Kesha Rose Sebert (a.k.a. Ke$ha) in an interview with Newsweek said, “I don’t really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that’s what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.”

 I remember thirty-five years ago when a friend showed me a piece of pink glass (the color she collected) and I thought "How pretty that is".   She told me what it was and then took me with her the next time she went on her hunt for more.  Well, from that point on I was hooked, only I loved the sparkling green color glass, especially the "Cameo Ballerina" by Anchor Hocking Glass Co.

In a box of ephemera I recently purchased was a December, 1957 copy of Male Point of View magazine which can best be described as today's Maxim magazine. As the title indicates, it was geared to men but there was an interesting story called "Where The Loot Lies" about the jingle contest craze sweeping the nation and abroad. Giveaways, contests, and quiz shows were wildly popular during the 1950s and the prizes up for grabs were nothing short of jaw dropping.

At the Tehran Conference in 1943, Josef Stalin commented that “the most important things in this war are machines . . the United States . . . is a country of machines.”

Having been in the Antique and Collectible business for years, I have seen the market change many times. For example, when I began my business primitives were extremely popular as was depression glassware, carnival glass, and hand-painted sets of dishes. Today, while they still have value, it has plummeted considerably. In fact I find it amazing when I am at a sale where beautiful clear crystal is left sitting even at discounted prices.

Recently I found a lovely set of pottery vases from Belgium. Searching high and low trying to identify them I started surfing. Now I am not a novice to surfing the internet but something happened to make me realize we as dealers take certain things for granted. For instance, those silly little terms one thinks everyone knows, but may not.