LOVELY STORY ABOUT CHARTS OF THE STARS, here is a 1820s celestial charts that will show you and tell you more about these celestial charts. The examples shown are from the collection of the National … [Read more...]
Op shop opportunities this weekend
OP SHOP SALE IN HAWTHORN weekend 24 & 25 October. OP SHOPS HAVE SOME TREASURES, THAT THE OP SHOPS MIGHT NOT ALWAYS VALUE. We have asked some op shops to look out for things that we know collectors … [Read more...]
Museum of Things – have a look at this Berlin museum
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS GERMAN MUSEUM of endless rows of, yes, things: ashtrays, coffee mugs, toy cars, rusted iron tools, engine parts, buttons and knobs, needles and thread, sex toys, weapons, communist … [Read more...]
Imaging the year 2000 in 1899
POSTCARDS DRAWN IN 1899 WONDERING ABOUT LIFE IN 2000. Here is a link to a post about French postcards that anticipate flying postmen, the vacuum cleaner, fighting war from the sky - yes they got a few … [Read more...]
Cats and dogs and cats and dogs
SELECTION OF EPHEMERAL ITEMS FEATURING OUR DOMESTIC FRIENDS; all late 20th century; mostly Australian. … [Read more...]