Seth Thomas clocks have been around for nearly 200 years, an extraordinary length of time. This means that they have been able to develop an exquisite look with all of the expertise and experience needed to ensure masterful productions and designs. Seth Thomas himself began work in the early 1800s, and the Seth Thomas Clock [...]
Antique Print Club is owned and operated by Glenebon Pty Ltd. Derek and Kathryn Nicholls have been dealing in antique maps and prints for nearly thirty years. The Antique Print and Map Company is a member of the International Map Dealers’ Association, the International Map Collectors’ Society, and an associate member of the Confederation Internationale [...]
Diecast models are very easy to care for. A lightly dampened cloth will easily clean any surface dust and will not chance damaging the paint job. For models that have a good deal of decals on them it is better to just wipe them with a lint free cloth. Water may loosen the decals which [...]
Braiding a rug is quite easy when using the rug braiding tools and preparing your fabrics prior to the actual braiding. You normally use three strands of fabrics, just as you do when you braid hair. As with hair, you want to divide the hair so each strand is about the same thickness. Apply this [...]
Money did not always come easy to many of the frontier families. Times were hard and having to make do with what you had was just a way of life. Yet, with all our luxuries of today, unthinkable back then, the women seemed to function quite well. There were no dishwashers, but the old hollowed [...]
Buttons may be the easiest collectible, and one of the most fun, for beginning collectors. There was a time when the best way to start a button collection was simply to dig around in mom’s or grandma’s button box for something that looked interested or unique. I suspect few families these days have button boxes [...]
Getting a couch potato kid up off the couch and participating in productive activities can be as simple as getting them interested in a hobby. One hobby involves a favorite child’s toy. The model horse or toy horse by Breyer has turned into a fun collector’s hobby for the entire family. The Breyer model horse [...]