GETTING STARTED IN QUILT MAKING Quilt making is one of the most practical of the needle arts and I think one of the most beautiful. Simply put quilting is just sewing toghether three layers, top, filler...
As an avid doll collector, I have bought "tons" of dolls on eBay. I am amazed at the condition of many of the dolls, Very few dolls are cleaned before being put up for auction and some dolls are downright...
I always suggest that for a low cost start up you should create inventory with things that are already in your home. Everyone has something to sell. Maybe it is the never opened gift from Christmas, the...
The Trixie Belden series is a series of books originally published by the Western Publishing Company under the divisions of Whitman and Golden from 1948 to 1986. More recently, Random House has reprinted...
The purpose of this guide is to educate buyers and sellers about so-called "parian dolls". There is some confusion between parian, china and bisque dolls. This guide, it is hoped, will help you figure out...
1950's The New Basic Readers (The Curriculum Foundation Series) This guide is a reference page for collectors on the Dick and Jane series from the 1950's, known as the The New Basic Readers. Describes each of...
Contray to popular belief..I feel that the golden age of bobblehead doll collecting is now. Vintage bobbles are great and worth some big bucks in nice condition, but they in no way compare to what's on the...
The Judy Bolton series is a series of books published by Grosset and Dunlap from 1932 through 1967. The series consists of 38 titles that were all written by Margaret Sutton. This series is popular with...
I'll admit that collectiing magazines is a labor of love for me, fueled by nostalgia and memories of looking through vintage McCalls and other women's magazines in my grandmother's house, searching for the...
How To Operate A Successful Garage Sale First, set a date and time when you can devote your full time to this sale, for gathering up various articles as well as being able to attend the sale full time.Second,...