Stringed Instruments Buying Guide - Stringed instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, banjo, guitar, and mandolin, can offer a lifetime of playing pleasure. You'll find a vast array of stringed instruments and accessories from...
Political pinback buttons - Collectors of US political pinbacks generally specialize in a specific type, such as presidential, state and local (my own specialty), third party,or "cause" items. Prices in all these specialties have...
Violin Buying - A Changed Market from the Past - The purchase of a Violin or other stringed instrument was once a matter of trust and reputation. I have studied, performed, and taught violin since the age of 8, which now approches a period of over 40 years....
Trixie Belden Series Titles and Collecting Information - The Trixie Belden series is a series of books originally published by the Western Publishing Company under the divisions of Whitman and Golden from 1948 to 1986. More recently, Random House has reprinted the...
Guide to Incubating and Raising Button Quail - Button Quail are the smallest quail in the world, they are about the size of a bumble bee when hatched. They originated in China and now come in an array of colors and patterns. You cannot tell what color a...
A guide to making your own soy wax candle tarts - Making soy wax candle tarts. I love the aroma given off by burning candles, particularly candle tarts. For those not in the know, these are small , almost disc like candles or rather tarts, that do not have a...
Proof vs. Uncirculated Coins - Many folks ask us about Proof coins vs. Uncirculated coins. Maybe I can shed some light on the difference. Proof coins are made as "speciemen" coins. They've been made for a long time at the mint, some early...
IMported electric guitars-Korean - In the interest of sharing some hard to find information I include the following: The largest number of mid to high quality guitars is now coming from Korea. This includes both Acoustics and electrics. The...