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4 min read 2020-11-05 05:16:59

What Is It and What’s It Worth? Business Cards

Business cards serve as a way to keep track of various colleagues and business associates. Did you know that these small pieces of paper can be quite

7 min read 2020-10-21 23:10:47

A 1965 basketball program featuring Wilt Chamberlain. QUESTION: I have a basketball program from the Saturday, January 31, 1965, NBA basketball

5 min read 2020-10-21 21:50:40

Newspapers have been an integral part of society since their inception as a way for the public to learn more about current events going on in the

6 min read 2020-10-03 01:58:55

A nineteenth-century fake with an interesting backstory. QUESTION: When walking into an antique shop, I saw a chromolithography of Abraham Lincoln

4 min read 2020-10-02 21:58:21

THE AWAKENING, “Le Reveil de l’Amour” by Perrault, Paris Salon, 1891.Photo courtesy of Artifacts from the Old Main building of Illinois State

2 min read 2020-09-22 01:58:47

Daniel Hatfield found the letters, addressed to a soldier from New Albany, Indiana, inside a tin he purchased at an auction. Photo: News and

4 min read 2020-09-19 04:25:49

Everyone recognizes the iconic Yogi Bear, but did you know how collectible he is? There are over 30,000 results for him in the Worthopedia® Price

6 min read 2020-09-17 00:23:56

An Italian print of a military parade. QUESTION: My wife’s grandfather, a first-generation Sicilian immigrant, owned a large, framed print of a

5 min read 2020-09-15 01:18:06

Yes, people still buy anything “Elvis.” This Elvis Presley Blvd street sign that was purchased in Memphis, Tenn., recently sold for $16.99. If

5 min read 2020-09-12 02:48:01

A historic moment, but ads fetch more than history sometimes. When we think of advertising, we think of weekly sales flyers that get tossed,

4 min read 2020-09-11 02:38:18

George Cattermole’s illustration for an 1825 curiosity shop depicts a room cluttered with suits of armor, candle sconces, ancient weapons,

4 min read 2020-09-10 23:48:57

If you saved handbills from your youth, lucky you, because some of them may be quite collectible! This lot of 1960s Grateful Dead concert handbills

5 min read 2020-09-01 03:49:07

Try something on your walls that goes beyond what you would typically think of framing. This 1956 Sealtest Ice Cream advertisement would be great in

6 min read 2020-08-22 02:38:37

Do you want something different hanging on your kitchen wall? Frame an old magazine ad like this 1956 Sealtest ice cream advertisement. Not too

5 min read 2020-08-19 03:25:59

Have you ever thought about collecting movie scripts? This lot of vintage movie scripts recently sold for $29.99. Remember the days when we could