Tips to Conserve, Preserve, and Restore Your Music Box Collection

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

For the serious music box collector, looking after their valuable collection is important. Though preserving, conserving, and restoration sound similar, there is a difference between these concepts. Let’s discover that these differences are.

Four Tips to Start A Valuable Music Box Collection, Part I

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Collecting music boxes such as carousel music boxes, music trinket boxes, children’s jewelry boxes, and many other mechanical instruments and movements is a hobby loved by many a music box and antique collector. However, there are certain things music boxes and antique collectors can do to ensure they are getting a valuable piece for their collection. Here are a few tips to help in this process.

How Do You Know What an Autographed is Worth?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Have you recently started to become interested in autograph collecting and would like to know the present day market value of an autograph that you are interested in purchasing? Or have you inherited an estate from a family member and was surprised to find an abundance of autographed photos, items, cards, posters that you have no idea how to find the value much less who to sell them too?