Military Collectors at Attention

Morphy Auctions’ recent three-day Firearms and Militaria auction surpassed expectations and generated nearly $7 million in sales, proving that collectors still feel patriotic about military items and history. Militaria collectibles are prized artifacts for history buffs and collectors with an affinity for one or more military branches. Morphy’s offered a wide variety of items, including […]

A Flagg Worth Honoring

Dear Lee, For many, July is the best month of the year. The first full month of summer gets off to a bang, thanks in large part to Fourth of July celebrations. Honoring our independence is a grand time to wave the flag. And while we’re at it, this July just might be the perfect […]

World War II Teapot

Q: This teapot was part of my aunt’s estate. It’s black with raised blue and pink dots, gold lettering and trim, and is 5 1/2 inches high. It says “For U.S.A. Britain and Democracy” on the lid. There is a looped rope mark on the bottom and the words “World War II, Made in England, […]

World War II Code Machine Found at the Bottom of Baltic Sea 

In a week marking the 79th anniversary of the bombing at Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II, one of the war’s most significant items was found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. One of the legendary code machines called Enigma, used by Nazis in World War II to code […]

Toy Cars

The toy auto of the 1920s and 1930s is an important vestige of childhood and a collector’s treasure. Collectors distinguish between cars made before 1940 and cars made after World War II. Metal toy cars were not manufactured in the United States from mid-1942 to late 1945 because of the war. Many of the bronze […]

Lighting Mid-1920s to the 1960s

From about 1925 through much of the 1930s, art deco designers created lamps that softened the light cast by electric bulbs. They replaced colored-glass shades with frosted, opaque, and smoked glass and designed uplights, indirect lighting with bulbs that shone upward. Stained glass went out of favor, and bronze, painted metal, alabaster, marble, lacquer, chrome, […]

How to Buy or Sell — Firearms, Knives and Military Memorabilia

Collectors of military memorabilia search for everything from toy soldiers to working guns. Many of these souvenirs are dangerous, and any gun, hand grenade, or other military object that might hold explosives should be checked by local police or other experts. If you have children in a home with military memorabilia, be sure the guns […]