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AN-TIQUE (an-teek)
An object having
special value because of its age, especially a domestic item, piece of
furniture or decorative arts object esteemed for its artistry, beauty,
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This
edition's
theme:
"That's Entertainment"
Volume 12 No. 3
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Music and
the Mechanical Age
Until
1800, the only music people heard was made by them, playing
musical instruments. Daughters of wealthy families learned
to play musical instruments as part of their cultural
education. And families gathered in the parlor or music room
after dinner to listen to music or sing along. But with the
invention of the music box, everyone had the opportunity to
have music in their home.
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Marching Thru Georgia
The song “Marching Thru Georgia,” written by Henry Clay Work
in 1865 at the end of the Civil War in 1865, refers to U.S.
Army major general William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the
Sea" to capture the Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia,
in late 1864. It became widely popular among veteran Union
soldiers and appeared in thousands of copies of sheet music.
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The
Prince of Humbugs
By
the time he had reached his 50th birthday, Phineas Taylor Barnum from
Bethel, Connecticut, had remade himself from his humble beginnings as an
impoverished country boy into a showman.
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And the Band Played On
Brightly painted bejeweled steeds seem to float around,
accompanied by a menagerie of camels, lions, and even
dragons. Up and down, round and round they go, keeping time
with the music of a band organ. From about 1900 to 1930,
automatic-playing organs were not only the heart of
carousels but the music of the midway at carnivals,
circuses, and fairs.
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Marvelous Superheroes
Blockbuster
movies featuring a spider man, a raging green hulk, a group of mutant
humans, and a man blinded by radioactive waste brought about a
resurgence in comic book collecting. And with The Hulk, X-Men,
Spiderman, and Wonderwoman bursting onto the big screen, there’s a
renewed interest in pulp fiction heroes.
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Collecting
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Insuring Your Collections
It's estimated that only 27 percent of antique and
collectible collectors insure their collections. While the
Number One reason to insure your antiques and collectibles
is theft, there are others, including fire, flood, and
natural disasters.
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Virtuoso Museum
by Bob Brooke
Where can you go to hear the lilting
strains of beautiful music from the late 19th to the early 20th
centuries? Believe it or not, Franklin, Pennsylvania, home of the
DeBence Museum. With 100 antique mechanical musical instruments—most of
which still work and are the last of their kind—it’s a truly unique
museum.
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Somewhere Over
the Rainbow
by Bob Brooke
On August 12th,
2019 the movie that never seems to grow old celebrated its
80th anniversary. For 80 years, Oz has entranced audiences
with its optimistic promise: you may live on a dusty Kansas
farm, but with just a dash of magic and a cooperative
tornado, you, too, might make it "over the rainbow."
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Insuring Your
Collections
It's
estimated that only 27 percent of antique and collectible collectors
insure their collections. While the Number One reason to insure your
antiques and collectibles is theft, there are others, including fire,
flood, and natural disasters.
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How to Recognize and
Refinish Antiques for Pleasure and Profit
Have
you ever bought an antique or collectible that was less than perfect and
needed some TLC? Bob's book offers tips and step-by- step
instructions for simple maintenance and restoration of common antiques.
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BREAKING
NEWS
Shipwreck With $17
Billion of Sunken Treasure ID'd in the Caribbean
When salvagers found a
300-year-old ship at the bottom of the Caribbean near the
coast of Colombia three years ago, they claimed it was the
“holy grail” of shipwrecks—the legendary San Jose galleon, a
Spanish ship rumored to contain up to $17 billion in
treasure. Now, the Associated Press
reports,
experts have identified the ship…and confirmed that it’s the
real deal.
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Rare
Roman Coin Found by Detectorist in
Farmer's Field
A rare
Roman solidus coin of the Emperor Constantine I was dug up
from a farmer’s field in Somerset and will be offered at Dix
Noonan Webb’s ancient coins auction on September 17 in
London with an estimate of £10,000-12,000. On the reverse is
a rare portrayal of Constantine riding his horse in battle
holding a spear and shield with two fallen enemy soldiers
below to commemorate a victory over Maxentius at Milvian
bridge outside Rome on October 28, 312.
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