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Showing results 1 - 10 of 14 for the category: Letters & Manuscript Material (Handwritten).
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Collecting Historical Autographs – Basic info (9/25/08)
When collecting autographs, it is better to collect letters and documents and avoid clipped signatures (signatures that were cut from letters or documents). First, there is nothing historical about a clip, and Secondly, it is very hard to properly authenticate a clipped signature. Go for letters and documents and other “larger” items.
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Great Antiques Find: Tea Caddy’s Secret (9/11/08)
You get 10 Worthologists together under one roof with approximately 30 years each of experience, and I guarantee no matter how diverse their areas of specialty, they all have one thing in common: STORIES OF THE GREAT Antiques and Collectibles FIND. Here’s one of mine.
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Brimfield Antiques & Collectibles: An Indentured Servitude Contract (8/31/08)
At Brimfield, WorthPoint’s Tom Carrier finds a unique English document from 1799 for an indentured servant.
Interviewed: Paul Norton from Hartco Trunks in W. Hartford, Conn.
Videographer: Scott J. Shactman
Editor: Sharon Levy
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Immigration, learning from our antiques (7/5/08)
As the founder of WorthPoint, I have been asked countless times what I collect. I think it is a funny question, as I have learned that a collector’s attention span is usually measured in a 5-6 year time span. I am typical in that respect, as, what I collect changes every 5-6 years. The problem is that I keep what I collected, thus, I have many collections that I am not active in.
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