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Curated articles that explore the rich intersections of history, craftsmanship, and collecting culture. These long-form pieces are your gateway to learning something new, seeing the familiar in a fresh light, and connecting with the past meaningfully.
/ Antique Marketplace News, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Expert Insights, Features, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Marshall Fogel, Maxine Carter-Lome, Mickey Mantle, Retro Collectibles

Collecting in the Big League
Advice for the Investor Collector from Marshall Fogel In an interview with JOA Publisher Maxine Carter-Lome, Marshall Fogel offers serious ...
/ Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Erica Lome, Features, Hockey, Hockey Memorabilia, Memorabilia, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Olympic Games, Sports, Stanley Cup, The Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leaf

Center Ice
The Growing Field of Hockey Memorabilia, and How to Begin Collecting By Erica Lome Ice Hockey is reaching new levels ...
/ Anthracite, Bill Thornbrook, clean coal, coal, electricity, Features, industrial steam generators, natural gas, oil burners, power plants

The Art of Anthracite Coal Carving
by Bill Thornbrook A smoldering debate over "clean coal" technology for modern power plants has pitted environmentalists against an industry ...
/ Advertising, Brand Recognition, Diners, Features, Gas Stations, Hotels, John Mancino, Motels, Signs, Slogan

A Primer for Collecting Advertising Signs
By John Mancino Ask just about any antique dealer what is the hottest thing selling today and most would say ...
/ Features, Fred Harvey Company, Harvey House, Native Americans, Paula A. Baxter, souvenirs, tourism, Travel hospitality

Fred Harvey Collectibles Evoke Nostalgia for a Bygone Age of American Tourism
By Paula A. Baxter Travel hospitality and tourist souvenirs were the watchword of the Fred Harvey Company, and this Midwestern ...
/ adult beverages, alcohol, ale, beer, beverages, drink, Drinks, Early Bronze Age, Features, Red wine, white wine, wine

Grape Finds
By Melody Amsel-Arieli Wine, coined elixir of the Gods, is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruit ...
/ Cabinets, Cellarettes, drinking apparatuses, Erica P. Lome, Features, furniture, Mahogany, vessels, wine, wine accessories, wine cooler

Drinking to the Future
Cellarettes in Nineteenth Century America By Erica P. Lome "In the corner [of his grandfather's house] as you enter the ...

Casino Memorabilia with Sheldon
Collecting Layouts by Sheldon Smith Slot glass, slot machines and table games, those casino collectibles you never knew folks collected! ...
/ Alan Greenwood, Amps, Chet Atkins, Features, Gibson, Gretsch, Guitars, Silvertone, six string, vintage

Hand Picking a Vintage Guitar Collection
by Alan Greenwood Mankind has been strumming stringed instruments for more than 3,000 years. By the 1780s, after many evolutionary ...
/ Chad Smith, Draftsman, Features, France, Glass, glassworks, Jewelry, Lalique, Museum, Rene Lalique, Wingen-sur-Moder

The Story Behind Lalique
The Story Behind Lalique By Chad Smith If you’ve ever looked at a piece of Lalique glass and wondered what ...

The Wonderful World of Bottle Whimsies!
By Greg Alvey In the antique and collectors market, there are some amazing original and unique works of art which ...

The Glass Artistry of DeVilbiss
The Glass Artistry of DeVilbiss By Marti DeGraaf and Toby Mack Company History Dr. Allan DeVilbiss, a medical doctor specializing ...

Telling America’s Story through the Art of Norman Rockwell and America’s Illustrators
Telling America’s Story through the Art of Norman Rockwell and America’s Illustrators Shaping National Conversation on American Illustration Art (1969 ...
/ Collections, Family, Features, friends, Gary Leveille, Penny Postcards, Postcards, Real Photo Postcards, socialize, socialmedia, vintage

Hunting for Vintage Postcards
Hunting for Vintage Postcards By Gary Leveille Long before cell phones, e-mail, Facebook or Twitter, the penny postcard was an ...
/ Advertising, Beauty, Ben Hur Bazaar, Calendars, Chris H. Beyer, Coca Cola, Features, Kis Me Gum, Mail Pouch Tobacco, Signs, Victorian Era

Beauty In Advertising
Beauty In Advertising The Alluring Images of Ladies from the Victorian Era by Chris H. Beyer A wise man once ...

Neil Young: Sounding Board for Lionel
Neil Young: Sounding Board for Lionel When rock ‘n’ roll icon Neil Young hits the publicity circuit, he doesn’t just ...

Lionel Standard Gauge: 1906 – 1940
Lionel Standard Gauge: 1906 - 1940 by Bruce C. Greenberg, Ph.D First Period: 1906 Trolleys and Steam Engines Joshua Lionel ...

Travels with Chad
Travels with Chad by Chad Smith The blue arrow on Google Maps, which is loaded on my phone, indicates that ...

Larger & More Difficult Casino Items to Collect
Larger & More Difficult Casino Items to Collect by Sheldon Smith If you remember the last time I wrote about ...

Mechanical Spacebanks
Mechanical Spacebanks by Raymond Reines "I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieve the goal before this decade ...
/ Bill Thornbrook, Christmas, Christmas Cards, Features, Hoover, Kennedy, POTUS, Presidenetial, Roosevelt, The White House, Truman

Presidential Christmas Cards
Presidential Christmas Cards by Bill Thornbrook One December day it appears in the mailbox with other holiday greetings. Something sets ...
/ Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, Features, Fidel Castro, James Dean, JFK, John Lennon, John Travolta, Lady Di, Marilyn Monroe, Mike McLeod, MLK JR, Napoleon, Prince Harry, Prince Williams, Signatures, Walt Disney, Winston Churchill

How Are These Famous People Related?
How Are These Famous People Related? by Mike McLeod What do Napoleon Bonaparte and Charlie Chaplin have in common? How ...
/ Austria, Chad Smith, decorative glass, Features, George Hoeltl, Germany, Glass, Johann Loetz, Louvre, Museum, Passau, Smithsonian

A Visit to the Passau Glass Museum
A Visit to the Passau Glass Museum By Chad Smith The Passau Glass Museum in Germany may not be listed ...

Starting a Collection on a Budget
Starting a Collection on a Budget By Amanda Sheriff Associate Editor, Gemstone Publishing Since the dawn of human beings, we ...
/ Eric Bradley, Features, Mather and Company, Paper, Peace, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, War, WWI, WWII

The Paper War
The Paper War Collectors Growing More Fascinated by Images, Themes of Wartime Propaganda Posters By Eric Bradley Propaganda posters, rich ...