During the Civil War, the American economy was in complete disarray. Because of a severe shortage of coinage throughout the nation, many people started using various forms of payment for their daily necessities. Copper tokens, partially or entirely modeled like U.S. cents, were widely used.On July 17, 1862, Congress signed into law an act that gave the...
Carol and Cindy met for breakfast one morning in July, 2021. We were chatting about the frustrations of following the rules of other consignment shops in our area. We looked at each other jokingly and said "we can do it better, we should open a shop of our own"..... About 2 months later, we opened Norry Treasures...
Bring Bottles, Antiques, Advertising and Collectibles, and the buyers and collectors will come. Besides digging for that elusive rare or scarce bottle in a now deserted once flourishing mining town, or for any bottle, I have always looked forward to attending various bottle shows sponsored and organized by individual Bottle Clubs. One of my favorites is the...
A newly combined weekly newsletter from Kovels Antique Trader can be yours for free. Just about a year ago, Kovels and Antique Trader, two pioneering brands with more than 135 years of combined history in the antiques and collectibles field, came together to form Kovels Antique Trader. At the time, we promised this was just the beginning...
DALLAS —Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the most valuable comic book in the world.A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the comic book that introduced Superman to the world in 1938, sold for $6 million on April 4 at Heritage Auctions during the first session of the latest four-day Comics &...
There’s no doubt about it: Steve Jobs remains the “Apple” of the tech collector’s eye. That was made clear once again during a recent sale by Boston-based RR Auction titled “Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution."First, a Steve Jobs autographed 1983 business card with the rainbow version of Apple’s byte logo, sold for $181,183, crushing its...
Though most of us do not wear them, many can identify a sombrero, a fez, an Aussie bush hat, a Tam O’Shanter, a Glengarry, the Alpine Tyrolean hat, the Russian fur ushanka, a Greek fisherman’s hat, the conical straw Asian hat, the kippah, the kufi, bowler, top hat and beret.Headwear is not only visually entrenched in our...
If an inanimate antique could actually be capable of looking at you disapprovingly, even mockingly, it would be a Martin Brothers Wally Bird. Wally Birds were the creation of Martin Brothers, a pottery firm operated by brothers Robert, Walter, Charles and Edwin Martin. They produced a distinctive type of stoneware pottery from the 1870s through 1914, when their...
BRIMFIELD, Mass. — A new world auction record was set for a vintage beer can with the $51,500 ($62,830 with buyer’s premium) final bid for a Perone Beer quart cone top can at Morean Auctions in late February. Perone Beer can from Otto Erlanger Brewing Co. of Philadelphia sold for $51,500.Courtesy Morean Auctions Described as the only...
Kramer of New York is one of those names dealers run across pretty frequently when sourcing costume jewelry. That usually means a company saw a good amount of success back when the jewelry was newly made. Nevertheless, it’s not a brand most fervent collectors get overly excited about. It might be on the uptick, though, since I’ve...
Humboldt County, California is where Six Organs of Admittance began some 26 years ago, and since 2019 it is...
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