|
Showing results 1 - 10 of 21 for the tag: biography.
|
Christopher Kent: A Man for All Styles (4/21/09)
 Christopher Kent walked into the “Gray Goose,” a Charleston, South Carolina junk shop piled with debris and dust. “There were flea-bitten 1950s armchairs that should have been given a good burial,” Kent said. “It was the sort of place that makes you want to disinfect yourself when you leave, frankly just my sort of place.“
More >>
Rinker bio (11/2/08)
Harry L. Rinker is a principal in Rinker Enterprises, Inc., a firm specializing in providing appraisal, consulting, editorial, educational, media, personal appearance, research and writing services in the antiques and collectibles field. The company’s headquarters is located in the former Vera Cruz (Pa.) elementary school.
More >>
A Bob Hope timeline (10/10/08)
Major events in Bob Hope’s life
1903 – Born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England
1908 – Family moves to Cleveland, Ohio
1915 – Begins busking at a local boardwalk
1920 – Bob Hope becomes a U.S. citizen
1925 – Thanks to silent film star Fatty Arbuckle, is invited to join Hurley’s Jolly Follies
More >>
The Birth of a Collector (9/4/08)
 I was talking with my friend Mike Bockman, a militaria dealer and owner of BBmilitaria.com, when we got on the subject of the Niobrara River that runs across the Northern part of Nebraska. I had canoed this river several times in Boy Scouts and Mike had canoed it with his family when he was young.
More >>
Venini Art Glass (8/26/08)
 The famous Venini glassworks was established in 1921 by Paolo Venini on the island of Murano near Venice.
More >>
|
|
|
