By Robert Reed  One of major league baseball’s grandest events, the All Star game, had been generating treasured memorabilia since the early 1930s.  Today fans of what has long been billed as “the Mid Summer Classic” still cheer for programs, photographs, ticket stubs, pennants and whatever else has endured the decades.  Comiskey Park in Chicago was the site of the […]

By Beatrice S. Levin  We know that apples have a long history because the lovely Song of Song includes the lines: “I raised thee up under the apple tree; Where thy mother brought thee forth…”  In ancient tradition, the apple was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. In classical mythology the apple was sacred.  There are countless varieties […]

By Robert Reed  In England they were long case clocks, and in America they were tall case clocks.  By any name, even the sentimental 19th century term grandfather clock, they were a majestic structure which towered over the rest of the household’s furnishings.  Their from-the-ground-up existence began in the latter 17th century in parts of Europe. By most accounts they […]

By Barry Krause  Love tokens are circulating coins that have been smoothed off, usually on one side, and then engraved with initials, names, dates, quotations or other artwork to be given as personal gifts to express affection.  The fad for love tokens in America began after the Civil War and continued until the early 20th century. Most love tokens were […]