Ice Cream Parlor & Soda Shop Antiques (4/24/08)
As a young kid, I remember going to the Olde Soda Shop in Lewisport Kentucky with my Uncle Jim. He was my father’s youngest brother, yet only four years older than me. The town of Lewisport had a population of about 500 back then, and everyone, including the adults, seemed to congregate at this shop on the weekends. More >>

M. PURKISS BOWL (4/24/08)
I HAVE OBTAINED AN M. PURKISS BOWL – THE BOWL IS SIGNED ON THE BOTTOM AND THERE IS A LITTLE STICKER THAT SAYS NO DUPLICATES – THE BOWL IS NUMBERED – I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS BOWL HAS ANY VALUE. More >>

Time to Sell Ungraded Silver Coin (4/23/08)
This week, when I took my son, Joshua, to a coin store to look around, I couldn’t believe my eyes. There must have been six or eight employees working behind the counter plus twenty-five or thirty customers. I asked to speak to the manager. I really wanted to know what all these people were doing here. He told me they were all either buying for their collection or selling their silver or gold. More >>

Symbols and Flags of Earth Day (4/22/08)
To paraphrase a famous Clinton-era campaign slogan, “It’s the Environment, Stupid.” That could have been the basis for Earth Day as conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1969. Originally created as a teach-in about environmental problems facing Earth, it grew into the basis for the worldwide environmental movement. More >>

Top 10 Golden-Age Comics of 2008 (4/22/08)
For 38 years the Overstreet Comic Book price guide has been the standard price guide of the comic book back issue market. More >>

This Week In Geek 4/16 (4/22/08)
Welcome back to This Week in Geek, your weekly guide to the wilds of a new comic day and where I try to give you a little insight into what nerds, like myself, are reading and collecting. More >>

The Comic Speculator: Simonson’s Thor (4/22/08)
Last Sunday was perfect. The weather was beautiful and so my niece, my two dogs and myself were on our way to the dog park when I received a phone call. More >>

German World War One Pilot’s helmet (4/22/08)
During the First World War flight was in it’s infancy. Many people had only read about airplanes and the many new inventions relating to flight. New aviation inventions were develped by Germany, France Great Briton, Italy, Austria-Hungary Russia and the U.S. Airplanes at the begining of the war were used mainly for reconnaissance of the enemies supply lines and trench forifications. More >>

Antique Silver Napkin Rings – Beauty and Value (4/22/08)
Do you know a single napkin ring can bring up to $5,000? But be careful, because there are reproductions. Napkin Rings were fashionable from about 1860 to 1900, and no formal table would have been set without them. Where did the days of the formal table go, now that we are in the disposable age where everything goes into the trash as soon as the meal is completed? More >>

Derbybilia – Kentucky Derby Collectibles (4/21/08)
Where else in the world do children get out of school the day before a horse race? Only in Louisville, so far as we know. More >>