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Chevron Cars Collectors by Linda
Who said toy cars are just for kids? not the Chevron Cars Collectors. The Chevron Cars are part of an advertising campaign of the Chevron Corporation consisting of television spots, prin...
China - Mid 1800's by Linda
Wonderful collection of photographs by John Thomson, from  The World Art Museum, Taken in 1868 - 1871 I wish I could read Chinese since I couldn't find a paralel page in English, ...
LEGO success. by Linda
Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group. colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various ...
Sleeping Monk and Pigeon by smithjljr
This Diego painting was purchased in 1970 for my 21st birthday. It was purchased in Ramstein, Germany.
Interview with Ephemera's Marty Weil by Linda
One of the most interesting blogs about collectibles of Sorts is Ephemera Written by Marty Weil, which focuses on ephemera. Marty has interviewed over 100 collectors, and has researched and...
Ancient Artifacts Found in The Kalahari Desert by Linda
These artifacts are dated much earlier than any other worship artifact ever found, in fact they are dated prior to what is believed to be the period in which human being started to evolve practice...
Innovative Weapons Collection from German Prison Inmates by Linda
There is nothing like necessity to inspire invention - as the old saying goes - Necessity - the mother of all invention. through in a lot of boredom, some desperation and lots and lots of time, an...
Thunderbirds Cigar Bands from 1968 by Linda
This has got to be the most bizarre collectors Item I have ever seen (or close to). The are exactly what they look like - Thunderbirds cigar bands (yes, the tough flying waring good looking pupp...
The Collection of Your Dreams! by Linda
Owlscrying brought this interesting info: Lisbon Portugal — Archaeologists excavating a site in northeastern Portugal discovered 4,500 ancient Roman coins tucked away inside a wall. The...
"Secret Origins of 'Random Acts of Geekery'" by Linda
 This is a guest post by Jon B. Knutson, Author of Random Acts of Geekery . If you haven't checked it out yet, you owe it to yourself to pop over the minute you finish reading this. S...
Experience The Thrill Of Collecting Bookplates by Linda
If you are a true collectors in your heart I'm sure you'll find the collection of bookplates addictive. The combination of the really beautiful rare designs, the smells and feelings of this old b...
Claremont Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century by Linda
Summer is on us, and so is the bathing suit  season, of which perils I will not elaborate here, only to say that I would much rather deal with what goes with wearing current bathing suits than h...
ceramic art by Linda
ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired to form a ceramic. Some ceramic pieces are classified as fine art, while many others can be classified as one of the decor...
American Civil War Toy Collection by Linda
Tim Abbott has one of the most accurate and best quality American civil war toy collection. A good collection of historical nature has to be both accurate in the details and of good quality ...
Collecting Cute Things by Linda
I've just stumbled upon a really nice blog of tikiranch who collects Advertising figures which is something that I've never thought of collecting but after seeing them on his blog I remembered ...
Accurate Casting Co. - History! by chislock22
Please read all the Accurate Casting blogs and scroll down each blog to see what a "Moderator" keeps repeating (he has answered everyone's questions -- you must read -- see paragraphs belo...
The Story Of A Very Special Collection by Linda
Reading the interview of Rebecca Martz on the Ephemera blog I realized that the decision to start a collection can be a result of almost anything. I have been collecting since 1991. One d...
Bookplate Junkie by Linda
A bookplate, also known as ex-librīs, is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Bookplates typically bear a name or...
Gold in the Hawaiian islands by Haleiwahi
There are many stories in the State of Hawaii archives that tell of Pirates that landed on any one of our islands back in the 1500 - early 1900's.  Here is one site that tells of a couple of lan...
The Conversion Of Art And Commerce by Linda
There are various types of collectors, some are rational people knowing the value of each item at the current market and the value that ir could have in the future. Some of them buy items mostly for ...
Starting To Read Again by Linda
I've neglected my book collection for some time now as I found it harder to find good books that I like not only to have but to actually read. The first stage was when I felt less interested in re...
Are You Into Vintage Photos by Linda
I'm following for some time now the vintage photos market through blogs such as Swapatorium . My first reaction seeing these items were O.K they are nice to look on from time to time b...
A Cool Collection by Linda
What are you collecting? There are so many cool stuff to make a collection of. This post tells the story of a Graffiti coleector. Larry Fredrich is one cool cat. He is a Wisconsin-based col...
For The New Collector by Linda
If you are getting into the collecting hobby and want to learn from someone else experience you might want to try this book My book The Greatest Collecting Tips in the World is finally out an...
The World Of Ecommerce Explained by Linda
Most of us reach the stage when we need to sell or buy an item online. It can be eBay or it can be through numerous number of different auction houses. If you are a little slow like me you wou...
Ebay auction for an unused Zero M Sonic Blaster by Linda
Blame it on the cold war, blame it on James Bond, blame it on the Bossa Nova... say what you will, but the 60's were the birthplace of some of the coolest secret agent toys. Hideously dangerous, l...
Strings of Money by Linda
I found this picture of five Pesetas on Hazels blog, A1ScrapMetal This was the Spanish Currency till 2002 when the Euro made its entrance. What struck me, seeing the strung on a cord like...
How is The Recession Touching You? by Linda
I don't think that I have mentioned the recession much here on the blog, but of course its on my mind as much as it is on anyone else's. Luckily, it hasn't influenced my life as much as it could have...
Postcards of Actresses from the Turn of the Last Century by Linda
Still under the Ephemeral influence , I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the answers I got from Marty and about the importance and interest in ephemera. I find myself more prone to li...
The Personal Connection And The Collector's Life by Linda
I was thinking recently of all the people that I have met and befriended because of my collections. When I first started I knew no one else that shared my interest and passion but after the first yea...
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