By Anne Gilbert    My recent scrolling of current auction pricing revealed that Korean antiques, from furniture to porcelain, are getting pricier as more items come to market. This led to further research that showed that there are hundreds of antiques markets thriving in South Korea with buyers from around the world. For the last few years Christies has been auctioning […]

By Carol Mobley    Some postcards just catch your eye. The colors are bright, the subjects are interesting and they are whimsical. The postcards I am thinking of are created by Alfred Mainzer and depict primarily cats and dogs dressed as humans doing human activities. The images are usually of some activity with a score of other things happening in the […]

By Robert Reed    Toys have come and gone over the decades just as have the children that once delighted with. However some toys, both famous and not so famous, remain a delightful and enduring part of history.    They may have been as memorable as Arcade’s fleet of 20th century toy vehicles or as obscure as Britain’s moving picture toy Zeotrope […]

By Paula Svincek    The age-old German tradition of hiding a pickle ornament has been carried on for several years by merchants and businesses in the city of Florence. There are several variations of the Pickle story. Parents hide a pickle ornament in the boughs of the Christmas tree and on Christmas morning, the children must find it before the gifts […]