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Navajo Weavings: Tradition and Trade

Navajo Weavings: Tradition and Trade
A Unique Exhibit at Colonial Williamsburg Collecting and Living with Treasured Southwestern American Art For generations, anonymous Navajo women working on hand looms created brilliantly colored, boldly designed pictorial blankets ...

The History of Santa Fe Indian Market

The History of Santa Fe Indian Market
...& the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Courtesy of SWAIA, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Adapted from "History of the Santa Fe Indian Market" by Bruce Bernstein Each August, ...

Presidential Glass

Presidential Glass
Since at least the 1820s, North American memorabilia has appealed to the patriotic spirit by portraying the presidents who Americans so dearly loved. Manufacturers of material goods charmed the working ...

Diggin’ Old Bottles

Diggin' Old Bottles
By Maxine Cart-Lome Collectors will tell you it's the thrill of the hunt for what they love that drives their passion for collecting. That's certainly true among bottle collectors, who ...

Kola Wars

Kola Wars
By Dennis Smith On an early May day in 1886, an Atlanta chemist named John Pemberton walked down Marietta Street carrying a quart whiskey bottle bearing a hand-lettered label identifying ...

All in the Family: A Collection of Historical American Flasks

All in the Family: A Collection of Historical American Flasks
An interview with Mark Vuono by Bob Strickhart In the world of bottle collecting, as is true in other areas, you will find both "general collectors" and those we can ...

Manga: A Brief History

Manga: A Brief History
A Brief History and its Place in a Collector's Market By Carrie Wood A significant chunk of the worldwide comics market has long been held by manga. Though it's entirely ...

Comic Book Grading

Comic Book Grading
The Overstreet Definitions By Robert M. Overstreet & the Gemstone Publishing Staff (c)2018 Gemstone Publishing. Used by Permission. As with most collectibles, with comic books condition is king. The Overstreet ...

Gotta' Sing! Gotta Dance!

Gotta' Sing! Gotta Dance!
Collecting Broadway Musical Cast Albums Photos and Article by Donald-Brian Johnson Get out those old records, Those old phonograph records, The ones we used to play so long ago. What ...

Music and Icon

Music and Icon
The Broadway Poster By Daniel Jay Grimminger, Ph.D Music has always gone hand in hand with the visual arts. Iconography, or visual images, is of importance since music itself - ...

Broadway Cares

Broadway Cares
Theater Collectibles from the Source By Lane Beauchamp, Director of Communications for Broadway Cares For one Sunday each September, the heart of New York City's theater district pulses with the ...