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Ep.82 - Inside the Antique Auction World
$456,000 scrimshaw to vintage lunchboxes — this is the business of hidden history. 🐋 📦
Duncan Gray reveals how antiques, storytelling, and global auctions collide in today’s market. 🌍 💰
✅ Introduction to Duncan Gray, host of The Eldred’s Antique Hour on WATD 95.9 FM
✅ Duncan’s 30+ year journey as an auctioneer and general consignments expert
✅ What it means to be a “generalist” in the antique and appraisal world
✅ How Eldred’s connects buyers and sellers through global bidding platforms
✅ The truth about estate sales vs. full-service auction consignments
✅ Why younger generations are choosing experiences over antiques
✅ The record-breaking $456,000 scrimshawed whale’s tooth sale
✅ How rarity and buyer psychology affect high-end auction prices
✅ The role of research, history, and storytelling in valuing objects
✅ Why antiques still matter in a fast-paced, digital-first world
Antiques aren’t just objects — they’re stories, markets, and moments in history waiting to be rediscovered. 📜
Website: https://www.eldreds.com/
Duncan Gray graduated from Colby College in Waterville, ME in 1991. Since then he has enjoyed working in the antiques and auctions industry as a licensed auctioneer and certified appraiser. He has handled tens of millions of dollars in antiques and arts for his clients, and now works with the third generation company of Eldred's Auctioneers & Appraisers of East Dennis, MA.
In 2023, Duncan started the "Eldred's Antiques Hour", a weekly one hour radio program and podcast dedicated to antiques, arts & auctions on 95.9 WATD FM.
He resides on the South Shore with his wife Lisa, son Jamie, and an inner need to learn of the past through the objects that come across his desk.
YouTube: Paul Ponders Ep.82
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By PS And All Marketing Group w/ PodPro Entertainment$456,000 scrimshaw to vintage lunchboxes — this is the business of hidden history. 🐋 📦
Duncan Gray reveals how antiques, storytelling, and global auctions collide in today’s market. 🌍 💰
✅ Introduction to Duncan Gray, host of The Eldred’s Antique Hour on WATD 95.9 FM
✅ Duncan’s 30+ year journey as an auctioneer and general consignments expert
✅ What it means to be a “generalist” in the antique and appraisal world
✅ How Eldred’s connects buyers and sellers through global bidding platforms
✅ The truth about estate sales vs. full-service auction consignments
✅ Why younger generations are choosing experiences over antiques
✅ The record-breaking $456,000 scrimshawed whale’s tooth sale
✅ How rarity and buyer psychology affect high-end auction prices
✅ The role of research, history, and storytelling in valuing objects
✅ Why antiques still matter in a fast-paced, digital-first world
Antiques aren’t just objects — they’re stories, markets, and moments in history waiting to be rediscovered. 📜
Website: https://www.eldreds.com/
Duncan Gray graduated from Colby College in Waterville, ME in 1991. Since then he has enjoyed working in the antiques and auctions industry as a licensed auctioneer and certified appraiser. He has handled tens of millions of dollars in antiques and arts for his clients, and now works with the third generation company of Eldred's Auctioneers & Appraisers of East Dennis, MA.
In 2023, Duncan started the "Eldred's Antiques Hour", a weekly one hour radio program and podcast dedicated to antiques, arts & auctions on 95.9 WATD FM.
He resides on the South Shore with his wife Lisa, son Jamie, and an inner need to learn of the past through the objects that come across his desk.
YouTube: Paul Ponders Ep.82
© 2026 PodProEntertainment.com
#PaulPondersPodcast #PaulPonders #Indeed #DuncanGray #Eldreds #AntiqueAuction #HiddenHistory #AuctionLife #VintageFinds #TreasureHunt #CollectorsLife #EstatePlanning #ArtMarket #AntiqueDealer #ModernCollectors #WealthBuilding #HistoricObjects #BusinessOfArt #AuctionWorld #TheNewRadio