It is very difficult to confuse a slipper chair with a wingback chair if you are familiar with antiques. Aslipper chair has short legs and it usually has no arms; it is normally wooden with an upholstered back and seat. Although a
wingback chair also usually has short legs, the difference is in the comfort. A wingback chair, sometimes also known as a grandfather
chair, normally is very padded and has a higher back and wings flanking the back and rolled padded arms. This type of chair,
because of the comfort level, was usually found in a gentleman’s study or library.
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If a show like Mad Men can stir up sales of Mid Century Modern antiques and collectibles, than what
can a show about vintage toys do for this niche? Probably not a lot since toys are already big business around the world. But
that hasn’t stopped the Travel Channel which now has a show called Toy Hunter. In this show, ultimate toy collector and dealer
Jordan Hembrough goes coast to coast looking for the most sought after vintage toys. Star Wars, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Hot
Wheels, Superman and other super heroes; toys that were part of our childhood.
The Origins of Christmas Tree Lights
Lighting up a Christmas tree is believed to go back to mid-1600s but it wasn’t until the Germans
started attaching candles to the tree that it really took off across Europe. The early 1700s saw European people gluing candles
to their Christmas trees with melted wax or by pinning them to the tree. In the 1890s, the invention of candleholders made it
easier to light up the tree and the tradition continued to spread, but only among the well to do; candles were quite expensive at
the time.
Bottles & Jars
A Brief History of Bottle Collecting
Collectible Chinese Snuff Bottles
Collectible Mason Canning Jars
Brewerania & Tobacciana
The Always Collectible Zippo Lighter
Beer Can Collecting - Brewerania
Collectible German Beer Steins
Collectible
Jim Beam Decanters
Collecting Vintage Beer - Brewerania
Porcelain & Pottery
A Brief History of Ironstone China
A Brief History of Meissen Porzellan
A Brief History Rookwood Pottery
A Short
History of Capodimonte Porcelain
A Short History of Moravian Pottery
A Short History of the Monmouth Pottery
Clarice
Cliff Art Deco Pottery
Collectible Royal Delftware Pottery
R. Guy Cowan Art Deco Art Pottery
The Value of Antique Pottery
Jewelry & Watches
A Short History of Regina Music Box
American Waltham Watch Company
Collecting Antique Vintage Compacts
New Book - Memoirs
of a Fashion Jewelry Manufacturer
New Book - Vintage Wristwatches by Reyne Haines
Sarah Coventry Jewelry Markings
Authentic or Commemorative Presidential Cufflinks
Other Collectibles
A Brief History of Antique Cash Registers
A Short History of the Singer Sewing Machine
Collecting
Early American Flags
Letty and John’s Vintage Collection
Premiums from the Larkin Soap Company
Pyrobilia
- Fireworks Label Collectors
Vintage & Collectible Hood Ornaments
Vintage Aladdin Lamps in Demand
Vintage
Halloween Collectibles
Vintage Movie Posters Collectors
Vintage Picture Frames are Hot Sellers
Interesting Facts about Griswold Cast Iron
Collecting Vintage Straight Razors
Short History of Emerson Radio