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About Antique Maps
The antique collector has many items he can treasure and appreciate, there are many different antiques and collectables that are uniquely favorites of different collectors niches. One such very special niche is the antique map collectors, a group that is interested not only in the item and its antiquity but also in many other […]
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The Majesty Of Antique World Map Tapestries
We have always tried to make sense of the world around us and it is this drive to understand and document our environment has given rise to one of arts’ least appreciated gems - antique maps and cartography.
Although today we are used to maps as dry, functional things that we occasionally reach for when […]
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Treasure Hunting - Part Two
Treasure hunting begins at home. People regularly find famous old books and valuable antiques in their attics, so get up there and look. One couple tore open their walls while remodeling, and found them insulated with thousands of old and valuable movie posters, put there by a theater owner in the thirties. The couple […]
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The Charm Of An Antique Bracelet
When my grandmother passed away, she bequeathed me her antique amethyst bracelet. This antique bracelet, I later learned, had about as many stories as she had, and that was plenty. Her amethyst bracelet had been in the family for generations, as are the case with many antique bracelets, an heirloom viewed as beyond all […]
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The Value Of Antique Photos
If you have antique photos of your family and forebearers and you will want to take real good care of. Antique photos depicting certain events or people have great value to collectors, but can’t even hold a candle to the sentimental value that families place on photos of their loved ones.
Caring for antique photos […]
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Wind Chimes Soothe The Soul
They can be pretty to look at and soothing to hear, but did you know that that wind chimes also have healing effects? Just listening to the tones of the chimes can help calm your mind and release stress. Calming your mind, the tones of the chimes help to release all that stored up […]
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Find Out The Mystery Surrounding Turquoise
The beauty and history of turquoise is hard to surpass! Seeped with history and mystery it is truly a captivating stone. Turquoise history dates back over 6000 years. Archeological and literary references to the stone predate the Christian era by five millennia. It has been unearthed in tombs from ancient Egypt – specifically the […]
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Antiques - The Modern Day Treasure Hunt
In today’s world, everything that’s old can be described as antiques and generally speaking that’s quite true. A product is considered to be an antique if it is over a hundred years old or is rare enough to have some value. In other words, these are old items that are in limited supply.
An antique […]
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Forged Sports Memorabilia
There is an ever-growing market in sport memorabilia, and sports-related keepsakes include signed commemorative photos, baseballs, footballs, basketballs, pucks and jerseys. A Google listing of corporations hawking these items produces almost five million business sites! A few of the items on offer cost thousands of dollars.
Where there are so many eager and gullible customers, […]
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Antique Silver
The History of Silver
Century’s ago when silversmiths first started working with silver they discovered that it was far too soft to work with and had to be assimilated with other, more resilient, base metals before it could be moulded. It is due to this discovery that from 1300 BC all silver metals had to […]
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