antiques dealer who died in September. After two months of taking inventory, the auctioneer who went through Johnny Vosper’s home is organizing a sale of the items on Dec. 11, divided into 500 lots. Among the items found in Vosper’s attic were a locked cast-iron box filled with £33,000 cash ($50,000), a trunk filled with silverware, thousands of postcards, Victorian pennies, old war medals and a 1913 racing trophy.

From The Boston Herald:
Splendid Splinter Ted Williams’ items not a big score at auction

Two hundred antiques and sports memorabilia collectors came out for an auction of the estate of Boston great Ted Williams. The sale was somewhat disappointing and did not bring in as much as expected. Experts said that the items at the auction sold for what they would have if they hadn’t belonged to Williams.