Cigarettes aren’t so popular now, except as Collectibles Black Smoker by Lambert Sold by Skinner Inc $14,000.00 There is no better time than now to collect Cigarette and Smoking collectibles: All over America people have gotten the hint – smoking ain’t exactly as healthy or as elegant as it once upon a time was – [...]

Once upon a time, just before dinner, a bell was heard…to ring! Antique Sterling and Ivory Dinner Bell by Josef Hoffman Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 – $90,000.00 (Offered by Phillips de Pury & Company Auction Co.) A long time ago, in cottage, house or a mansion, not every one was tied to a time piece to let [...]

Trade Silver Crosses These were objects of adornment traded for fur, which acted as displays of Status, Wealth, and Position Hudson’s Bay Silver Trade Cross Sold by Allard Auctions on March 8, 2008 for $650.00 I am not positioning myself as an expert on Trade Silver here, I only want to inform my readers and [...]

The Beauty of the Female Form Revealed in Porcelain ….Sold by Point Pleasant Galleries for $275.00 …………………….Sold by Tring Market Auctions for $300.00 Reading Auction Wally’s recently I discovered Schaubach Kunst Porcelain Figures. I was impressed to find them so affordable, beautiful and collectible. The Schaubach-Kunst Company Exalted the Feminine Form …Ok, maybe they are [...]