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 […]
True “hunters” like myself are “wired’ to locate hidden treasures everywhere and anywhere. Last week, my “radar” landed me at The Sandwich Antiques Center (Sandwich, Mass.) This Multi-dealer Antique Mall is located off Route 6A on Cape Cod, an upscale area of Sandwich packed with quaint art galleries, boutiques. antique shops and eateries.
Parked across the […]
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 […]
Starting in the 1940’s the bathroom gained as much importance as the kitchen. The colorful era began interest in coordinated kitchen and bath accessories .
Home magazines dedicated many pages to improving living spaces with color, wallpaper and patterned decor. Many of the companies that made tin kitchen canisters and range sets also produced colorful bathroom […]
Saying Good Bye to Plastic Storage Containers
I took a giant leap forward a few days ago, I emptied my pantry of all the inexpensive plastic storage containers that have been “growing” in there for years. When these lightweight adorable containers first came out, I was hooked, adding more and more sizes and shapes to my […]
In my antique shop Kitsch n Stuff at The Collinsville Antiques Company, I am known for my colorful displays of housewares and kitchen collectibles from the 1940s and 1950s. Whenever I am in a particularly creative mood, I am apt to completely pull apart my shop. But in the matter of a few hours, I […]
Proliferation of outdoor advertising billboards through Chicago and the methods of analyzing potential advertising sites. This part explains the strategy behind the placement of outdoor media. Overview about billboards in “upper middle class neighborhoods and higher density neighborhoods” this shill tells why and how to advertise on billboards, and gives us lots and lots of […]
A rare set of 50 collectible cigarette cards depicting native indian chiefs. Manufacturer: British American Tobacco, Series Title: Indian Chiefs, Year Of Issue: 1930, Card Size: normal, Complete Set: yes, Number of Cards Offered: 50 cards Condition: very good - excellent, 2 good, 2 fair
Comment: Includes Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Chief Joseph, Red Cloud, Black Hawk […]
M&M Guys Rare Toys Collectibles Radios and Clocks from the M and M Guys Collection of Mike Mozart World Famous Product Designer from JeepersMedia. Michael Mozart has one of the world’s LARGEST collections of Toys and is Sharing them in His You Tube Videos on Jeepers Media on His You Tube Channel. Red, Yellow, Green […]
Our Book of the Week is “Warman’s Depression Glass: Identification and Value Guide ” by Ellen T. Schroy. Once regarded as an inexpensive give-away, Depression glass is steadily gaining in popularity and value. Ellen T. Schroy, veteran antiques author, updates and expands this brand new edition to include thousands of current market prices for many different […]
