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Ferrante Imperato’s natural-history collection, from Dell’historia naturale, Naples, 1599. Photo: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Collectors have always been drawn to objects that interrupt the ordinary. A nautilus shell, an anatomical ...

Article and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas. HalloweenandThanksgivingandChristmas! HALLOWEENANDTHANKSGIVINGANDCHRISTMAS!!! The holidays sure come at us in a rush, don’t they? Before you know it, all those ...

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Text & photos by Donald-Brian Johnson You probably have a “how-to” book or two in your I’ll-read-it-when-I-get-around-to-it library. From “How To Build A Better Birdhouse” to “How To Grow Gigantic ...

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by Dwayne A. Magee, CGCM Michael Barnes, photographer In an age of pocket-sized, all-purpose, high-tech cameras with preview screens, instant images, and infinite retries, Michael Barnes chose to take a ...

By Donald-Brian Johnson Guitars. Movie posters. Cap guns, lamps, candy boxes, and calendars. A plastic pistol-shaped toothbrush, complete with its own holster. Tonto’s knife. Gene Autry’s autograph. And that’s just ...

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by Vintage Guy Rob www.libraryofvintagethings.com Cobalt blue has always been the showstopper of the glass and ceramic world. Deep, saturated, and endlessly expressive, it’s the color that refuses to fade ...

By Donald-Brian Johnson Peacock shows off his feathers, hiding the bulb behind them. Noble horse head lamp, white with gold accents. Modern swan It’s the mid-1950s. A cozy evening at ...

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Article and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson “You’re my funny Valentine,sweet comic Valentine,you make me smile with my heart!”— Lorenz Hart, 1937 In the musical Babes in Arms, the “Valentine” being ...

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Story and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Just for “Daddy,” a gingerbread man with flocked glitter finish visual. Hallmark, 1946. Watch out for that snowball! The “sweet little niece” pictured on ...

By Chris H. Beyer - Copyright 2025 Author’s Coca-Cola tray collection display Coca-Cola® serving trays were issued by the Coca-Cola Company for a period of nearly 70 years to merchandise ...

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By Donald-Brian Johnson | All photos courtesy of Lisa Pektor A grouping of the time capsule box and its contents from 1891 around the cornerstone of the “New Bee Hive." ...

by Laurence Carpenter How a personal obsession became a professional pursuit—and what I learned about the stories objects can tell. When I bought my first piece of Oasis memorabilia in ...

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