Lingerie Collecting: No Drawers For Your Vintage Drawers
Often when a new collector finds unworn lingerie in a box clearly not its original, they shy away from the purchase, concerned the lingerie is not authentic vintage. While there are unscrupulous...
View ArticleDressing Up The Past: Antique Candy Boxes
Roughly 19 months ago, this vintage papier-mache chocolate gift box was found in the carefully-preserved collection of Swiss chocolatier Frederick Belmont, who founded Bettys Café Tea Rooms in...
View ArticleWhy Do You Collect?
Recently, a North Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) publication, Northside magazine, asked a “few locals” why they collect the things they do. Academic and psychologist Mark McKinley, thinks that...
View ArticleSweet Antique Candy Boxes
Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without the proverbial box of chocolates! These two boxes are pretty examples of sweet antique advertising ephemera. The first box marked “Overhauser’s of...
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