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Ken's Korner: Ray Charles’ tour bus donated to Morehouse

Ken's Korner: Ray Charles’ tour bus donated to Morehouse
Ken's Korner: Ray Charles’ tour bus donated to Morehouse - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 The tour bus used by music legend Ray Charles and depicted ...

Ken's Korner: ‘Ice House Cover’ surfaces in Chicago

Ken's Korner: ‘Ice House Cover’ surfaces in Chicago
Ken's Korner: ‘Ice House Cover’ surfaces in Chicago - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 A 90-cent 1869 stamp known as the “Ice House Cover” has turned ...

Ken's Korner: Katrina MRE meals turning up on eBay

Ken's Korner: Katrina MRE meals turning up on eBay
Ken's Korner: Katrina MRE meals turning up on eBay - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 Emergency military rations intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina have turned ...

Ken's Korner: Austria drops plans to buy Klimt works

Ken's Korner: Austria drops plans to buy Klimt works
Ken's Korner: Austria drops plans to buy Klimt works - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 After years of legal wrangling, Austria finally said it would honor ...

Ken's Korner: If you buy a fake on eBay — then what??

Ken's Korner: If you buy a fake on eBay -- then what??
Ken's Korner: If you buy a fake on eBay -- then what?? - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 If someone buys an item on eBay that ...

Buying White Elephants

Buying White Elephants
Buying White Elephants - May 2006 Buying White Elephants - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2006 By Ed Welch White Elephant: The origin ...

Guess What? April 2006

Guess What? April 2006
Guess What Article for April 2006 By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" We’ve always had a format of showing photos of the actual monthly featured item. But deviation never hurt ...

Ken's Korner: British Museum pays $630,000 for rare coin

Ken's Korner: British Museum pays $630,000 for rare coin
Ken's Korner: British Museum pays $630,000 for rare coin - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 The British Museum has paid a little more than $630,000 for ...

Ken's Korner: Six men are on trial, but where’s “Scream?”

Ken's Korner: Six men are on trial, but where’s “Scream?”
Ken's Korner: Six men are on trial, but where’s “Scream?” - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 On the morning of August 22, 2004, two men wearing ...

Ken's Korner: Man trips and falls, shatters Qing vases

Ken's Korner: Man trips and falls, shatters Qing vases
Ken's Korner: Man trips and falls, shatters Qing vases - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 A visitor to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, tripped on ...

Ken's Korner: London Gallery will try to buy Donne portrait

Ken's Korner: London Gallery will try to buy Donne portrait
Ken's Korner: London Gallery will try to buy Donne portrait - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 London’s National Portrait Gallery said it will try to come ...

Ken's Korner: Ken, sporting a makeover, is trying to win back Barbie

Ken's Korner: Ken, sporting a makeover, is trying to win back Barbie
Ken's Korner: Ken, sporting a makeover, is trying to win back Barbie - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 Sales of Barbie dolls have been sagging lately, ...

Ken's Korner: Virginia’s new Governor got a Colonial swearing-in

Ken's Korner: Virginia’s new Governor got a Colonial swearing-in
Ken's Korner: Virginia’s new Governor got a Colonial swearing-in - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 Virginia’s Capitol building in Richmond is being renovated, so when it ...

Ken's Korner: Sports memorabilia trove found in Massachusetts

Ken's Korner: Sports memorabilia trove found in Massachusetts
Ken's Korner: Sports memorabilia trove found in Massachusetts - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 John F. Hessian lived his entire life in a modest home on ...

Ken's Korner: Holland to return art seized by the Nazis

Ken's Korner: Holland to return art seized by the Nazis
Ken's Korner: Holland to return art seized by the Nazis - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 The government of Holland has agreed to return more than ...

Ken's Korner: Dodo fossils found on Indian Ocean isle

Ken's Korner: Dodo fossils found on Indian Ocean isle
Ken's Korner: Dodo fossils found on Indian Ocean isle - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 Collectors of fossils, dinosaur bones and the like will be interested ...

Ken's Korner: Casino’s latest buy: ‘Captain Kirk’s’ kidney stone

Ken's Korner: Casino’s latest buy: ‘Captain Kirk’s’ kidney stone
Ken's Korner: Casino’s latest buy: ‘Captain Kirk’s’ kidney stone - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 GoldenPalace.com is well known for buying up the oddest of the ...

Ken's Korner: Boston Red Sox, Doug Mientkiewicz disagree over World Series ball

Ken's Korner: Boston Red Sox, Doug Mientkiewicz disagree over World Series ball
Ken's Korner: Boston Red Sox, Doug Mientkiewicz disagree over World Series ball - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 The Boston Red Sox broke one of baseball’s ...

Ken's Korner: ‘Wacky Packages’ art sets Topps Vault record

Ken's Korner: ‘Wacky Packages’ art sets Topps Vault record
Ken's Korner: ‘Wacky Packages’ art sets Topps Vault record - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 For years, the original artwork for one of the “Wacky Package” ...

Ken's Korner: Maryland buys former slave’s home for $1M

Ken's Korner: Maryland buys former slave’s home for $1M
Ken's Korner: Maryland buys former slave’s home for $1M - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 The state of Maryland has paid $1 million for the deed ...

Ken's Korner: Trial of Hecht and True continues in Rome, Italy

Ken's Korner: Trial of Hecht and True continues in Rome, Italy
Ken's Korner: Trial of Hecht and True continues in Rome, Italy - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 The trial of Robert Hecht (an American art dealer ...

Ken's Korner: Books bound in human skin? Yes, it happened!

Ken's Korner: Books bound in human skin? Yes, it happened!
Ken's Korner: Books bound in human skin? Yes, it happened! - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 Here’s a true but slightly unsettling fact: the John Hay ...

Ken's Korner: Elvis auctions straight from Heartbreak Hotel

Ken's Korner: Elvis auctions straight from Heartbreak Hotel
Ken's Korner: Elvis auctions straight from Heartbreak Hotel - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 A pair of auctions for Elvis Presley memorabilia are in the works, ...

Ken's Korner: Up to 50,000 Wisconsin quarters have an error

Ken's Korner: Up to 50,000 Wisconsin quarters have an error
Ken's Korner: Up to 50,000 Wisconsin quarters have an error - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 As many as 50,000 of the Wisconsin state quarters made ...

Ken's Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America

Ken's Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America
Ken's Korner: Map suggests China may have discovered America - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2006 An 18th-century reproduction of a map dated 1418 that suggests a ...