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Ken's Korner: Topps Style 1952 NBA cards will feature autographs

Ken's Korner: Topps Style 1952 NBA cards will feature autographs
Ken's Korner: Topps Style 1952 NBA cards will feature autographs - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 When the Topps Style 1952 Basketball cards shipped in early May, ...

Ken's Korner: Bird drawings pre-date Audubon’s by 200 yrs.

Ken's Korner: Bird drawings pre-date Audubon’s by 200 yrs.
Ken's Korner: Bird drawings pre-date Audubon’s by 200 yrs. - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 In late 2003, Roberta Olson, a curator at the New York ...

Ken's Korner: “Science’s missing link” will remain in Britain

Ken's Korner: “Science’s missing link” will remain in Britain
Ken's Korner: “Science’s missing link” will remain in Britain - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 The journal of 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke will be housed at ...

Ken's Korner: Trove of Marilyn Monroe photos are donated to archives

Ken's Korner: Trove of Marilyn Monroe photos are donated to archives
Ken's Korner: Trove of Marilyn Monroe photos are donated to archives - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 The son of the late Canadian photojournalist Jock Carroll ...

Ken's Korner: Italy says two vases at Princeton were swiped

Ken's Korner: Italy says two vases at Princeton were swiped
Ken's Korner: Italy says two vases at Princeton were swiped - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 Italian authorities say a pair of ancient vases on display ...

Ken's Korner: Luxury yacht to double as art & antique gallery

Ken's Korner: Luxury yacht to double as art & antique gallery
Ken's Korner: Luxury yacht to double as art & antique gallery - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 A Florida entrepreneur has commissioned a $60 million luxury ...

Ken's Korner: Sweden finally returns totem pole to Canada

Ken's Korner: Sweden finally returns totem pole to Canada
Ken's Korner: Sweden finally returns totem pole to Canada - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 The Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, Sweden, has returned a 134-year-old ...

Ken's Korner: Hip-hop exhibit on tap for Smithsonian

Ken's Korner: Hip-hop exhibit on tap for Smithsonian
Ken's Korner: Hip-hop exhibit on tap for Smithsonian - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, ...

Ken's Korner: Author pledges $500K to study Confederate sub

Ken's Korner: Author pledges $500K to study Confederate sub
Ken's Korner: Author pledges $500K to study Confederate sub - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 Best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell has pledged $500,000 to help researchers ...

Ken's Korner: Picasso’s daughter disputes Costco art

Ken's Korner: Picasso’s daughter disputes Costco art
Ken's Korner: Picasso’s daughter disputes Costco art - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 Maya Widmaier-Picasso, the 70-year-old daughter of iconic artist Pablo Picasso, has called into ...

Running a Risky Business

Running a Risky Business
Running a Risky Business - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2006 By Ed Welch The antique trade is a risky business. The most ...

Guess What? May 2006

Guess What? May 2006
Guess What Article for May 2006 By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Form and function, function and form – they go hand in hand... and this month’s GUESS WHAT is ...

Ken's Korner: Billionaire donates music manuscripts

Ken's Korner: Billionaire donates music manuscripts
Ken's Korner: Billionaire donates music manuscripts - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Bruce Kovner - a billionaire hedge fund manager and amateur pianist -- has, over ...

Ken's Korner: Flat-faced figures were built on Keros, but why?

Ken's Korner: Flat-faced figures were built on Keros, but why?
Ken's Korner: Flat-faced figures were built on Keros, but why? - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Archaeologists are planning a major dig on the Greek island ...

Ken's Korner: N.Y.C. Public Library buys William S. Burroughs trove

Ken's Korner: N.Y.C. Public Library buys William S. Burroughs trove
Ken's Korner: N.Y.C. Public Library buys William S. Burroughs trove - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 William S. Burroughs is the third best known Beat Generation ...

Ken's Korner: Hawaiian group buries 83 artifacts, won’t say where

Ken's Korner: Hawaiian group buries 83 artifacts, won’t say where
Ken's Korner: Hawaiian group buries 83 artifacts, won’t say where - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 A Hawaiian group that says it has “a greater responsibility ...

Ken's Korner: Tests are planned for Joan of Arc’s remains

Ken's Korner: Tests are planned for Joan of Arc’s remains
Ken's Korner: Tests are planned for Joan of Arc’s remains - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 A team of French scientists will analyze what are thought ...

Ken's Korner: Memorial is planned for slaves who built Capitol

Ken's Korner: Memorial is planned for slaves who built Capitol
Ken's Korner: Memorial is planned for slaves who built Capitol - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Slaves helped build much of the building and grounds of ...

Ken's Korner: Kirby Puckett’s death brings spike in memorabilia

Ken's Korner: Kirby Puckett’s death brings spike in memorabilia
Ken's Korner: Kirby Puckett’s death brings spike in memorabilia - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Whenever someone famous dies, the value of their signature and memorabilia ...

Ken's Korner: Golden eagle headdress turns up prior to auction

Ken's Korner: Golden eagle headdress turns up prior to auction
Ken's Korner: Golden eagle headdress turns up prior to auction - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Give credit to Paul Brown, vice president of Red Baron’s ...

Ken's Korner: Necropolis, Trojan relic to highlight Vatican exhibits

Ken's Korner: Necropolis, Trojan relic to highlight Vatican exhibits
Ken's Korner: Necropolis, Trojan relic to highlight Vatican exhibits - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 A well-preserved necropolis discovered in 2003 during excavations inside Vatican City ...

Ken's Korner: Olympic pins score points with collectors

Ken's Korner: Olympic pins score points with collectors
Ken's Korner: Olympic pins score points with collectors - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 India and Madagascar didn’t send many athletes to this year’s Winter Olympics ...

Ken's Korner: Hiker finds, returns prehistoric pendant

Ken's Korner: Hiker finds, returns prehistoric pendant
Ken's Korner: Hiker finds, returns prehistoric pendant - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 If you were out hiking and stumbled upon a prehistoric gold pendant, would ...

Ken's Korner: Play-Doh Turns 50 in 2006

Ken's Korner: Play-Doh Turns 50 in 2006
Ken's Korner: Play-Doh Turns 50 in 2006 - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 In 1956, a wallpaper cleaning product was invented that probably would have slipped quickly ...

Ken's Korner: Edward R. Murrow papers gifted to Tufts

Ken's Korner: Edward R. Murrow papers gifted to Tufts
Ken's Korner: Edward R. Murrow papers gifted to Tufts - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 In the 1980s, CBS-TV’s London bureau was cleaning out some files ...