Antiques & Collectables

Magazine articles on antiques, collectables, and memorabilia.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006	A Piece Of The Action Collecting the artifacts from golf's long history.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Thane Peterson	The Emblems Of War Two new World War II films could fire up the market for memorabilia, from souvenirs to Sherman tanks.
Smithsonian September 2006 Paul Collins	Folio, Where Art Thou? Given the absence of any original manuscripts in Shakespeare's handwriting, the First Folio is about as close to the Bard as you can get. As long as Folios are misfiled in libraries and hiding with long-lost relatives, the count of 230 copies will inch upward.
Chemistry World June 27, 2006 Michael Gross	Copper Corrosion Makes the Print Clock Tick A technique used to pinpoint the time at which new species of life evolved -- the molecular clock -- has been adapted to date historic prints.
Chemistry World May 18, 2006 Michael Gross	Precious Platinum Photographs According to a chemist and photography expert, a 1904 image of a moonrise over a lake, printed in platinum and then modified with the gum bichromate process, has sold for nearly $3 million at Sotheby's, setting a new price record for any art photograph.
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