Ken’s Korner: Boston Red Sox, Doug Mientkiewicz disagree over World Series ball – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 The Boston Red Sox broke one of baseball’s longest droughts in 2004, finally winning the World Series for…
Ken’s Korner: ‘Wacky Packages’ art sets Topps Vault record – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 For years, the original artwork for one of the “Wacky Package” stickers issued in 1973 hung on a wall at Topps…
Ken’s Korner: Maryland buys former slave’s home for $1M – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 The state of Maryland has paid $1 million for the deed to a home and former slave’s cabin in Rockville, Md.…
Ken’s Korner: Trial of Hecht and True continues in Rome, Italy – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 The trial of Robert Hecht (an American art dealer charged with trafficking in illegally excavated antiquities) and Marion True…
Ken’s Korner: Books bound in human skin? Yes, it happened! – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 Here’s a true but slightly unsettling fact: the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence, R.I., has three books…
Ken’s Korner: Elvis auctions straight from Heartbreak Hotel – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 A pair of auctions for Elvis Presley memorabilia are in the works, each one prompted by distinct and bizarre circumstances. In one,…
Ken’s Korner: Up to 50,000 Wisconsin quarters have an error – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 As many as 50,000 of the Wisconsin state quarters made at the Denver Mint in 2004 have a flaw and…
Ken’s Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 An 18th-century reproduction of a map dated 1418 that suggests a Chinese fleet sailed to America decades before Christopher Columbus has…
More on Buying Good Stuff – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006 By Ed Welch My articles generate a variety of responses from readers. I receive praise, criticism, and sometimes, angry letters from…
Women’s Suffrage – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell [quote style=”boxed”]“Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, rights of women merit some attention.”[/quote] Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, died in 1796 and yet…
