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Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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, ...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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 ...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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 ...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Bad Morals. by Linda
Having Cake and Eating it too: Unrecorded and Freshly Dug British Coins Sold in the USA an enlightning article on the grey area in coin collections.
Blog Post Loving Yard Sales by Linda
Going on Yard sales is an integral part of the lives of many collectors lives. The other side of having a yard sale is no stranger to us either. Whatever you are looking for it makes perfect sense...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Are You An Addict? by Linda
When I'm next to a famous flea market or antique shops I usually can't resist the temptation to spend some time there looking for great surprises that are always there. When I read of anyone w...
Blog Post Craft books now and than. by Linda
Thrift shop romantic -blog is reviewing a 1947 craft book of knitting and Crochet. Some stuff appear too strange for nowadays to see ,like a five or six year old girl and boy wearing a bib aren't...
Blog Post Earliest know Dust Cover Discovered in Oxford by Linda
Friendship's Offering, the earliest known dust jacket, newly rediscovered by the Bodleian library . Photograph: PR According to the UK Guardian a surprising discovery was made at Oxfords ...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Unusual Maps by Linda
photo credit creative common license caveman 92223 We all know that the truth is subjective and that each of us has our own unique and completely true point of view about everything under th...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Displaying Vintage Paper Labels by Linda
Check out this great and easy tutorial for those of you that collect old  Paper Labels posted by colleen on the fresh vintage blog. The idea is so simple, in fact, that I can't even ...
Blog Post Bokolo - Collecting History by Linda
When we collect something it is usually for one of these reasons: we need it for some sort of use we think it is really pretty and want to have it we like the story that the artifac...
Blog Post 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 ...
Blog Post The World As It Is Seen From Time And Place Distance by Linda
I read recently two different posts on two different blogs but they both led me to think about what the perspective of time and place does to our representation of reality. The first is here and...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post The Mission Of Collecting A Guest Post On Ephemera by Linda
Thank you Marty for this chance to write a few words on your blog. Throughout the history people and institutions have been collecting things that were part of a story. The ancient libraries and...
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