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Ken's Korner: Google may challenge eBay as flea market site

Ken's Korner: Google may challenge eBay as flea market site
Ken's Korner: Google may challenge eBay as flea market site - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 Google, the Internet’s most-used search engine, may encroach on the turf of eBay, the ...

Ken's Korner: Rosa Parks trustee is fighting exploiters

Ken's Korner: Rosa Parks trustee is fighting exploiters
Ken's Korner: Rosa Parks trustee is fighting exploiters - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January  2006 Within days of Rosa Parks’ death in late October, funeral programs from her memorial service in ...

Ken's Korner: Mushroom vase achieves world record price, $100K

Ken's Korner: Mushroom vase achieves world record price, $100K
Ken's Korner: Mushroom vase achieves world record price, $100K - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 A Clement Massier “Mushroom Vase” (ca. 1897-99) sold for $100,000 -- a world record -- ...

Ken's Korner: Babe Ruth’s ‘34 ‘Tour of Japan’ uniform displayed

Ken's Korner: Babe Ruth’s ‘34 ‘Tour of Japan’ uniform displayed
Ken's Korner: Babe Ruth’s ‘34 ‘Tour of Japan’ uniform displayed - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 A uniform that Babe Ruth wore in 1934 during a U.S. All-Star Tour of ...

Ken's Korner: Beach Boys claim items up for auction were stolen

Ken's Korner: Beach Boys claim items up for auction were stolen
Ken's Korner: Beach Boys claim items up for auction were stolen - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 A spokesman for the Beach Boys, one of the seminal rock bands of ...

Ken's Korner: Royal tiara makes first appearance since 1947

Ken's Korner: Royal tiara makes first appearance since 1947
Ken's Korner: Royal tiara makes first appearance since 1947 - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 When Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and wife of Prince Charles, wore a royal tiara ...

Ken's Korner: Hip Hop icon “Jay-Z” signs cards for Topps

Ken's Korner: Hip Hop icon “Jay-Z” signs cards for Topps
Ken's Korner: Hip Hop icon “Jay-Z” signs cards for Topps - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 Hip Hop singing star “Jay-Z” has signed all 50 of his 2005-06 Topps ...

Ken's Korner: Sharpie raises money with ‘Autographs for Education’

Ken's Korner: Sharpie raises money with ‘Autographs for Education’
Ken's Korner: Sharpie raises money with ‘Autographs for Education’ - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 Usually, the common folk seek out the autographs of the rich and famous. But the ...

Ken's Korner: Horde of coins found at Emperor Qin’s tomb

Ken's Korner: Horde of coins found at Emperor Qin’s tomb
Ken's Korner: Horde of coins found at Emperor Qin’s tomb - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 Archaeologists using a magnetic scan have determined that the tomb of China’s first emperor ...

Ken's Korner: Fire, deemed suspicious, guts Lewis and Clark site

Ken's Korner: Fire, deemed suspicious, guts Lewis and Clark site
Ken's Korner: Fire, deemed suspicious, guts Lewis and Clark site - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 A replica of the fort in Oregon where Lewis and Clark spent the winter ...

Ken's Korner: Getty museum will re-open, sans curator

Ken's Korner: Getty museum will re-open, sans curator
Ken's Korner: Getty museum will re-open, sans curator - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif. -- which houses more than 40,000 antiquities, ...

Ken's Korner: Elvis Presley’s silk shirt stolen, found

Ken's Korner: Elvis Presley’s silk shirt stolen, found
Ken's Korner: Elvis Presley’s silk shirt stolen , found - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2006 A blue China silk shirt worn by Elvis Presley in the ‘70s was stolen from ...