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See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Derek Dahlsad, the hubby half of Fair Oaks Antiques / We Have Your Collectibles, was just featured in today’s Fargo Forum — on the front page, no...
View Article1870s Horse Race bank could top $50K at Morphy’s, May 3
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles DENVER, Pa. – Toys, banks, robots and trains are always in demand at Morphy’s, and as any number of their regular bidders would attest, there’s...
View ArticlePortraits By The Pound
In this week’s Dakota Death Trip update, I posted a photo of a girl who looks much too sad to be wearing satin. When I flipped the photo over, the back has a big rubber stamp mark from the photo...
View ArticleNorma Kamali’s Vintage Sale
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Norma Kamali’s Vintage Sale begins at 5 PM tomorrow, May 1, 2014. This sale isn’t just for those who love Norma Kamali, but vintage fashion in...
View ArticleIs Your Trash Someone’s Treasure
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles When conducting an estate sale, several objectives are to be considered. First, to maximize the amount of your estate assets. Second protect your...
View ArticleAntique Party Card Game
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Antique charades style game from 1935, Party Stunts. Similar to charades, this game include all 72 cards with pictured descriptions for See on...
View ArticleThe Whirligig Project
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Early in May, we sold a bunch (but not all) of our old dairy cream separator funnels or cones in our Etsy shop to a lady in Medicine Hat, Alberta,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, There’s a Corpse in Your Cake!
See on Scoop.it – Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Last week I came across a photograph of an item that was, at one time, available for purchase on Etsy. A small, metal viewing coffin with the...
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Inside the Soviet Union’s secret pornography collection
Off limits to the general public, the collection was created after the Bolsheviks came to power to house materials confiscated from aristocratic librariesSource: www.theguardian.com
View ArticleHow To Wash & Care For Antique China, Vintage Glass, Silverware & Other Fine...
(It’s More That “Just A Tradition!”) At holiday time, we all bring out the fancy china and silverware — the old china and silverware if we are lucky enough to have it. Age, material, and condition...
View ArticleThe Stall & Craft Collective (Exclusive Interview!)
The Stall & Craft Collective is an online craft & gift marketplace, and events directory, which launched in June of this year. This October, they’ve reached over 30,000 unique visitors and …...
View ArticleWes Cowan’s Personal Antique Stereoview Collection Up For Auction
When hubby & I met Wes Cowan, one of the things we learned about him was that he was an avid collector of antique photographs. He began collecting them as a child and within 15 years, he’d amassed...
View ArticleAmazing Authentic Elvis Items Up For Auction!
The upcoming Auction At Graceland includes a special section of early Elvis merchandising memorabilia from various owners and includes rare items from the collection of Darlene Parker Tafua, daughter...
View ArticleThings That Go To Make Up A Life
In What Is Left Behind, photographer Norm Diamond takes a look at what most collectors see at estate sales: the cycle of life. And then he photographs the objects. Among the artfully preserved poignant...
View ArticleA Cat-Losing, 1888
Ever hear the song, “The Cat Came Back?” Poor mister Johnson has a troublesome cat that he simply can’t get rid of: The song came out in 1893 and was popular throughout its history. However, it may...
View ArticleThe Lovely & Disturbing: The History Of Wax Dolls
In The Beginning… Dolls, the playthings we know today, began their lives as something quite different. Called poppets or puppets originally, they were created as educational tools and for use in...
View ArticleGetting A Leg Up in the 1930s
Last week we were in Wisconsin helping the in-laws get set up for their next estate sale. Among all the breweriana, old cars, and used tools where a large number of old photos and photo albums. When...
View ArticleGlass Stereograph Images
A frequent item at antique shoppes are stereoview cards. The technology both predates, and exceeds the quality of, film and television in a sense. 3D images were a simple step up from a regular...
View ArticleValues: To Sell Or Not To Sell, That Is The Question
A reader sent me an email requesting advice on establishing the value of some items. It’s not the first time the I, or any of the other writers here, has received an email or blog post comment of this...
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