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Antique Lawn Sprinklers

Antique Lawn Sprinklers

At the beginning of the twentieth century, as homes spread outward from the inner city, lawns came into vogue. To keep those green spaces green, all sorts of different lawn sprinklers were developed.Around 1900, as homes were spreading outward from the…

Ready. Aim. Fire!

Ready. Aim. Fire!

Legendary collection of vintage shooting gallery targets takes center stage at Soulis Auctions in September. Early collectors Richard and Valerie Tucker embraced the targets, calling them ‘iron as art.’LONE JACK, Missouri – Ping! Bam! Clang! Those are …

Innovation in The Air

Innovation in The Air

Ideas take flight at The Henry Ford Museum, the brainchild of American industrialist and Michigan native Henry Ford, who founded Ford Motor Company in 1901. Ford started his museum largely based on the idea of learning by doing.DEARBORN, Mich. – It’s a…

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

Ferris State University’s museum shines light on the darkness that surrounds race relations in America, using objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice.The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University in B…

Getting to Know You: Raising a Flag for Vexillologist Tom Carrier

Getting to Know You: Raising a Flag for Vexillologist Tom Carrier

Tom Carrier was one of WorthPoint’s first Worthologists back in the day.

Contributing writer Tom Carrier is proud of his status as one of the first writers hired by WorthPoint® during the year we launched. His varied collecting interests and vast cat…

Auction Features Maritime Theme

Auction Features Maritime Theme

Rafael Osona’s 40th annual August sale offers old Boston, historic Nantucket, marine collections, Americana, fine art and more.The top lot in  the day 1 sale is this Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. (1910-1982) oil on Masonite “Sailor’s Surprise,” a Chinese exp…

Thumbs Up!

Thumbs Up!

Sale of acclaimed illustrator Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s 1943 war-time classic gives birth to a heartwarming story at Heritage Auctions event.DALLAS – It was meant to be Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s final cover for The Saturday Evening Post – the…

Retro Roadside Attractions

Retro Roadside Attractions

Take a nostalgic, sightseeing journey of whimsical architecture across the U.S., featuring photography by John MargoliesThe Big Fish Supper Club in Bena, Minnesota, in the shape of a 65-foot-long muskie, 1980.While driving along American roadways in th…

Daniel Buck Auctions Offers Americana, Art and More Online

Daniel Buck Auctions Offers Americana, Art and More Online

A rare jeweled and sequined mannequin, Levi jackets, and baseball cards are among the top lots.A rare full-size female mannequin covered in jewels and sequins, with butterflies, flowers, wings and leaves, seated in an antique chair, 20th century; estim…

A Toast to Butter Art

A Toast to Butter Art

The original dairy queen, Caroline Shawk Brooks, became the nation’s first butter-sculpting sensation in the late 1800s.Stereograph showing “The Dreaming Iolanthe” by Caroline Shawk Brooks, 1876.Butter sculptures are common attractions at state fairs, …