Antiques, Collectibles, History & Nostalgia for the Pacific Northwest

Superman is really Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily Planet. Seriously, they’re the same guy. Don’t let the glasses fool you. If your mind isn’t completel...

The View-Master familiar to children for the last few decades originated in 1939. The idea was conceived by William Gruber, a Portland piano tuner. He had ex...

Beer can collectors making headlines as national association's 50th nears By Ossie Bladine In 2020, the Brewery Collectibles Club of America will celebrate i...

By Carole Berry When dealers and collectors shop the Medford Armory Antiques & Vintage, Barbara and Harlan Parsons, Medford, Oregon, are always there with yo...

Q: I heard a story that the first “Star Wars” toys were offered for sale before they were made, so the company sold an IOU letter for the first toy character...

Seashell Sofa “I’ve never seen one before, so it must be valuable!” is a common comment made by collectors. But rarity doesn’t always add to the price. Fame,...

By OS staff The popularity of gymnasiums and weight rooms in America today is not a new phenomenon. In fact, the craze began right after the Civil War, when ...

By Ossie Bladine August marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Rhino Records is releasing an anniversary box set containing almost every song (three songs ...

By Larry Crain An American dream: you find something in an attic or flea market that turns out to be valuable. That something could be a stock certificate th...

Avoiding The Pitfalls of Auctions By Mark A. Roeder I love auctions. I’ve probably purchased at least half of my antiques and collectibles at household sales...

By OS staff The Wedgwood pottery, founded by Josiah Wedgwood, has supplied the American market with its products for 200 years. The company did a particularl...

Vintage cameras come with stories to tell By Rusty Rae I grew up in a family of photographers. Both my mother and father went to the Ray Vogue School of Phot...

How-tos given for collecting costume jewelry Those just starting to collect costumer jewelry will appreciate the new publication of Collector Books, Collecti...

Handmade coin tokens once professed love The original valentine “love tokens” were ordinary silver coins. A lover would grind smooth one side of a coin; then...

The rejuvenated allure of the fountain pen By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly learn cursive anymor...

Marshmallows started as candy A marshmallow was originally produced from a European plant belonging to the mallow family. The plant had pink flowers, but it w...

By Ossie Bladine “Into the Purple Valley” 1972 / Reprise Produced by Jim Dickinson, Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker “Into the Purple Valley” was decades in...

Eating with a mustache needed special spoon When mustaches were popular, which in the United States was primarily between the Civil War and World War I, grea...