Archive for the ‘Collectibles’ Category

An Art Lesson: A Brief History of Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movements

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Art Deco was born in 1925 at the Paris International Exposition and lived and evolved over a quarter of a century. Evoking images of nude nymphs, geometry-centric lines curves and shapes, early chrome and glass and caricatures of greyhound dogs, Art Deco has often been misunderstood.
Within the genre of Deco there were several sub-categories. [...]

How To Sell Your Collectibles and Heirlooms: Valuable and Smart Tips

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

While we may collect things from sports cards to furniture simply for the enjoyment of the hunting and the gathering, most of us collect knowing that there is a chance if needs arose, we could sell that collection. Many a handcrafted Amish built bookcase holds the world’s most prized collectibles. It is a fact that [...]