The Beautiful Art of Advertising: Signs and Calendars

Advertising, Calendars, Features, Lori Eckles, Michael Eckles, Signs

The Beautiful Art of Advertising: Signs and Calendars By Michael and Lori Eckles From 1880 to 1920 the best, and sometimes only, way to get your company or product name ...

Until It Breaks

Coin Collecting, Coin die breaks, Features, Heritage Auctions, John Dale Beety, U.S. Mint

Until It Breaks Repeated stress of striking coins can wear down machinery, creating unique – and collectible – coins By John Dale Beety of Heritage Auctions Like factories, the U.S ...

Corning Museum of Glass Features 3,500 Years of Glass Beads

African Bodom Beads, Corning Museum of Glass, Exhibition, Features, Glass Beads, Millefiori Beads, Roman Mosaic beads, Venetian Chevron beads

Corning Museum of Glass Features 3,500 Years of Glass Beads Featured in Major Exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass CORNING, NY, May 8, 2013 Featuring for the first time ...

Circus Memorabilia: Bringing the Big Top Home

Barnum and Bailey, circus, Cirque de Soleil, Features, Memorabilia, P.T. Barnum, Philip Astley, Ringling Bros., Victoria Moore

Circus Memorabilia: Bringing the Big Top Home by: Victoria Moore From as long ago as I can remember one of my fantasies was to run away and join the circus ...

The Antiques of Downton Abbey’s Magnificent Highclere Castle

Dame Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, Features, Highclere Castle, Mike McLeod, PBS

The Antiques of Downton Abbey’s Magnificent Highclere Castle By Mike McLeod, EditorViolet to Cora: "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I'm with her, I'm reminded of ...

There is Something Fishy About That Lady

Bozo, Disney, Features, Mermaids, Mermen, Neptune, Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell, Poseidon, Sea Nymph

There is Something Fishy About That Lady By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell Mermaids and sea maidens have excited the imagination for millennia. She has enchanted us in fairy tales and sagas ...

Covers: Cover Beauty In the Eye of The Beholder

Collecting, Covers, Doug Finch, Features, Isle of Man, Jennie Hinchcliff, Lon Chaney, Mail Art, Paul McCartney, Phantom of the Opera, Postal Mail, stamps

Covers: Cover Beauty In the Eye of The Beholder By Doug Finch Let’s face it – the covers in today’s mail are boring. So why not add a little color? ...

"Workt by Hand" – Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts

Brooklyn Museum, Catherine Morris, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Features, Historical Quilts, Quilting

"Workt by Hand" - Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts On view in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum from March 15–September 15, 2013 "Workt ...

The Celebrity Collector: Victor Alfieri – Zippo lighters

Collectibles, Collections, Elvis, Features, Jesse James, John Wayne, Ken Hall, Lighters, Rat Pack, Victor Alfieri, Zippo, Zippo lighters

The Celebrity Collector: Victor Alfieri - Zippo lighters Italian Film Star and Former Daytime Drama Heartthrob Victor Alfieri Collects Zippo Lighters; He Has About 230, In Italy & The U.S ...

Black and White News Photography

Babe Ruth, Baseball, Black and White Photography, Features, Lou Gehrig, Marshall Fogel, Mickey Mantle, Photography

Black and White News Photography By Marshall Fogel Black and white photography has a special lure for collectors in their appreciation of the creative efforts of great photographers when they ...

Modern Covers: Treasures from the Trash?

Doug Finch, Features, Letter Covers, Stamp Collecting, Stamped Mail, stamps

Modern Covers: Treasures from the Trash? by Doug Finch Something that was always a beginner’s way to collect stamps has become a way to collect covers; and the decline in ...

Collecting the American West – A Vast Frontier

American West, Billy the Kid, Brian Lebel, Buffalo Bill, Features, Roy Rogers, Western Collectibles, Wild Bunch

Collecting the American West – A Vast Frontier by Brian LebelWhether your collecting interests lean toward the historic or the romantic, fine art or folk art, twenty dollars or twenty-thousand, ...

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