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If you have ever heard stories about New Orleans, let me tell you first hand, they are all true to the 'nth degree! Also to those of you who could not make it to the ACNA 2010 Educational Seminar, you missed a great opportunity. The FULL STORY...
Life-changing moments often arise from innocuous events; their impact not fully appreciated or understood for years. Joe Galiardi can now pinpoint his. A collector of logo golf balls since taking up the game in 1986, Galiardi was ready to try something different. On October 25, 1989, at the Transamerica Senior Golf Championship in Napa, California, Galiardi obtained Arnold Palmer's autograph on a golf ball, launching a collection of signed golf balls that today is one of the largest in America; extending beyond golf superstars to include other famous athletes, Hollywood celebrities, and seven U.S. Presidents. But this impressive collection is just part one of Galiardi's story. FULL STORY...
Toronto, Can. - The Asheford Institute Of Antiques, a professional-level distance-learning program on antiques, collectibles and appraising, recently released some surprising data complied from it's enrollment statistics, that shows an interesting trend beginning to develop in the antique industry. FULL STORY...
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If she were living today and a "real" performer rather than and animated one, the media would already be touting this star's eightieth birthday in August 2010. Even so, many fans from the 1930s and beyond are already celebrating her famous and youthful likeness that often portrays sweetness and sex at the same time. Years have taken little toll: Betty Boop remains forever young, innocent and provocative, an idol and icon for countless collectors. FULL STORY...
At its peak during the "Roaring Twenties," Art Deco heavily influenced the mindsets and lifestyles of the times. Art Deco, as an art form, reflected the shift in social values, aspirations, desires, fantasies, expectations and changing political and moral climates of the times. For all practical intents and purposes, it was a mirror of the turbulent times. As an international art form, Art Deco promoted a spontaneous acceptance of worldliness that crossed International boundaries by incorporating influences of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, African and Far Eastern art themes and historical objects. The Art Deco craze moved swiftly across Europe and then across the Atlantic and even the Pacific. FULL STORY...
The Wizard of Oz turned 70 in 2009 and it's been a year filled with celebrations and renewed interest in the film. Ranked as the #1 Fantasy Film of All Time by the American Film Institute, it's also been dubbed America's Fairy Tale. Along with the film comes no end of memorabilia and collectibles from the tiniest trinket to modern day fine art. Fans are sure to find items in every price range. Just follow your heart, and the yellow brick road... FULL STORY...
Collectors of medical antiques are a serious group, whose interests are as varied as the number of types of common maladies. Some are interested in early gadgets and instruments, while others collect large medical equipment or anatomy models. There are diagnostic and surgical tools, charts, texts, ephemera, bottles, flasks, and objects associated with medical quackery. FULL STORY...
It all started innocently enough about 25 years ago, according to Bonnie Gonsalves. She remembers the beginning of her collection of inanimate amphibian critters that now has her saying "Uncle! Please, no more!" FULL STORY...
For thousands of years pottery and porcelain wares have been decorated with hand-painted designs, some abstract, some representational. When fine Chinese porcelains were introduced to the West in the 16th and 17th centuries, Oriental designs became very fashionable. From then on potteries across Western Europe tried to copy the rare Chinese porcelain ware or at least produce an appealing substitute using lesser quality materials. It wasn't until the early 18th century that the secret of producing Chinese quality "hard paste" porcelain was discovered in Germany. Although the Germans tried to keep the formula secret it was long before the porcelain production gradually made its way across Europe and into England. FULL STORY... |
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