NASCAR FANS---LET'S GET THIS GUIDE TO #1...if you stopped by to check this out, even if you don't finish reading it, please take the time to "VOTE" at the bottom... Attending a NASCAR race is a great...
Recent metallurgical testing of seven items labeled as Tibetan Silver indicate that not only do these articles frequently contain no silver whatsoever, but that high levels of lead and other dangerous metals...
Amazonite, Andesine, Moonstone, Oregon Sunstone, Labradorite, Oligoclase, Orthoclase and Sanidine are rare, and often quite valuable, gems from the Feldspar family of minerals. Feldspar itself is extremely...
(ALERT - NEW INFO ADDED - SEE END OF GUIDE BELOW!) As a collector of Candlewick for over 40 years, I would like to share some important advice. Many beginner Imperial Candlewick collectors are fooled by...
Vintage Handkerchiefs Vintage ladies handkerchiefs make a wonderful collectible. They are still quite affordable there are always many listed for sale on Ebay. People often ask me though, What do you do...
I just got took. I should have known. Fake amber is not hard to make. It can be made from heating colored plastic, using copal (not 'mature' amber) or other modern polymers. Amber that looks 'too perfect'...
Indian trade axes during the fur trade era have long been a sparsely written about subject in books and those that are written are often intended to sell books with pictures of them instead of actual...
I am so grateful to all the experienced Antique Glass Collectors for the valuable knowledge they have shared with me over the years about cleaning antique glass and Antique Perfume Bottles. They have saved...
Counted cross stitch might be the simplest form of embroidery because all it needs is for you to know how to read a pattern, count a fabric, thread a needle and make a cross. The biggest question is “Do you...
Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for...
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