Hand Picking a Vintage Guitar Collection

Alan Greenwood, Amps, Chet Atkins, Features, Gibson, Gretsch, Guitars, Silvertone, six string, vintage

by Alan Greenwood Mankind has been strumming stringed instruments for more than 3,000 years. By the 1780s, after many evolutionary twists and turns (and dead ends) the guitar developed into ...

The Story Behind Lalique

Chad Smith, Draftsman, Features, France, Glass, glassworks, Jewelry, Lalique, Museum, Rene Lalique, Wingen-sur-Moder

The Story Behind Lalique By Chad Smith If you’ve ever looked at a piece of Lalique glass and wondered what the story is behind that matte, smoky finish and those ...

The Wonderful World of Bottle Whimsies!

Bottles, Features, Ship, Ship in a Bottle, Whimsies

By Greg Alvey In the antique and collectors market, there are some amazing original and unique works of art which can still be purchased at very reasonable prices, and as ...

The Glass Artistry of DeVilbiss

Art, Atomizers, DeVilbiss, Features, Glass, Marti DeGraaf, Perfume, Toby Mack

The Glass Artistry of DeVilbiss By Marti DeGraaf and Toby Mack Company History Dr. Allan DeVilbiss, a medical doctor specializing in nose and throat medicine, founded the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company ...

Telling America’s Story through the Art of Norman Rockwell and America’s Illustrators

Art, Features, Illustrators, Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum

Telling America’s Story through the Art of Norman Rockwell and America’s Illustrators Shaping National Conversation on American Illustration Art (1969 – 2014) By Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum ...

Hunting for Vintage Postcards

Collections, Family, Features, friends, Gary Leveille, Penny Postcards, Postcards, Real Photo Postcards, socialize, socialmedia, vintage

Hunting for Vintage Postcards By Gary Leveille Long before cell phones, e-mail, Facebook or Twitter, the penny postcard was an inexpensive, yet effective way to send brief thoughts and interesting ...

Beauty In Advertising

Advertising, Beauty, Ben Hur Bazaar, Calendars, Chris H. Beyer, Coca Cola, Features, Kis Me Gum, Mail Pouch Tobacco, Signs, Victorian Era

Beauty In Advertising The Alluring Images of Ladies from the Victorian Era by Chris H. Beyer A wise man once noted that pretty women have been selling us things since ...

Neil Young: Sounding Board for Lionel

Features, Neil Young, Train set, Trains

Neil Young: Sounding Board for Lionel When rock ‘n’ roll icon Neil Young hits the publicity circuit, he doesn’t just talk music or his latest literary endeavor. Surprisingly, he often ...

Lionel Standard Gauge: 1906 – 1940

Bruce C. Greenberg Ph.D, Features, Lionel Standard Gauge

Lionel Standard Gauge: 1906 - 1940 by Bruce C. Greenberg, Ph.D First Period: 1906 Trolleys and Steam Engines Joshua Lionel Cowen was an extraordinary entrepreneur. In 1900, he and Harry ...

Travels with Chad

Chad Smith, Features, Germany, Shrunken Heads, Travelling

Travels with Chad by Chad Smith The blue arrow on Google Maps, which is loaded on my phone, indicates that I’m moving toward my target, but certain things just don’t ...

Larger & More Difficult Casino Items to Collect

blackjack, Casinos, Features, roulette, Sheldon Smith, Slot Machine

Larger & More Difficult Casino Items to Collect by Sheldon Smith If you remember the last time I wrote about casino collectibles, I said that I would address the larger ...

Mechanical Spacebanks

Banks, Duro, Features, Mechanical, Missle, Raymond Reines, Rocket, Saving, Spacebanks

Mechanical Spacebanks by Raymond Reines "I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieve the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and ...

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