I’ve had these three books (don’t know if they should be called comics, pulps or magazines!) for many years. They are about 30 pages long. The covers have a little age damage, and the pages are brown with age. Can you tell me if they have a value?

I own 5 rooms of wood doll furniture made by Strombecker-Becker Mfg. Co., from Moline, Ill. I bought the items as open stock at the “dime store” about 1929-1930, if I recall correctly.

Q. I have noticed that the glass in some of my older pieces of furniture and even in some old houses is very wavy and distorted. Is this because the glass is old? Does it deteriorate with time like finishes?

A highlight of the Fall 2007 auction season in New York was the Christie's sale of a painting on canvas by Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange). Selling at $30.5 million (with buyer's premium), it set a record high for the artist.

One of the incredible things about collecting postcards is that they can mirror a lifetime of varied interests. When I began collecting at age 10, I thought that getting one card from all 48 (yes, 48) states was the pinnacle of success.

Terminology, in the world of political Americana, is very important, as it is in most specialty collecting worlds.

Collectors enchanted by early comic characters struggle, oftentimes, to find items featuring their favorites. To find toys based on "Polly and Her Pals" or "Little Jimmy," however popular those strips were in their day, must take some dedicated digging ...

Located on North Virginia Street in Goldsboro’s Historic District, the Molly Smith Thompson House is one of five properties, all adjacent to one another, that Preservation North Carolina has recently purchased.