Recreating the D-Day Invasion Through Vintage Table-Top Board Games (6/12/12)
The world marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day last week, the day when the Allies began the bold invasion of … More >>

Michelle’s Antique Roadtrip: Cruising and Antiquing in Southeast Iowa (6/8/12)
Last month, my good friend Phyllis and I took a three-day trip to Iowa. I live in the Kansas City … More >>

Avengers Assemble! A Look at Marvel Comics Superhero Collectibles (6/4/12)
One of the most popular films of the year, the epic superhero flick “The Avengers” is shaping up to be … More >>

It’s A Mad Men World—Providing Vintage Howard Johnson Props for the TV Series (6/4/12)
Calling all Mad Men fanatics! What did you get to do last summer? Try not to envy us, but we … More >>

Antique ‘Hair Bottles’ Prove Great-Great-Grandmother had Bad Hair Days, Too (6/1/12)
There are not many of society’s problems that have had as little progress shown as the problem of bad hair. … More >>

Vintage Dark Shadows Games: No PhD in Applied Vampirology Required to Play (5/16/12)
By the numbers, the cult classic, gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows ran for a whopping 1,225 episodes during the … More >>

Celebrity Collector: Fashion Designer Setorii Pond’s Cars & Couture (5/16/12)
When I was a little girl, I rarely played with Barbies. I was all about Matchbox cars, playing with lizards … More >>

Chicago’s Randolph Street Market Offers Something for Everyone (5/15/12)
Sally Schwartz has been a collector her whole life, so it is no surprise that she gravitated to antiques shows … More >>

Digging on Antique Bottles: Start a Collection with Glass Ink Pots (5/8/12)
Many advanced collectors of early American glass bottles will tell you the category they first started collecting was ink bottles. … More >>

Monsters in the Afternoon: Collecting ‘Dark Shadows’ Memorabilia (5/8/12)
Mention the words “soap opera” and many people will think of tales involving attractive, globe-trotting couples, steamy romantic trysts, back-stabbing … More >>