Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Huge treasure trove of 1959 Armour Hot Dog Premium Coins featuring Major League Baseball Stars and Hall of Famers.

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Last week I bought some old games at a garage sale. One of them was Michigan Rummy, also called Tripoly. Besides the board that spreads out...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

North Central Wisconsin barn find. 1951 homemade midget race car with a 45cc Indian Scout motorcycle engine.

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Beautiful vintage Midwest built race car. Raced frequently in and around central and north central Wisconsin in the 1950's. It was foun...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Eye Candy: 17th century Ethiopian manuscript: The Miracles of Archangel Michael.

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A selection of folios from an illuminated manuscript of 17th century Ethiopia, produced during the cultural boom, especially in painting,...

SOLD. Update on post from January 7, 2015. The vintage Unitron BU-17 Versemet Metallographic microscope is going home with a collector to Kirkwood, Missouri.

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If you would like to learn more about this awesome, 1960's scientific instrument you can refer to my original post here .

Neat collection of miniature toy tools. Hammers, rakes, shovels, calipers, squares,drills, nail pullers, wire cutters, wrenches, clamps, saws, a flashlight and pick axes. Some are marked Marx. Some were made in the USA, some in Japan and Germany.

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Available for purchase individually here
Friday, May 15, 2015

Rare and early craftsman-made mustache curling iron. Mustache irons are pretty rare but look and the form and construction of this wood, iron and brass one from the 1880's. Oak handle, wheat-straw decoration on thumb piece and original surface.

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This diminutive piece of tonsorial engineering is available for purchase here

From the "Heres a Museum You Have Never Been To" Department: The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, Maryland. Divided by Conflict, United by Compassion. The ugly reality of the cost of freedom combined with good that has been gained from this four year long, living laboratory of trauma. 1861-1865.

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From the museum website :  Our main museum, located in historic downtown Frederick, Maryland, contains five galleries, over 1200 artifa...