This 1860 Baseball Card just brought $179,000 at auction! For the full story Click Here
As the Titanic was sinking, Abraham Lincoln Salomon stuffed the lunch menu into his pocket as he boarded Lifeboat #1. Now, over 100 years later, that menu is expected to fetch over $70,000 at auction. For the whole story, CLICK HERE
We see them everywhere...at Flea Markets, Yard Sales, and by the box full at Church Rummage Sales. Most of the time we don't give them a second look at any price. But did you realize many of these are now worth hundreds of dollars each? They may be worth a second look next time you run across a batch. Here's a great article on some to keep an eye out for. Click Here
It has been both a legend and an enigma. With a $1 Million Dollar Reward offered for finding it, the car finally may be surfacing. Click here for the full story.
When I was growing up my dream was to become a Paleontologist. Sometimes I still wish I had pursued that career path. I was fascinated by Dinosaurs, and the more I learned about them the more questions arose. In the Northwestern section of my home State of Maine, there are fossils everywhere. On fly fishing trips, we would spend the middle of the day - when the sun was high and the fishing was poor - walking the gravel roads that were built by the paper companies, and pick up some amazing fossils. I still have many today. So some of these stories I stumbled upon years ago really caught my interest. Tales of seemingly man-made items being found in rocks or coal dating back millions, or hundreds of millions, of years ....during the Triassic or Jurassic Periods, or in some cases going back even farther. The science community calls these "Ooparts", which stands for "Out Of Place Artifacts". It seems impossible to imagine...."Tin-Hat" stuff. And yet these are not unique or even extremely rare any more. More and more are being found every year, on every continent. Talk about the ultimate collectible! This linked article is one of the better I have come across explaining this phenomenon. I think you will find it interesting. Click Here: Ooparts Article
It turns out that doesn't even hold a candle to many others. How about 690 Miles Long? Yep...there's one coming up that runs from Addison, Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama, and is 690 miles long, It is dubbed the "127 Yard Sale - The World's Longest Yard Sale" , and runs from August 6th through the 9th for 2015. From their website: "The 127 Yard Sale is commonly referred to as “The World's Longest Yard Sale”. That’s because it really is the longest yard sale in the world. To be exact, it’s 690 miles long and the route travels through 6 states; Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The majority of the route follows Highway 127 from Addison, MI in the north to Chattanooga, TN in the south. From Lookout Mountain, GA to Gadsden, AL the route switches to Lookout Mountain Parkway. Both are scenic drives allowing you to appreciate the beautiful countryside of these states all while enjoying the fun and excitement of The World’s Longest Yard Sale." But that title may change next year, as another is boasting it is now well over 800 miles long, running from Baltimore, Maryland to St. Louis, MO. Billed as the "U.S. 40 Yard Sale - National Road Yard Sale" , this year it will run from May 27 to May 31, and actually spans 824 miles. Wow. Yet as they say on TV.....But Wait! There's More! There is another one coming up in May that boast 3,073 Miles Long (errr....that's THREE THOUSAND SEVENTY THREE MILES), running from Ocean City, Maryland to Sacramento, CA, and billed as the "Coast to Coast Sixteenth Annual GREAT U.S. Yard Sale" That sale is from May 15th to May 17th. So...watcha doing in May? Hehehe..... It turns out for 2015 there are DOZENS of Yard Sales that span well over 20 miles in length. Dozens. So how does one find all these? Here's a start...a list of over forty (count;em....forty!) sales throughout the U.S., just click on the link for more information on all of them: The Longest Yard Sales in the U.S. To those of you who have actually done one of these, tell us about it. Was it worth it? Happy Hunting! Welcome to our new experiment, and my first attempt at a regular blog! What we will attempt to try and cover here are current news, events and trends that deal with antique, vintage, and collectible "things", and by that I mean across the board. "Things" can cover a wide area, and although my specialty area is old toys, I love learning and seeing almost anything that is really old and interesting. Most everything like that has a story to tell, if only it could talk.
. One of the things that makes collecting so interesting is it seems no matter what was made - or when - someone, somewhere collects it. And someone else - somewhere - is an expert on it, and can tell us more about it, and even value it. So we're going to try and post some interesting subject matter. Recent news. Trends, The good & the bad. If you can contribute....please do. Have a great day and.....good hunting! |
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