In the age of the Internet and powerful mobile devices, researching antique stores near you has become much easier. Websites like fleamapket.com have revolutionized the way we find antique stores. These directories are designed to help you find the best vintage stores, antique shows, malls and...
Click here tofollow me to Malacca, Malaysia, in May 2002. Text & Photo © Jan-Erik Nilsson. What I found was a beautiful Island, fairly modern and very friendly, and a local Terracotta Pottery and Kiln, still very much functioning, putting out large terracotta Jardinières for flowers ...
In this case, the assigned grade was AU-55. AU is shorthand for About Uncirculated. This is considered a higher grade among coin collectors – the last stop before encountering the highest tier of grades (Uncirculated pieces). According to PCGS, a coin in this condition shows “slight wear ...
What this experience really underscored for me was just how difficult it has become to find investment grade vintage karat gold jewelry below the $500 price point in 2023. This troubling antique jewelry trend is a dramatic departure from the situation just a few years ago, when fine vintage ma...
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Unlike what is offered at the current crop of most antique shows and in most "antique" malls or shops these days, where the new definition of 20 years old is now deemed to be an antique, we still hold to the definition of an antique as being something close to 100 years old or more...
This drawing (below) is typical of the detailed sketches in Thorn’s album – a loose page inserted into the bound volume – it shows 16th and 17th century ‘Bellarmine’ jugs, a ‘Curious Bason [sic] plate (old Earthen Ware painted Yellow & B [brown/black?] ornam[ent]’, ...
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That water shows what was hidden on the surface! Once I had them clean, I swapped out my water for clean water and wiped them down once more. Stain blocking primer To prevent any potential bleed through from the tannins on this older wood, I applied one coat ofBOSS in clear: ...
Card shows minor wear, stain on bottom backside. blister is mint. 12.002000 Jason Keller EXCEDRIN #57 NASCAR. Promotional premium issued with bottle of Excedrin. backside of box has his photo and stats from 1991 thru 1999. never removed from box. mint in window display box. 6.50...