Guess What Article for March 2006 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” We’d never seen this month’s GUESS WHAT before discovering it several weeks ago at an upscale antiques show in Delmar, California. Bringing it front and center for your…
Ken’s Korner: King Kong collectibles hot (if you can find ‘em) – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 Memorabilia from the original 1933 movie “[amazon_link id=”B001KVZ6LQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]King Kong[/amazon_link]” was hot long before the recent [amazon_link id=”B001KZVQJI” target=”_blank”…
Ken’s Korner: Mark Wahlberg named new “Roadshow” host – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 Mark L. Wahlberg, best known as the former host of TV’s “Temptation Island,” has been named the new host of the PBS series, “Antiques Roadshow.”…
Ken’s Korner: Rebel sub’s view port is missing – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley — the historic vessel that disappeared right after it became the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship…
Ken’s Korner: Man attacks urinal art in Paris, gets arrested – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 A 77-year-old French performance artist took a small hammer to Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” — the factory-made porcelain urinal considered to be the cornerstone…
Ken’s Korner: Suit over Michael Jackson memorabilia still on – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 A federal judge has dismissed Michael Jackson’s portion of a lawsuit against a New Jersey man over alleged stolen Jackson family memorabilia, but sister…
Ken’s Korner: Brits are flabbergasted over theft of sculpture – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 Britain is still buzzing over the incredible theft (in broad daylight, and captured on video surveillance cameras) of a 2-ton sculpture. The bronze work,…
Ken’s Korner: Italy, museums may enter into loan deal – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 For 30 years, Italy has been at loggerheads with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over a krater (or vase) by the…
Ken’s Korner: Residents of Gary mull value of Picasso mock-up – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 For the past 35 years, a peculiar looking wooden sculpture has been sitting in a school cafeteria in Gary, Ind. School officials, politicians…
Ken’s Korner: 16th century synagogue discovered in Portugal – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2006 Workers renovating a building in Porto, Portugal, on the Atlantic coast, have discovered a 16th-century synagogue. It was built at a time when Portugal’s Jews…
