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Blog Post Doll house beauty. by Linda
A doll house is a toy home, made in miniature. For the last century, doll houses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and crafting have also fascinated a large n...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Colored TV by Linda
I found this on Reto Thing along with a post on the entrance of colored TV. Interesting. Apparently: Both of the early color sets were reviewed by Consumer Reports in June...
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 The great Dr. Seuss. by Linda
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an iconic and beloved American writer and cartoonist, better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. He published over 60 children's books, which were often characterized by hi...
Blog Post The Walker Evens Archive on Show At the Met Through May 25 by Linda
Nine thousand picture postcards amassed by American photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) are among the fascinating works in The Walker Evans Archive, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in...
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 Art Of Pricing by Linda
No matter what you are collecting eventually you'll be faced with the question of price. The art of pricing is explained rather clearly here . The post relates to pricing first editions of bo...
Blog Post Thinking Ahead, Collecting And Investing by Linda
I've wrote and read a lot on the question of buying items for investment or buying them because you happen to love that particular item. There is a middle path that we should all keep collecting ...
Blog Post The Two Essentials Of Creating Archaeological Collections by Linda
Just recently I've returned from a trip to Jordan and seen there the duplicate of a war monument from the time of the Bible, well the original is in the Louvre but the site was really inspiring in is ...
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 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 Need a 5300 Year Old Murder Solved? by copper
Isn't it mind blowing that modern science can determine the exact way a 5300 year old mummyfied corpse died?  Archaeorama says: A study by a team of researchers, which include pre...
Blog Post Light it up by Linda
A Matchcover, or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two year...
Blog Post 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...
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 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 Create Your Very Own Showcases by Linda
If you are collectors you probably realized by now the importance of organizing the showcases for your collections. Each collection is different some are rather small such as stamp and need al...
Blog Post vintage advertising by Linda
Tikiranch collects Advertising figures and other vintage advertising which he always searching for at swapmeet and antique sales. He also does Graphic Design and Printing for a living to pay for this...
Blog Post Create Your Very Own Collection Style by Linda
When you are collecting something that can also be used it is always a question if you should keep it untouched as a perfect state or maybe you should allow it to be used for play and fun as well...
Blog Post Buried treasure by Linda
It has just been announced that a large stockpile of almost 300 gold coins from the reign of Heraclius have been uncovered during an excavation just outside the walls of Jerusalem. This is apparently...
Blog Post 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...
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 Batmobilia by Linda
I am a big children's book lover. Especially the older books That were around when I was a child or before and have the pre television, Internet, cell phone innocence. Jon posted some scans of a cha...
Blog Post 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...
Blog Post Of Times Past by Linda
Have you ever thought of a typewriter as a collectible? I haven't and to be quite frank, I am surprised at that. I grew up on the brink of the digital High tech age, and for most of my teen age ye...
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 Calligraphy's Exhibition - Amazing Art by Linda
There is something about good Calligraphy that really touch my soul. As there are so many arts I have no idea why I'm such a sucker for it. When I happened to read the post about Call...
Blog Post Pieces Of History And Politics On Your Collection by Linda
Wastedpapiers from the Boot Sale Sounds that collects records and tapes have wrote an article about an old record bought on Brick Lane flea market. The special thing about this article is th...
Blog Post 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...
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