Collecting
Published: 28/02/2008
When cigar giant CAO announced a special, officially-licensed cigar commemorating the long-running TV show The Sopranos, the combination seemed to make sense. What's less surprising than a cigar company saluting a universally-hailed TV show, whose "hero," Tony Soprano, was so often seen chomping...
Published: 27/02/2008
From mug-shaped cigar boxes to gameboard boxes, the cigar makers of the world have shown great creativity in packaging their wares, and no period was more fertile for the cigar-box collector as that from 1878 to the early twentieth century. (All info here courtesy of the National Cigar Museum.)
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Published: 27/02/2008
Collectors come in all sizes, shapes and ages, range from the wealthiest to the most humble, the obsessive to the most casual, and gather anything from the obvious to the odd. In short, if it exists, someone will collect it, and usually proudly display it.
To know the real secret about...
Published: 24/02/2008
Among the most popular things to collect as antiques are coins. Among the various coins and collections, antique Canadian coins are very popular. These coins are available at many online stores and retail stores too. Many people collect these coins with their wish to remember the parts of history...
Published: 24/02/2008
Antique coins whether gold or any other material, are very precious and therefore very costly too. Though these have no currency value now, still the trend is that the prices of these out-dated coins are beyond imagination. No one would deny the value of buying these to have a good collection, as...
Published: 10/02/2008
The first ever Bowie knife came to be when James Bowie's brother, Rezin Bowie had made a long hunting knife for himself, but gave it to his brother James when he went to a duel. James ended up using the knife to defend himself while he was down and they say the rest is history. Everyone wanted a...
Published: 10/02/2008
Books can be a fascinating type of treasure. Most books bought in America today cost between one and five dollars apiece, but there are books in the world that have been sold for over one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
These books are called "rare" books, and many men spend their lives...
Published: 01/02/2008
The term heritage means past history and ancestry. Heritage coins are historically significant coins that tell us something about our history. These coins range from the first civilizations to the more recent contemporary history.
Heritage coins are the windows though which a person can get a...
Published: 01/02/2008
Are you fond of collecting old and historical coins? You can collect them from rare coin galleries. If you want heavy discounts in your purchasing you can find a number of schemes for doing this as well. Just accompany us through the rest of this article, and we will teach you about it.
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Published: 29/01/2008
In this fast moving world and the times we live in sports collecting is something you can do to pass the time and it can become of great interest to you over time. This hobby takes on many different sports depending on who the person may be. A lot of people try and save memorabilia from their...
