Bring Bottles, Antiques, Advertising and Collectibles, and the buyers and collectors will come. Besides digging for that elusive rare or scarce bottle in a now deserted once flourishing mining town, or for any bottle, I have always looked forward to attending various bottle shows sponsored and organized by individual Bottle Clubs. One of my favorites is the Phoenix Antiques Bottles & Collectibles Club’s show, held this year on Feb. 23-24 at the North Phoenix Baptist Church. I have never been disappointed and this year was no different.  This was the club’s 41st annual show and as usua ..read more

Carol and Cindy met for breakfast one morning in July, 2021. We were chatting about the frustrations of following the rules of other consignment shops in our area. We looked at each other jokingly and said "we can do it better, we should open a shop of our own"..... About 2 months later, we opened Norry Treasures October 1, 2021. https://www.norrytreasures.com/ 246 Duke St Northumberland PA 17857 570-452-0495 norrytreasures@yahoo.com ..read more

Though most of us do not wear them, many can identify a sombrero, a fez, an Aussie bush hat, a Tam O’Shanter, a Glengarry, the Alpine Tyrolean hat, the Russian fur ushanka, a Greek fisherman’s hat, the conical straw Asian hat, the kippah, the kufi, bowler, top hat and beret. Headwear is not only visually entrenched in our society; hats contribute to our verbal communication in descriptive and comparative ways. Most, if not all, of us will understand the many idioms and expressions derived from hats. Recently, I was invited to curate and lecture on a hat exhibit at a local museum, and I eagerly ..read more

There’s no doubt about it: Steve Jobs remains the “Apple” of the tech collector’s eye. That was made clear once again during a recent sale by Boston-based RR Auction titled “Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution." First, a Steve Jobs autographed 1983 business card with the rainbow version of Apple’s byte logo, sold for $181,183, crushing its modest $10,000 estimate during the March 21 event. And then a Wells Fargo check from 1976 to Elmar Electronics predates Apple’s official founding and likely funded Apple-1 prototypes, went for $176,850, more than triple its estimate. Steve Jobs sig ..read more

Though most of us do not wear them, many can identify a sombrero, a fez, an Aussie bush hat, a Tam O’Shanter, a Glengarry, the Alpine Tyrolean hat, the Russian fur ushanka, a Greek fisherman’s hat, the conical straw Asian hat, the kippah, the kufi, bowler, top hat and beret. Headwear is not only visually entrenched in our society; hats contribute to our verbal communication in descriptive and comparative ways. Most, if not all, of us will understand the many idioms and expressions derived from hats. Recently, I was invited to curate and lecture on a hat exhibit at a local museum, and I eagerly ..read more

BRIMFIELD, Mass. — A new world auction record was set for a vintage beer can with the $51,500 ($62,830 with buyer’s premium) final bid for a Perone Beer quart cone top can at Morean Auctions in late February. Perone Beer can from Otto Erlanger Brewing Co. of Philadelphia sold for $51,500. Courtesy Morean Auctions Described as the only known example, the can jumped from a $25 start to $37,000 and kept heading skyward. Perone was a brand of Otto Erlanger Brewing Co. of Philadelphia, and the can dated to the 1940s, when the cone top format was dominant. Auctioneer Dan Morean described it as “a Gr ..read more

Kramer of New York is one of those names dealers run across pretty frequently when sourcing costume jewelry. That usually means a company saw a good amount of success back when the jewelry was newly made. Nevertheless, it’s not a brand most fervent collectors get overly excited about. It might be on the uptick, though, since I’ve noticed pieces lingering in online shops being snatched up these days indicating a growing base of fans out there in jewelry land. My personal opinion of Kramer jewelry? It’s always been pretty high. Some of the lines this company marketed in the 1950s are over-the-to ..read more

If an inanimate antique could actually be capable of looking at you disapprovingly, even mockingly, it would be a Martin Brothers Wally Bird. Wally Birds were the creation of Martin Brothers, a pottery firm operated by brothers Robert, Walter, Charles and Edwin Martin. They produced a distinctive type of stoneware pottery from the 1870s through 1914, when their pottery closed; a little work was also produced through 1923, when the last brother, Robert, died. This "disapproving" Martin Brothers tobacco jar sold at Rago Auctions for $56,250. Courtesy Rago Auctions Each of the four brothers ..read more

We stock a selection of quality mid century, industrial and vintage furniture, lighting and home accessories. We're passionate about sourcing original mid century pieces for your home - they’re given a new lease of life whilst maintaining character and warmth. I offer a national delivery service throughout the United Kingdom but can also arrange shipping to most of Europe. hello@andvntg.com https://www.andvntg.com ..read more

Before we were Country Roads, we were Battered Barn Antiques, a small shop opened in 1992 on N. Glassell. We quickly outgrew that space, and the availability of the space on the corner of Chapman and Olive provided us with a chance to grow, and from that Country Roads was born. Web site: https://countryroadsantiques.com/ EMail: countryroadsorange@gmail.com ..read more