Dwight Chapin of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that old Sports Illustrated magazines are very collectible:
Cards, autographs and player memorabilia have generated most of the headlines in sports memorabilia lately, but there’s another passionate wing of the hobby that deserves some attention:
That is magazine collecting.
Khristi Zimmeth of The Detroit News writes this article about the owners of a Pairpoint lamp and the disappointing news:
Frank Boos hates to be the bearer of bad tidings. Unfortunately, the Troy appraiser had no good news for Dolores and Bill Beitz about the lamp they brought in for appraisal recently.
Because the majority of the value lies in the shade, and the shade is where Beitzes’ piece is damaged, Boos couldn’t give the Beitzes the news they wanted to hear.
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