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Columbia SAX 2386 - Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D Major - Leonid Kogan (Violin) - The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Constantin Silvestri
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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Classical RecordsVintage classical vinyl records are prized by collectors for their warm sou…
Believe it or not, I found a copy of this in a thrift store for 20 cents! My best thrift store buy ever (and one I don't expect to ever outdo!). The store was having a sale-6 records for a dollar. I only found 5 things to buy, and when the clerk's head looked like it was going to explode trying to figure out that she owed me 16 2/3 cents back from my dollar, I magnanimously told her to keep the change.
I got it about 10 years ago when I was just getting into collecting and I didn't really know what I had until some time later. It's not perfect, but it is a nice listenable copy, maybe VG++. Even at that, it would probably sell easily for over $1,000. The price just keeps going up (mint copies go for $4K-$5K). I suppose I might sell it some day, but I am determined to do so only to fund the purchase of something I really want.