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Unicorn Pin
Reader Merry Shugart wrote: “It was brought to my attention that this unicorn fur clip appears in your 2016 price guide [page 316]. It actually belonged to me. I bought it online early in 2014, and...
View ArticleCollectors Gallery Mystery
Sometimes we even get stumped when it comes to certain collectibles. In our September 2016 newsletter, we asked our readers if they could identify a mysterious object.
View ArticleCeramic Arts Studio Founder's Name Misspelled
Greetings, folks. The page in your price book with the paragraph about the Ceramic Arts Studio has my grandfather’s last name spelled wrong.
View ArticleChein Roller Coaster Toy
Q: From E.J. (edited): You wrote in the Sept. 2017 Buyers Price Guide: Toy, Disneyland Roller Coaster….Chein, 1929… It could be a Chein roller coaster, but Disneyland did not exist until 1955. I...
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Fantasy Hatpin
From R.D.: I was happy to see the article on hatpins from the Mike Clum auction in the January 2018 newsletter. The hatpin you featured on the front page, leaves and purple disk, is a newly made Czech...
View ArticleNippon
J.C.F. wrote to tell us about a mistake in the answer to a question in the December 2017 Collector’s Gallery. We said “Nippon” was the English word for Japan, but . . .
View ArticleMore On Gale Santas
Polly Hacket-Morley, a writer for many antiques magazines, wrote us with more information about the Santa Claus dolls we mentioned in the December 2017 newsletter.
View ArticleStoring Vintage Clothing
Kathleen C., a reader who worked in a museum of design, sent a great suggestion to add to our comment about storing vintage clothing.
View ArticleGrave Markers
D.W. of New York wrote us about one of our columns. It was about a Confederate soldier’s grave marker made for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
View ArticleRequesting Care with Price Stickers
A reader requests: “Please help me persuade the owners or managers of all thrift stores . . . that they should never use a price tag to cover the mark on the bottom of a piece of china, glassware, etc....
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