Antiques & Collectables

Magazine articles on antiques, collectables, and memorabilia.

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Wired December 20, 2007 Josh McHugh	Worship Your Plastic Heroes in The DC Comics Action Figure Archive The DC Comics Action Figure Archive charts the articulated figures' transformation from children's toys to strangely compelling works of pop art.
Wired November 7, 2007 Sarah Fallon	Spring Back: Slinky Developed by accident, this toy has become a collectors item for many.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Frances Backhouse	The Retailer of the Lost Electronics Ark Shopping for a used oscilloscope or a rare spare vacuum tube? Walter Shawlee II's online warehouse may be the place to go.
TIME Europe October 9, 2007 Richard Clayton	Up to Snuff Chinese snuff bottles are miniature masterpieces of the applied arts.
AskMen.com Michael A. Lubarsky	Vintage Watches Getting a new high-end watch right out of the box is appealing because you're the only one to wear it, but a vintage model from an esteemed watchmaker comes with a history far greater. Here are tips on how to buy that special vintage timepiece.
TIME Asia September 27, 2007 Austin Ramzy	Buying Back China's Heritage For China's superrich, bidding successfully for objets d'art taken out of the country during the era of foreign subjugation, then bringing them home to the motherland, has become an important show of status.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	Future Antiques Unless you have a crystal ball, the term "future antique" is mostly wishful thinking, but there are some basic concepts relating to the collectibles market that will give you a better idea of what to look for.
Smart Money September 2007 Renee DeFranco	Antiques Go Modern From the Art Deco designs of the 1920s and '30s to lava lamps, the demand for mid-20th-century furnishings is growing. Follow along with Leigh and Leslie Keno, stars of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, as they price some pieces.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Lauren Young	The Wrist Watchers It takes more than a pretty face to impress this exclusive society of watch collectors.
IEEE Spectrum December 2006 Justin Mullins	The First Electronic Device, Ever? A set of lightbulbs belonging to Thomas Edison could fetch $500 000 when it goes under the hammer. But the star of the collection is one of Edison's unappreciated inventions: a bulb that may well have been the world's first vacuum tube.
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