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 No. 1 e-commerce site, with an online marketplace where people…
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 Detroit began popping up on eBay and were fetching more…
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 — at a show of “Masterpieces of the French Art Pottery,…
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 Japan went on display at the Louisville Slugger Museum in…
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 the ‘60s, said that early contracts, music and handwritten lyrics…
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 to Buckingham Palace for a recent state banquet honoring the…
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 basketball cards and they are ready for delivery to collectors…
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 opposite is true with Sharpie markers’ “Autographs for Education,” in…
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 contains a large number of coins, most of them probably…
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 of 1805-06 has been destroyed by fire, and authorities are…
