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TABLE OF CONTENTS What’s Selling on eBay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
by Philip Hawkins and Mike McLeod
Harvesting History
Gavels ’n’ Paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
The Almanac: A Guide to the Future Results of Recent Auctions from Near and Far

by Kaitlin Servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 by Ken Hall
Cyrus McCormick Pop Culture Collecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
$26.5 million in Comics Auction Brings More Records
The Father of Modern Agriculture
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 by Jeff Vaughn

Appraisers Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
The Tradition of Heirloom Seeds by David Moore
with Rich Giordano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Collecting Old and Rare Books . . . . . . . . .37
What’s It Worth?
Worldly Possessions by Jim Dawson
The Material World of a Black Farmer in NE
by Erica Lome, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 The Civil War Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

by John Sexton
Canning the Harvest
by Jessica Kosinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
DEPARTMENTS

Great Collections Publisher’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Svalbard Global Seed Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 by Maxine Carter-Lome
World Marketplace News . . . . . . 6
John Deere by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor
Master Blacksmith & Innovator
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
RESOURCES
Antiques Shop Finder . . . . . . . .39
About the Cover: Promotional poster offering a
“gift for the grangers,” ca. 1873. Antique Shows & Auctions . . . .45

WIKIPEDIA.ORG – The Grange organization was founded in 1867 for Continuous Shows . . . . . . . . . . .48
farmers and their wives. It was strongest in the Northeast, and promoted
the modernization not only of farming practices but also of family and Flea Market Guide . . . . . . . . . . .49
community life. It is still in operation.
Membership soared from 1873 (200,000) to 1875 (858,050) as many The Great Exchange . . . . . . . . .50
of the state and local granges adopted non-partisan political resolutions,
especially regarding the regulation of railroad transportation costs. The Collector Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
organization was unusual in that it allowed women and teens as equal
members. local granges established consumer cooperatives, initially supplied Advertising Directory . . . . . . . . 51
by the Chicago wholesaler Aaron Montgomery Ward.
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