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Often described as a more crotchety version of Jolly Old St. Nick, Belsnickel (also spelled Belsnickle, Pelznickel, and several other variants) arrived in America with German immigrants in the early 18th century. According to German […]
Everyone knows that Halloween is more than witches on brooms, wailing ghosts, and black cats. It’s also greeting cards and masks and costumes and candy corn and noise makers and all the decorations that make […]
It may be hard to believe, but the personal mobile phone (aka the cell phone) has been around long enough that early examples are now considered “vintage” and can be highly collectible. Mobile telephone service […]
You don’t have to be a professional carpenter to admire the form and functionality of old woodworking tools. After all, who’s attention at a yard sale hasn’t been captured by the numbered segments of a […]
Across the nation, yard-sale season is in full swing. Led by the Boomer generation (and inspired by Marie Kondo, who has been applying her organizational skills to helping the less tidy), residents everywhere are downsizing […]
Rarity, intrinsically valuable materials, cultural tie-ins, history – there are actually very few factors that promote interest in the collectibility of an item. There is one, however, that has an almost immediate effect, and that […]
No, not that kind. We’re referring to the computer kind. The kind that used to be connected via a cord to the back of the gigantic CPU taking up half your desk. The kind that […]
To those of us who fondly remember family members seated around the kitchen table, eagerly leafing through the newest edition of Sears’ Christmas Wish Book, the recent sad announcement that the once venerable company has […]
What do you do if a black cat crosses the sidewalk in front of you? Why, you pick up the poor thing (actually, it’s safer to use a trap), take it to the vet to […]
The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c. 535 – 475 BC) stated that change was the only constant, and that dictum certainly applies to collectibles. A few – Beanie Babies, fidget spinners – burst upon the […]