Congratulations! Now, stand back and admire your handiwork. You manoeuvred the ladder up to the loft, you scrambled around in the dust and cobwebs, you found the old suitcase containing the Christmas decorations and the tree looks fabulous.
But stop and take another look. Those baubles, knickknacks and trinkets that you remember when you were a […]
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Money on trees
July 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Collectables · Christmas · Juvenalia · Collecting
Antique snuff boxes, collection not to be sniffed at
July 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Tzar Michael of Russia was not impressed with the fashion. In 1634, he issued a degree to the effect that anyone caught engaging in the habit of taking snuff would get a strict warning to desist. Anyone caught a second time would have his nose cut off!
The French King Louis XIV was less drastic. When […]
Tags: Tobacco Antiques · Antiques · Fine Art · Collecting · Auctions
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