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Depression Glass: What is Moroccan Amethyst?
From the Archives, Sept. 2008 By Les Stewart I struggled with the name for this article. I wanted to call it “When is Moroccan Amethyst really Moroccan Amethyst?” That is because collecting Moroccan Amethyst can be quite frustrating. Amethyst means purple in color, but, not all purple glass is Moroccan Amethyst. A lot of the glass listed for sale on […]
Great Book for Schuco Toy Collectors
By Bill Siuru I can spend hours in toy stores in Germany. They are always filled with toys that are meant to last a lifetime, not the TV-hyped toys found in Toy’s R Us that are often broken and discarded after a few hours of play. Pick up a highly crafted car, truck, construction equipment or aircraft and you are […]
Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair: Organization Announces Venue Change to Colorado Springs for 2021
Collectors and Bibliophiles Look Forward to an In-Person Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair this Summer in Colorado Springs Following a Covid-19 pandemic year that featured a move to online, virtual book fairs, the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA) is pleased to announce it will hold an in-person event this summer. The 36th edition of the deep-rooted and well-respected […]
What Is It? June 2021
William McLaren of Anchorage, Alaska correctly identified the June’s What Is It pictured to the left. He tells us it is “a German-made, 1950’s Schuco Elektro Ingenico 5311 battery-operated, remote-controlled, tin maroon sedan with chrome accents. The sedan was modeled from the Buick V-8 of that period. Schuco began in Nuremberg, Germany in 1912, as Schreyer & Co. In 1921 […]
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