Skinner Inc. to relocate Sep 6, 2008
The category includes astronomy models and instruments, surveying equipment, Edison phonographs, typewriters, cameras, and more eccentric things like phrenology heads, amputation kits, movie props, automata, even a component of ENIAC, the world s first computer, which Skinner sold eight years ago. Skinner Inc. s dual Boston-Bolton geography always made good business sense. (Bolton Common, MA)
What's your favorite antique? Jun 25, 2008
That s why my favorite antiques are my collection of wind-up phonographs (Columbia, Victrola, Edison) and the records that they play. What s even more amazing is that the very oldest of records (around the turn of the last century) were all recorded in the presence of the artist - they would set up a bank of cylinders in a room, have the orchestra and singer do a performance, remove those records, load up a new set and have them do another performance, and so on. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Will Iraq's wounds heal with time? Jun 1, 2008
An antiques store contains piles of Saddam Hussein-era suitcase phonographs and 13-channel televisions with rabbit ears a few blocks from a store with the latest Nokia cell phones and iPods. But the clash of time zones can also be horrifying. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Crowds welcome 31st annual garage sale Apr 7, 2008
Among the items there: a painting in the style of Maxfield Parrish, with a suggested price of $125, by the Summit Antique Center, along with an antique clock from the late 1880s, and two working phonographs. The boutique section has developed a major reputation for the quality of its items, said Bollot. (NJ.com)
New exhibit traces region's high, low notes Jul 25, 2007
Other musical items on the museum's crowded shelves include phonographs, gramophones and music boxes. While the 8-track won't be on display, Wiese said visitors will find an interesting collection of photographs and musical antiques from the 1870s to the 1940s. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Nielsen Auction Promises Spectacular Collection of Antique Tractors, Horse-Drawn Equipment Jun 16, 2007
It'll start at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 29, with antiques and "primitives," such as kerosene lanterns, beautiful cabinets, hay carriers, hand corn shellers, over 100 steel wheels, license plates from 1922, milk carts, butter churns, old working crank phonographs, steamer trunks, weather vanes and more. From a "human yolk" to old Canadian beer signs, Floyd has amassed it. (Agri-View, WI)
