10 Things You Didn't Know Were Collectible

Cards, Christmas, Directory, fabric, Features, Handkerchief, Hanky, Luggage, Luggage Labels, Menus, Paper Bag, Photo Albums, Richard Davies, scrapbook, Telephone, Telephone Book, Timetable

By Richard Davies, AbeBooks Photo albums The biggest growth area in the rare book world is vintage photo albums. Collectors and institutions want unique items, and personal photo albums fill ...

A Galaxy Full of Star Wars Collectible Memorabilia

Amanda Sheriff, Boba Fett, Collectibles, Darth Vader, Features, George Lucas, Kenner, Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, Movies, Obi Wan Kenobi, posters, Return of the Jedi, Roger Kastel, Star Wars, Star Wars Concert Series, The Empire Strikes Back, toys, Trilogy

by Amanda Sheriff The wonderful thing about Star Wars collecting is the multitudinous trove of material that spans across entertainment mediums and collecting focuses, centered around one series. Star Wars ...

The Art of Surprise in The Great Outdoors

Advertising, Art, artistic, Cover art, Features, illustration, Illustrator, Judy Gonyeau, Magazine, Manifest Destiny, Painting, Philip R. Goodwin, Western Utopia, Wild west

Philip R. Goodwin By Judy Gonyeau Manifest destiny drove men and women into the wilds of the west, with many fine artists and illustrators delivering promising scenes of great beauty ...

The Triumph of Antique Trap Collecting

Antique Traps, Features, NATCA, North American Trap Collectors Association, Scot H. Dahms, tailgaters, Tom Parr, trap collecting, Trap Museum, trapping paraphernalia, traps

By Scot H. Dahms; edited by Judy Gonyeau In the beginning before what I term my "awakening," I was a casual antique trap collector. I had trapped since I was ...

Camping with Coleman

Appliances, autocamping, autogypsying, Bud Michael, campfire, camping, camping stove, chandeliers, Coleman, Coleman lights, Cowboy coffee, Features, Lanterns, outdoor appliances, Outdoors, table lamps

by Bud Michael Ahhh, the great outdoors. Cowboy coffee shared with friends by a warming campfire somewhere in the Rockies. A weekend trip along the one of the many trails ...

Revving Up the Market For Automobilia and Petroliana

Advertising, Autmobilia, automobile, Chevy, Classic Cars, Features, Ford, gasoline, John Mihovetz, Morphy Auctions, Petroliana, Vintage Cars

Recently, Managing Editor Judy Gonyeau had the chance to talk about automobilia and petroliana with Morphy Auctions' Department Head and Expert for Automobilia and Petroliana, John Mihovetz. John started out ...

by Judy Gonyeau Walk into the Apple Barn in Brimfield, MA on a Friday morning and you'll think you're back in time listening to a group of kids hanging out ...

Automania

Automania, Automobubbling, Buick, car shows, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Classic Cars, Dodge, Donald-Brian Johnson, Features, Henry Ford, Model A Ford, Model A Ford Club, Model T, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, restoration, Rolls Royce, station wagon

The Early Days of Classic Cars Story & photos by Donald-Brian Johnson "Come away with me, Lucille, In my merry Oldsmobile. Down the road of life we'll fly- Automobubbling, you ...

Collecting Primitive Kitchen Tools

American Civil War, Butter Churn, butter molds, Candle Mold, , David Moore, Decorative Candy Mold, Dinnerware, Dutch, Features, German, Industrial Revolution, Kitchen Tools, Mortar, Patina, Primitive Tools, Swiss, Utilitarian

By David Moore Primitive kitchen tools have always been a great collecting standard. These old utilitarian antiques of the late 18th to mid-19th centuries are great to look at and ...

Hand Saws: A Primitive Tool on the Cutting Edge

Features, Hand Saws, hand-crafted, Maxine Carter-Lome, metal, Neolithic Age, primitive hand saw, Saws, Stone Age, Tools

by Maxine Carter-Lome One of the earliest and simplest of tools known to man is the hand saw. Its use dates back to the Neolithic or later Stone Age (before ...

Concho Belts: A Native Tradition

Belt buckle, Coin, Concho Belt, Features, Hopi, Jim Olsen, melted coins, Native American, Navajo, shells, silver dollar, Silversmith, soldering, Western Trading Post, Zuni

By Jim Olson, Western Trading Post. Photos Courtesy of Western Trading Post The word concho, sometimes spelled concha, comes from the Spanish word meaning shell. Some of the first "conchos" ...

Turquoise: The Jewel of the Southwest

Ancient Egypt, China, copper, Features, Jewelry, Judy Gonyeau, Mineral, Native American, ritual objects, scarabs, silver, Southwest, Southwestern Jewelry, Stone, Tibet, turkey, turquoise

By Judy Gonyeau The very nature and character of turquoise has turned the heads of admirers from Ancient Egypt to China, Tibet to Turkey, and in our glorious Southwest. For ...

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