A picker's vehicle is one of the most important tools he/she has. These have been my "pickermobiles" over the years.Late 1980s - early 1990s (1) late 70s/Early 1980s 4 door Chevette & (2) 1980 … read more

Once and awhile you pick an item that makes your heart skip a beat, a real treasure. This garage sale find was one of those.What was the item? Only a Currier & Ives hand tinted print, titled AMER … read more

Treasures.We all seek them.As they say, treasure is in the eye of the beholder.If you don't see an item as treasure, it is not treasure....at least to you.So, what do you view as treasure?The Holy Gra … read more

The first thing you are probably thinking of by the title of this posting are things like shipwreck artifacts.That is, artifacts salvaged from a what was a tragedy.Frankly, that is an area of collecti … read more

One of the questions on people's minds in the antiques & collectibles biz is what the future holds for the business.It is a business that relies on new blood to come to it, and if the same people … read more