Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine Empire....
The Care and Feeding of Your Book Collection What Are Some Tips For The Beginner Collector? Decide what you'd like to collect (certain writer(s), topics, illustrators, colours, etc.-- Buy the best condition...
Why do we love collecting coins? For some it's the finding the unrecorded variety , for others it's the history and for some it's the fascination. For me it's a bit of all that and more. I've been a collector...
You will need a Metalworking Lathe for this Parts are not always available for old model engines, getting parts for the early discontinued Laser engines can be a problem I made a new piston ring for a very old...
I found some old bottles, some glass and some stoneware, which had been in a river, and dredged out and lain in a dump for years, and had limescale and brown iron staining on them. I washed them first, to get...
Collectors are realising the value and intrinsic qualities of Victorian and Edwardian shooting accessories. In days gone by, breech loading cartridges were very expensive and mass manufacture unreliable so...
(left)......medals and ephemera to Corporal Lawrence Cowin,1st (Airborne) Battalion,Border Regt, signaller/wireless operator,D Companys signal platoon,KIA by German mortar round on slit trench,courtyard of...
This is a guide to buying and selling remains of modern sharks, including jaws, teeth and stuffed specimens. I personally am a shark researcher, and use modern jaws and teeth as comparative material; as I...
Since there appears to be no guides to buyers of Art Deco lighting I am offering this in the hope it may be useful to those about to take their first step to owning an icon of this fascinating period. Firstly,...
Foreword This is my first guide, so please feel free to send me any comments on what you would like to see here or stuff that I have omitted etc. There are deliberately no references or comparisons with...