It’s Elementary, My Dear Collector

Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous fictional detective, was first introduced by Arthur Conan Doyle in “A Study in Scarlet,” published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” Holmes pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London, the south of England, and continental Europe, most often with companion Dr. […]

Philco TV

Q: My father gave me this Philco television set in 1970. I’d like to know what it’s worth. A: Philco started in Philadelphia in 1892 as the Spencer Company, a manufacturer of carbon arc lamps. It became Helios Electric Company. In 1906 the company began making electric storage batteries and the name was changed to […]