Archive for January, 2006

Comic Books 101 – An Introduction to Comics and Collecting

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Interested in collecting comic books ? Want to more about the history, popular comics, types of publishers, and basics of collecting comics? Then read an article designed for the beginner to the comic book ...
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Collector car finder’s guide

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
How do you find that collector car of your dreams? Well, there are many ways, but first you need to put some serious thought into what exactly it is that you want to find. In 1972 I was teaching a class in business at Eastern Washington State in Cheney, Washington and sharing an office with another [...]

Weak car design leads to smaller market share

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
When I was a teenager in the early 1950’s my brother and I would get the new issue of Mechanix Illustrated every month and read it cover to cover. I particularly liked to read the automobile reviews written by Tom McCahill. Every month he had some choice words and he didn’t hold back in telling [...]

George Gruhn on the State of the Vintage Stratocaster, 2006

Friday, January 13th, 2006
by George Gruhn
I still have vivid memories of the time during the early 1990s when Guitar Player magazine published an issue with Stratocasters on the cover and a large title "Stratmania". No sooner did that article appear than prices on Stratocasters plunged approximately 40% and took several years to recover...