Kovels’ May 2019 newsletter features record-setting vintage video games, jewelry by Margaret De Patta, a champion skater’s ice-skating collection, dolls in military uniforms, miniature furniture and Fiesta dinnerware, all with...
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Easter greeting cards were not popular until the late 1890s. Many of the first Easter cards were postcards, often picturing chickens, eggs, rabbits, children, birds, flowers or religious subjects. Most...
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Factory sealed video games are selling for much more than the original retail prices. The industry is shifting to digital games, and old games like this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
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Artist Margaret De Patta is considered a major force in the early 20th-century jewelry movement, creating pieces such as this unique 1945 pin. See photos and learn more about her...
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Have you ever wondered what it was like to be an Olympian? Dick Button lived and breathed ice skating and became a skating art expert after he retired. Recently, his...
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This Hindu soldier doll was one of many uniformed dolls in a recent auction. Collectors were drawn to the authentic details suggesting what life during war was like for soldiers....
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It’s been a good couple of weeks for museums and art lovers worldwide. Two Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002 and recovered in 2016 are back in an Amsterdam museum. And the art...
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Q: My mother gave me a white ironstone pitcher in 1960. She said her mother served her family milk from it when she was a child. My mother was born...
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Q: My demitasse coffee set consists of a pot, 6 cups and saucers, a sugar, and a creamer. The pieces have a white porcelain interior and a sterling silver exterior....
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