OK, fellow collectors. Pull out your calendars and start marking down summer fun. It’s time to plot out how to visit as many summer flea markets as possible. Markets are listed by opening dates — the earliest ones are listed first, etc.
What’s more fun than winding up a toy vehicle and sending it careening on the living room floor? Generations of kids loved them and so do collectors of old toys. Zoom over to our sales report for the big vintage toy motorcycle show!
A 1913 CASE tractor just plowed through estimates and sold for a record price at an auction house in Illinois. That makes it the most expensive tractor ever sold.
Q: This cranberry glass decanter belonged to my mother or grandmother. The etching of a horse and rider jumping over a fence in a heart-shape surround is on both front and back. Is this of any value?
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