Article and Photos By Tom Cotter I have been intrigued by glass animals since I began collecting glass some 50 years ago. Early on, I limited myself to Cambridge Glass animals, but since then, I have expanded to many different animals from a number of distinct companies. Believe me, this area can be anything from a collector’s paradise to a […]
By Robert Reed In the wide world of sports tennis has been relatively under collected in the past, but it has a winner’s potential in the future. Today tennis “meets all the criteria” of a popular sporting collectible according to author Robert Everitt. Writing in the very comprehensive volume, Racket Sports Collectibles, Everitt notes tennis has the heritage, the players, […]
August 3 Washington Assumes Command of the Continental Army (1775) August 5 Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax (1861) August 7 George Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782) August 10 75th Anniversary of the Department of War, renamed the Department of Defense (1949) August 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the U.S., signs the Social Security Act […]
By Robert Reed Delightful dolls have paid tribute to the real-life people of prominence for more than a century. From war heroes to movie stars and from presidents to quintuplet children those of fame have been further immortalized with a doll in their image. Typically doll makers have sought to capitalize on the popularity of genuine celebrities, and usually that […]
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