Today, every color imaginable is at your fingertips. You can peruse paint swatches at hardware stores, flip through Pantone books, and fuss with the color finder that comes with most computer programs, until achieving the hue of your heart's desire. But rewind to a few centuries ago and finding that one specific color might have meant trekking to a single mineral deposit in remote Afghanistan—as was the case with lapis lazuli, a rock prized for its brilliant blue hue, which made it more valuable than gold in medieval times.
Check out the cute vintage figural kid's desk! Pluto is made of wood, the legs are metal. The desktop is complete with lifting chalkboard top (so you can store chalk, etc.). Marked Walt Disne
A trio of lovely antique advertising pieces. The first two are very large tins, one for Sears Rivera Brand Coffee and the other for Sweet Cuba Tobacco. Also shown (a bit) in this photo of the two t...
TIAS.com releases their annual list of the top 20 antiques and collectibles that sold online in 2015.
...A few interesting items to note: Comic books and Dolls are back on the list after not making the top 20 in 2014. Vintage clothing dropped from #8 in 2014 to #16 in 2015. Books and music related collectibles dropped off of the top 20 list for 2015. The top 3 categories in 2015 were China & Dinnerware, Vintage Sewing and Glass. They retained the same rank they have held since 2014.
A story from my mom, of No Egrets Antiques: Christmas at our house was always wonderful! It was not that we got everything we wanted - kids always have expectations way beyond reality. But everythi...
My mom found this old pickle cookie cutter and gave it to me for Christmas this year -- though first, in the confusion of gift opening, my middle child got it, opened it, and was very confused. (I ...
I know some collectors will find this inherently evil, but I like to use my collectibles. In fact, one of my favorite things about the holidays is using my vintage glassware. One of our family trad...
When I last stopped in at F.A.R.M., I snapped some photos of (nearly) all the holiday goodness available. While I just took these photos a few days ago, I can’t say all the items are still there –...
The Kenbak-1 launched in 1971, with no microprocessor, and only 256 bytes of RAM. Fewer than 50 units were ever made, but one of them is up for auction today in Germany.
Mr. Teen-Ager Elvis Soft Drink Ephemera: This rare Mr. Teen-Ager Soft Drink Corp. bottler solicitation information packet was produced in 1956 and was licensed through Elvis Presley Enterprises. The...
In 1956, to commemorate its recording contract with Elvis, RCA offered an Elvis signature series of its popular 1955 portable EY series record players. The Elvis signature series is blue vinyl with a...
The upcoming Auction At Graceland includes a special section of early Elvis merchandising memorabilia from various owners and includes rare items from the collection of Darlene Parker Tafua, daught...
When my parents were working on this latest estate sale, the found this miniature copper diver's helmet. Attached to it was a note stating it was from a Rolex watch store display. Ever curious, err...
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