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Vintage Sleuthing: Rabbit hole dive - insurance fire mark from our colonial history

Sometimes an object crosses our path that impels us to dig around on the internet to see if we can find out more. The internet can give you all kinds of information...if...

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Vintage Sleuthing: Hoya Art Glass

This sturdy modern salad set crossed our path with no labels, no makers marks, nothing to go on to identify it. That meant it was time for some vintage sleuthing....

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Vintage Sleuthing: Ribbon paper dolls

In the 1900s, kits were introduced to make elegant framed dolls with ribbon and real hair. 

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Vintage Sleuthing: Boston coffee advertising from 1920s

One of the most fun and frustrating tasks in being a vintage seller is finding something interesting and aesthetically fabulous and trying to find out what exactly it is. The...

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