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Ken's Korner: WTC note reaches family – 10 years later

Ken's Korner: WTC note reaches family – 10 years later
Ken's Korner: WTC note reaches family – 10 years later Ken’s Korner New and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting by Ken Hall A note that floated down ...

Ken's Korner: Ali’s childhood home brings $70K

Ken's Korner: Ali’s childhood home brings $70K
Ken's Korner: Ali’s childhood home brings $70K Ken’s Korner News and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting by Ken Hall You could call it a one-of-a-kind Muhammad Ali ...

Ken's Korner: Original Renoir purchased for $7

Ken's Korner: Original Renoir purchased for $7
Ken's Korner: Original Renoir purchased for $7 Ken’s Korner New and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting by Ken Hall Two years ago a West Virginia woman walked ...

The Business of Doing Business: Selling the Things That Sell

A rare pair of Nuremburg Spectacles with original case.
The Business of Doing Business in Antiques Selling the Things That Sell By Ed Welch In the real world, most businesses sell the things that are easy to sell. Look ...

Ed Welch, Antiques Dealer and Monthly Contributor of “The Business of Doing Business”, Passed Away October 7

Edward M. Welch, Jr.
Ed Welch, Antiques Dealer and Monthly Contributor of “The Business of Doing Business” to The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles Passed Away October 7 Ed was born in Pittsfield, Maine, ...

Ken's Korner: New York State is dusting off its past

Ken's Korner: New York State is dusting off its past
Ken's Korner: New York State is dusting off its past Ken’s Korner New and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting New York’s statehouse Capitol building in Albany has ...

Ken's Korner: ’66 Volvo is coming up on 3 million miles

’66 Volvo is coming up on 3 million miles
Ken's Korner: ’66 Volvo is coming up on 3 million miles Ken’s Korner New and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting On June 30, 1966, Irvin Gordon of ...

Ken's Korner: Message in a bottle, a record 98 years old

Message in a bottle, a record 98 years old
Message in a bottle, a record 98 years old Ken’s Korner New and Views from the World of Antiquing and Collecting A message in a bottle snagged in a fishing ...

Guess What? November 2012

Pipe end
Guess What? November 2012 by Bob Cahn - “The Primitive Man” Size Does Matter! Rarely do we give credit before presenting our monthly Guess What, but one of our favorite ...

Ken's Korner: Vast collection of shoe-related items

Vast collection of shoe related items
Ken's Korner: Vast collection of shoe-related items Darlene Flynn of Romoland, CA, is known as “The Shoe Lady,” but it’s not what you might think. Yes, she owns a lot ...

Ken's Korner: Rembrandt etching gets lost in the mail

Rembrandt etching gets lost in the mail
Ken's Korner: Rembrandt etching gets lost in the mail An etching drawn by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (not the one shown), worth an estimated $8,600, has gone missing ...

Ken's Korner: Worst art restoration in history? You decide.

Worst art restoration in history? You decide.
Ken's Korner: Worst art restoration in history? You decide. It’s being called the worst art restoration project in history – the disfiguring of a century-old ecce homo (a depiction of ...