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Art Collecting
Top Billionaire Art Collectors Forbes.com: What’s Hot Now Top Billionaire Art Collectors Anthony Haden-Guest “The worlds of art and money have always been intertwined; each basking in the other’s reflected luster. Today’s billionaires are no different from the grand…
Collectable Mobile Phones
A word in your ear … Saturday March 12, 2005 The Guardian Toby Walne reports “The massive fledgling mobile phones of the 80s were objects of fun until recently; now they are sought-after collector’s items which can fetch hundreds of pounds each….
Bronze Age shipwreck
Bronze Age shipwreck loaded with jewellery is found off Devon news.independent.co.uk By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent 09 March 2005 “The site of a Bronze Age shipwreck, loaded with French-made weapons and jewellery, found off the coast of Devon, has been…
Sports Card Treasure
Couple Find Rare Sports Cards in Basement RedNova News – Oddities “FERNDALE, Mich. – A search for a water leak resulted in a rare find for a Michigan couple. Hidden in the basement ceiling of their home, Barbara and Harley Earl found tobacco cards…
Toy Fair What’s Hot
Russ Cohen offers his opinions on what’s hot from the recent Toy Fair… Toy Fair reveals some great sports collectibles (phillyBurbs.com) By RUSS COHEN Bucks County Courier Times March 6, 2005 “Every year the greatest toy manufacturers in the world…
Yei-style Navajo rug
Navajo rug that depicts ceremonial corn dance harvests value 03/05/05 By Khristi Zimmeth / Special to The Detroit News Are antiques good investments? Bonnie Kidd’s Navajo rug proves they can be. The Rochester Hills native purchased the 5-by-7-foot rug at…
Britain’s most obsessive collector
Thousands of books, keyrings, bottles, cartoon characters, comic strips, cake decorations . . . Is Tony Butcher Britain’s most obsessive collector? Telegraph | News | By Roya Nikkhah (Filed: 06/03/2005) “Mr Butcher has been collecting since he was a child,…
Toulouse Lautrec’s Divan Japonais
Mishne Estate Auction Lands $32,200 for Poster World wide bidders compete to acquire historians vast collection. Once again the auction gallery in Wellington Ohio attracts large crowd, hundreds of Internet bidders and record prices. (PRWEB) March 3, 2005 — A…
Fashion as an Investment
How to bank on fashion labels Mar 2 2005 Jane Hall, Western Mail “HERE’S a novel excuse to justify flashing the plastic – the designer dress you have been coveting could turn out to be a wise investment. …But just as some stocks and shares…
