Sterling, Silverplate, or Pewter?
When I was a young guy, I worked part-time as a “runner” for various auctioneers. I was just learning about some of the more classic […]
Pass Me Your Beer Can!
“Hey Bartender, pass me your best IRPT Instructional!” “Ok, that’ll be $17,000!” Antique beer and ale cans from the 1930s and 40s especially can be […]
Some Tips of the Trade for Cleaning “Dug” Bottles, “Found” Coins, and Iron Relics
Cleaning “Dug” Bottles The first question asked by a person new to digging is “How do I clean my bottles?” More specifically, the question really […]
Yes, “Vintage” Computers and Video Games Are Where the “Young” Money is!
“A pair of millennials with baseball caps on backward, whizzed by my antiques booth at Brimfield, at a jogging pace. I knew just what they […]
Antique Bottle Stoppers – “You Complete Me”
…How matching an early bottle with the correct stopper can double its value! As if collecting old bottles isn’t nerdy enough, I also have a […]
The Miracle of Flight – Worth Celebrating and Commemorating
Last week, I brought my friend Ben out to a lake about an hour north of Boston for his inaugural scuba diving adventure to search […]
Antique Canning Jars from the Pantries of Yesterday
As a bottle digger, digging old trash dumps here in New England since the 1970s, I can still remember as a boy digging my first […]
Antique Cast Iron Toys and Banks
When I was a boy in the 1970s, I was in the early stages of my current addiction, which is digging in search of old […]
Campanology – The Study of Bells
There is plenty to learn before you invest in an antique bell! When I used to think of “collecting antique bells,” I was pretty much […]
Tragedy in Paris: The Fire at Notre Dame and Why Things are “Valuable”
The cynics out there say “everything has a price.” Well to those folks, I say sorry you’re wrong. There is much in the world to […]