Collecting “Non-Sports Cards”
Such a negative-sounding name for such a positive investment! When I was a child in the 1960s, my English Mother drank Red Rose Tea, which […]
Collecting Uranium Glass—When It’s Really Okay to Glow
I had the day off from work the other day, so of course, the only sensible thing for me to do is to take some […]
Have a Coke and Smile
How finding the right hobbleskirt Coke bottle might just leave you smiling! When a very common-looking “hobbleskirt” Coke bottle sold at auction for $240,000.00 in […]
What Is It and What’s It Worth? 19th-Century American Lightning Rod Insulators
Recently I was out in western Massachusetts, hunting for sites that I could dig for old trash from the 1800s—mostly old bottles and pottery. I […]
Collecting Vintage Bakelite
One of the more fickle collecting categories over the past twenty years has been what has become known as “mid-century” antiques. These were nostalgic collectibles […]
Check Your Old Levi’s Before You Toss Them Out!
Some are becoming valuable in an emerging market On a recent metal-detecting hunt with my brother Jim, he pulled up an interesting old trouser button, […]
Handmade Onionskin German Glass Marbles
…A Rare and Beautiful Investment Last month I found myself waist-deep in ashy dirt, with rusted cans, bottles, and other refuse of the past littered […]
Early New England Redware Pottery–Truly Organic Americana
Two months ago, I was scuba diving for bottles and relics in a Vermont mill-town river. A couple of locals who lived along the river […]
Collecting Celebrity High School Year Books
Now this is a fun collecting category! So, you say you have a 1972 yearbook from West Junior High School in Rochester Hills, Michigan? Well […]
Moxie, Maine, and Americana
The Iconic Soda That May Never Die! For those of you who don’t live in New England, Moxie is a Coca Cola-like beverage dating back […]