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The difference between antique, vintage, and collectible item.

September 13, 2008 20 Comments

Read our more comprehensive guide to what makes something antique, collectible or vintage here. There has been a debate over what an antique is for years. Some say an Antique is: An object of considerable age valued for its aesthetic or historical significance. In the antiques trade, the term refers to objects more than 100 years old. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Collectibles, Vintage Tagged With: Antique, by Korin Iverson, Collectibles

Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina the 8th Wonder of the world

September 11, 2008 Leave a Comment

Hupfeld's 'violin player' was one of the marvels at the World's Exhibition of 1910 in Brussels. The Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina was made in Germany by Ludwig Hupfeld. Hupfeld was the world's leading manufacturer of automatic pianos and orchestrions, 1892-1930. They also made rolls circa 1934. Founded in 1892 when Ludwig Hupfeld took over J.M Grob & CO. ultimately employed over 2500 people in several factories, the largest including about 1 million square feet of floor space. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Mechanical Music Tagged With: Antique, Antique piano, by Korin Iverson, Mechanical music

The Victrola XVIII the Top-of the line in Phonographs

August 29, 2008 2 Comments

In the ten years since the introduction of the Victrola , the company executives has noted with delight the gradual shift in public preference towards the more expensive offerings in their product line. Since the demise of the Victrola XX in 1909, the Victrola XVI, which sold for $200.00 (except for the special order instruments), was the top-of-the-line. In June of 1915 Victor recognized the apparent demand for expensive phonographs by introducing the Victrola XVIII. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Mechanical Music Tagged With: Antique, by Korin Iverson, Phonograph, Victor phonograph

The Regina Music Box a Timeless Icon

August 17, 2008 Leave a Comment

To people around the world Regina is synonymous with the term music box. With 80% to 90% of the American market for disc-type music boxes. Regina enjoyed the golden age of the disc instruments-an era which for Regina lasted from about 1894 to World War I although instruments were shipped as late as 1921. There are various Regina automatic musical instruments. I will cover just a few types of Regina music boxes in this article. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Mechanical Music Tagged With: Antique, by Korin Iverson, Mechanical music

Fiestaware Modest Product Turned Into a Sought After Collectible

August 15, 2008 Leave a Comment

Homer Laughlin introduced Fiestaware in January 1936 at the Pottery and Glass Show in Pittsburgh. By the 1940s, 2,500 workers were cranking out 30 million pieces a year. The streamlined, modernistic dinnerware initially came in five colors: red, dark blue, yellow, light green and ivory. Colors changed like the leaves in fall. Turquoise was added in 1937. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collectibles, Glassware Tagged With: Collectibles, Glassware

Pewter: The Poor Man’s Silver

August 15, 2008 1 Comment

In 1635, Richard Graves opened the first recorded American pewter store in Salem, Mass. He supplied the homes, taverns, and churches in the colonies with ladles, mugs, plates, bowls and spoons. Clergymen offered communion from his pewter chalices. Housewives served stew in his containers, and taverns sold beer in his tankards. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Silver Tagged With: Antique, Collectibles, Silver

Yale wonder clock in a class by itself

August 15, 2008 Leave a Comment

The Yale Wonder Clock is rare. Talk about gimmicks and options. This unusual oak clock is about 7 feet tall. It’s a marriage of clock, music box, coin collecting, and arcade machine. When you insert a nickel-size, stamped aluminum coin lights flash, music plays, and a token drops into a reward cup potentially worth 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, or 25¢. While all this is happening within the case, three numbered tiny reels spin, generating a random number between 000 and 999. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Timepieces Tagged With: Antique, Clock, Mechanical music, Timepieces

Hunt for old bottles and flasks digging up great returns

August 15, 2008 Leave a Comment

Some of the most desirable bottles were made between 1810 and 1910. Before 1810, few bottles were produced in this country. After 1910, most were machine made. The bottle-making world experienced a revolution in 1903 when the automatic bottle-machine appeared. Within 10-years, the glassblower’s touch became a thing of the past in glass houses. The artistry also disappeared, and that’s why later bottles are of less significance to collectors now (unless they have unusual characteristics like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Glassware Tagged With: Antique, Collectibles, Glassware

Time Marches on with old clocks

August 15, 2008 Leave a Comment

Trying to figure out who invented the mechanical clock is like trying to decide who invented the bicycle. There are many possibilities but no one really knows for sure. The first clocks were public tower or turret clocks. They were meant to be heard and not seen, so they didn’t have dials or hands. They were basically automatic bell sounders. Until the first decade of the 19th century, both European and American clocks were products of the craftsman’s shop. Many people were required to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Antiques, Timepieces Tagged With: Antique, Clock, Timepieces

Lalique glass the most influential glassware of its time

August 15, 2008 Leave a Comment

Some artists identify with the mediums in which they work so well with; they take them to the next level. That’s precisely what Rene Lalique did in France with pressed glass in the early-20th century. He turned simple pressed-glass into an art form. Lalique used some of the most influential Art Deco images like the female face and form and immortalized each in pressed and mold-blown glass. Great design was the result in vases, bowls, perfume bottles, clocks and car mascots. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Glassware, Vintage Tagged With: Antique, Glassware

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