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| Ashtray collectors are not blowing smoke! |
| Remember Mad Men? If you were a fan of that series, which meticulously recreated American life in the early 1960s, after awhile you noticed something: nearly everyone on Mad Men smoked. A lot. It’s something you don’t see much anymore, in the movies or on TV, unless in a true-to-the-times flashback. If someone’s smoking in a story set in the present-day, chances are the character is either a villain or an eccentric. And, all that onscreen smoke is actually a smokescreen: herbals, or other non-tobacco, non-addictive alternatives are used to create the necessary illusion. |
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| Taking a chance on setting up as a vendor at Retropalooza |
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| Streetscape painted the town with $20,000 bid at World Auction Gallery |
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| Dwyer bitter’s bottle collection will highlight ABA auction |
| SACRAMENTO, Calif. – American Bottle Auctions will present Part 1 of the Don Dwyer collection of bitters and soda bottles in online auction #70, starting Feb. 26 and ending on March 7. Part 2 will be announced in the coming weeks. Part 1 will contain about 250 bottles, nearly all from the Dwyer collection but to include an assortment of related go-withs. |
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| Everything you need to decorate the home at Pook & Pook |
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| Holy utility belt Batman: $16,940 paid for iconic toy |
| LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A Batman utility belt set a record recently when Van Eaton Galleries hosted a sale of pop culture items. The most sought after of all 1960s Batman collectibles, the rare Official Batman Utility Belt manufactured by Ideal (1966) sold for a record $16,940. Van Eaton Galleries says this is the highest price ever paid for a vintage Batman toy. |
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| Value of jigsawed artwork not puzzling to collectors |
| Chances are good that many Americans spent an hour or two at the dining room table this winter, putting the pieces to a jigsaw together. Chances are also good that most don’t know there’s money to be made from certain scrambled pieces of cardboard or plywood. |
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| Value of sheet music rests in cross-over collecting appeal |
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| Museum looks at how every day objects have changed through the years |
| MILDFORD, Del. (AP) -- Local history buffs looking for something fresh to do can check out the new “Then and Now” exhibit at the Milford Museum.
Director Claudia Leister has gathered dozens of objects owned by Milford residents to show how consumer goods, most of which are from the 20th century, have changed over time. |
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| Women were voting prior to the 19th Amendment |
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