Unique silver flatware serving pieces meant to serve specific foods have been made since Victorian times. Make the meal even more special with some of these pieces.
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Enjoy a special gift from the Kovels — free printable vintage-style place cards for your Thanksgiving table. There are six different festive designs on one sheet. Just download, print, cut, add the...
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Be the first to guess what the pictured item is by leaving a comment below. If you have your own whatsit, our editors can include it in a future post....
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Some collectors focus on specific brands or types of collectibles. Jeanne Cherry collected all things related to tennis from signed rackets and tins of tennis balls to this molded copper...
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Advertising does more than sell products. It captures a moment in time. Collectors like bright colors, catchy slogans and mint condition. This 1960's Pabst Blue Ribbon thermometer is 18 inches...
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Sometimes called rainbow glass, carnival glass plates and bowls recently captured the attention of collectors. They are looking for useful and decorative pieces inspired by the blown glass of Tiffany...
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Handmade jewelry from the American southwest continues to be popular. Collectors look for unique pieces by known artists like this 1970s Zuni bolo tie made by Leonard and Andrea Lonjose....
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A Russian passenger, Sinai Kantor, drowned on the Titanic’s fatal journey. His body was recovered eight days later, embalmed, identified, and then buried in New York. His wife survived the...
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Q: I’d like to know something about this World War I medal that belonged to my grandfather. It has a figure of a woman with big wings, holding a palm...
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Q: I found this broken plate in the backyard at Mum’s in Australia. It was in a rubbish pit of the previous 19th-century house that had bottles buried in 1900-1910....
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