Civil War Collector by John Sexton Q: I have a photo signed by Major General William Vandever that features him, Francis J. Herron and William H. Coyle. It is dedicated […]
Category Archives: Features
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Apr
Apr
Confessions of an Open Salt Collector by Al Diamond I admit it! I am an addict! I am … a collector!! And of all the things that I could have […]
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Apr
Apr
Rarities from the New Bedford Museum of Glass By Kirk J. Nelson Two years ago a new glass museum opened to the public in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its permanent collection […]
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Mar
Asian Scroll Paintings By I.M. Chait We all know what scrolls are, but why are they scrolls? There is a long history, all over the world, having to do with […]
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Mar
Mar
Selling Your Gold: What You Should Know Jewelry, Gold and Precious Metals by Edward Lewand As a professional independent appraiser, over the years people have come to me to sell […]
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Feb
Feb
Collecting the World’s Rarest Telephones By Peter D’Acosta It’s been called the most valuable patent ever issued. U.S. patent # 174,465 was issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, […]
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Jan
Top 5 Historical lots sold in 2012 by Heritage range from the dawn of the Universe to the dawn of America The last year was an important one for history […]
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Jan
Jan
Fairyland Lustre By Stuart Slavid Director of European Furniture, Decorative Arts and Fine Ceramics, Skinner, Inc. I have spent over 40 years with Wedgwood, first as a dealer growing up […]
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Dec
Dec
Yuletide is a-coming! By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell The smell of fresh pine in the house and cookies baking in the oven are some of the happiest memories we have of […]
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Dec
Figure Skating and the Arts By Frances Dafoe When I started working on the book Figure Skating and the Arts: Eight Centuries of Sport and Inspiration, I had no idea […]
