This lead is a bit on the breakable side...Glassware...But not just any glassware.... Champagne glasses belonging to Napoleon.No nothing to do with Napoleon Dynamite.... These belonged to Napoleon B … 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 a& Ives hand tinted print, … read more

We covered Arsenic and wallpaper already, but another source of Arsenic you may come across is in old books.Potentially, the green colouration of some of those early books could well be Arsenic based. … read more

In the early 1990s, I was picking one summer afternoon, driving east of Winnipeg, and ended up in the northern Ontario town of Kenora.I ended up walking into the local hardware store, which still reta … read more

I know, the title sounds like it would be appropriate for a Halloween blog, doesn't it?I realize I do mention and even harp on keeping safe when picking far more than most picking related blogs. I do … read more