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...
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...
I'm going to do it. I'm just getting my feet wet by writing and posting some photos of things I've collected over the years. If anyone knows anything about this man and woman set, pleas...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
The great thing about the Internet, is that you can travel world wide without leaving your seat.
The problem is, that you get to see a lot of things that you really really want to touch, s...
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...
I have been thinking of my toys when I was a child and funnily enough, the ones that gave me the most pleasure where the simplest ones.
Paper dolls were wonderful - better than real dolls ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
eBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to it...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
This is what it is all about
Via Heather Bullard
I really want those wooden chairs that show up for about 2 seconds around the middle of the video.
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...
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