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Innovations in Antique Perfume Bottles: Around the World with Craftsmen Who Shaped an Industry
By Lynn Garson, Southern Vapors Excellent example of Sileda Wales cranberry and silver perfume bottle with assay marks, 6 inches ...
What’s In & What’s Out: Vintage Marketing for 2026
by Sloane Middleton Mann Planning ahead is key to a successful marketing plan, so let’s talk about what’s working—and what ...
JUST AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD: Celebrating a Holiday Tradition
Story and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Just for “Daddy,” a gingerbread man with flocked glitter finish visual. Hallmark, 1946. Watch ...
Nostalgia and Beauty: The Red Rim Coca-Cola Serving Tray Series
By Chris H. Beyer - Copyright 2025 Author’s Coca-Cola tray collection display Coca-Cola® serving trays were issued by the Coca-Cola ...
The Future of the Antique Business: What’s Coming in 2026
By Rob Wolfe of American Pickers If the past year has proven anything, it’s this: the antique business is far ...
1999 Pokémon Charizard card, $256,200, Landry Pop Auctions
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarBy Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium 1999 Pokémon Charizard card A 1999 ...
Zoltar Fortune Teller, $18,022, Crescent City
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarBy Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium A 20th century coin-operated Zoltar Fortune ...
Dylan’s handwritten lyrics, $54,400, University Archives
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarBy Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium Dylan's handwritten lyrics Bob Dylan’s handwritten ...
McDonald’s neon sign, $9,600, Potter & Potter
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarBy Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium McDonald's Neon Sign featuring "Speedee" A ...
Black Cat Cigarettes sign, $24,517, Miller & Miller
Recent Auction Results from Near & FarBy Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A Canadian 1940s single-sided porcelain ...
Barbie Bubble Cut Midge Ken Wedding Party Gift Set and a Guhl & Harbeck JUPITER N Cast Iron Mechanical Pencil Pointer Sharpener
by Jessica Kosinski $3,317 (Bids 66, Bidders 25) Amazing rare! Vintage Barbie Bubble Cut Midge Ken Wedding Party Gift Set ...
Civil War Belt and Pistol
By John Sexton Q: I bought this belt and pistol in a tag sale in Stratford, CT, for $300. My ...
Pop Culture’s Big September
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn After the usual late summer doldrums, things have definitely heated up in the worlds ...
Eye Witness to the Golden Eye
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser During a recent estate appraisal, imagine my initial shock when this stunning ...
More Tiny Chryslers
by Douglas R. Kelly Now, where was I? Before I got sidetracked last issue with a visit to the world ...
Wow Your Host with Timeless Vintage Finds
by Barbara Miller Beem Welcome back to The Charm, a monthly look at how to use old things in new ...
December 2025: Future Trends & Collectibles
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Holiday Marketing Checklist: Your Schedule for the Season of Sales
by Sloane Middleton Mann It’s the most wonderful time of the year—especially if you’re selling unique, one-of-a-kind, and easily giftable ...
Through the Years: A Time Capsule is Opened
By Donald-Brian Johnson | All photos courtesy of Lisa Pektor A grouping of the time capsule box and its contents ...
Curating the Unexpected: The Joy of Flawed Chinese Export Porcelain
by Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. “Look at me,” the large, not-to-be-missed porcelain cried out. And I did. It was not ...
From Collector to Curator: Turning Passion into Provenance
by Laurence Carpenter How a personal obsession became a professional pursuit—and what I learned about the stories objects can tell ...
Ogunquit Museum of American Art and Wells Public Library Announce Second Annual Story Trees by the Sea Event December 13 & 14, 2025
OGUNQUIT, ME — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) announces the return of the Story Trees by the Sea ...
November 2025: Personally Curated
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Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, opening October 23 at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
BOSTON, MA – Around 1919, a young art student visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the first time, and ...
Final Weeks to see Gisela McDaniel’s First Solo Museum Exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art – On View through November 16, 2025
Gisela McDaniel, Prima, Nieta, Nåna: Pasifika Bailadora, 2021 Oil on panel, found object, sound, 45 x 32 x 6 in. © Gisela ...
