Prints, photographs, and all sorts of small paper ephemera, including baseball cards, postcards, and labels, became important to collectors in the twentieth century. Printed pictures, often drawings, were published to illustrate news stories in the nineteenth century. Lithographs, woodblocks, even…
The unusual, modernist fifties jewelry was not the only choice available for someone who wanted silver jewelry. A very different look was available in jewelry made by American Indians, Mexicans, or Danes. Photo: Doyle New York Photo: Skinner Engraved…
If you look up the definition of "folk art," you'll run into confusion. That's because the term's meaning has changed since the 1920s, when it gained widespread use thanks to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948). She was a collector of crude…
A cigar store Indian that had been in the family basement since the 1960s gave the owner an unexpected legacy. The Indian, in fine unrestored condition, was sold by Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas for an amazing $203,150. The Indian…
Tobacco is still a popular collecting area even though there are fewer people smoking cigarettes. Anything that has a picture of tobacco or things that are related to tobacco, such as full, unopened packs of old brands of cigarettes or…
There is an ongoing argument among experts over what is folk art. For the purposes of this website, folk art is whatever is called folk art by some experts. It may have been made in the eighteenth, nineteenth, or twentieth…
One of our most popular features is “What’s It Wednesdays,” were we post pictures of unusual objects and ask readers to tell us “what is it”! Honestly, sometimes even WE are stumped, as evidenced by these top five, most-talked-about #whatsitwednesday…
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