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more-than-dolls.com

If you love wooden dolls, you will adore http://www.more-than-dolls.com/. The actual CollectOS-Site-of-the-Week is an online shop located in Germany, but shipping ...

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The Chronicles of the Wild West Morgan Silver Dollar at The Franklin Mint

ITEM OF THE MOMENT

1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen

This is the car that started it all! Designed by Karl Benz, it was the first motor vehicle ever ...

BOOK OF THE WEEK

Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2010 Price Guide

Most of us have at least one “old” item that looks like it could be an antique, and most certainly ...


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MOVIES TO WATCH

Antiques Roadshow visits Blackpool Tower

The Antiques Roadshow visits Blackpool with Fiona Bruce. They came to Blackpool Tower ballroom in 2009 and looked at an ...

Antique Black Forest 5 ft Musical Hunter Cuckoo Clock C. 1880-1890

This is a excellent example of a monster carved BF cuckoo clock. For more great clocks in that collection please check ...

Events

“Assets 2010″: ISA celebrates its 30th Birthday with Museum tours and seminars

ISA will host a Conference April 30-May 3 with Museum tours and seminars by noted authorities in the fields of Fine Art, Antiques and Residential Contents and Gems & Jewelry
(Toronto, Canada) The International Society of Appraisers will celebrate its thirtieth birthday with an in depth three pronged Conference in Toronto on April 30-May 3. The […]

Auctions

A 9.8 graded Chalmers Catawba bottle realizes $19,600

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A Chalmers Catawba wine bitters bottle graded 9.8 for condition and considered one of the top five western bitters known, sold for $ 19,600 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Jan. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). The bottle was the top lot in a sale that saw around 325 […]

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The worlds most expensive cars

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Household and Kitchen

Vintage Red and White Tin Kitchen Collectibles: Post War Favorites

Kitchens Changed in the 1940s Into Family Gathering Places
If you visit my shop “Kitsch N Stuff” you will see that I am very fond of red kitchen collectibles. I love color combinations of red and white, red and yellow, red and green, red and black… colors associated with the postwar kitchen of the 1940s and […]

Antiques

Staffordshire Figurines in the mid 1800s

Mantelpieces decorated with ceramic figurines were a mainstay of the English middle class during Queen Victorias reign in the mid 1800s. The potters of Staffordshire made painted and glazed pottery sheep dogs, exotic animals and other figurines which are still being collected today. Worthologist Audra Blevins spoke with Lisa Vickers of V and V Antiques […]

Toys

German military figures ruled in Old Toy Soldier Auctions’ Winter Sale

PITTSBURGH – Collectors of antique toy soldiers and figures have long known that good things come in small packages, and that ever-growing legion of enthusiasts helped push the total for Old Toy Soldier’s Nov. 21 auction to $193,000 – the company’s highest sale total to date. Leading the charge in the 644-lot sale was an […]

Vintage Advertising

Using Funky Old Candy Racks As Fixtures in Antique Shops

Old candy and bakery racks make great colorful displays in all types of stores, especially in an antique shop. While many antique dealers are accustomed to buying or acquiring used glass showcases and shelving from other dealers, here is another option which may liven up your dealer space. Look for funky metal advertising racks to […]

Arts

Whimsical Art by Kevin George

hi to the folks at collectos.com
im a designer - illustrator - and storyteller in pictures
looking for places to place my work
I do whimsical art ( originals and prints) that are family and children friendly. and whimsical home decore
one site below, will give a good idea of my work.
The designs and art works can be presented […]

Business

The World’s Most Famous Stamp Shop Undergoes Refurbishment

399 Strand, the home of stamp and collectibles dealers Stanley Gibbons, is undergoing a complete refurbishment of its world famous shop in time for the London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition being held in May.
Work started on 4th February to expand the retail area with better, clearer displays, dedicated seating for stamp viewing and interactive information […]

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