Collectibles

After a year without, the two-day Bergen County (New Jersey) Quilt and Coverlet Show in October offers historic view of almost 200 years of bedcovers.

The finds, including several rare photos of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony, are estimated to fetch between $150,000-$200,000 at the September 18 sale.

From Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan to the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, enjoy a postcard passport to the stunning Post-Prohibition Palaces of the Art Deco Era.

Lovingly assembled over decades, the vast and storied collection contains some of the rarest and most-prized toys and banks ever to reach the market.

How Kenneth Jay Lane, a remarkable man who called himself a 'fabulous fake', made genuine costume jewelry for the celebrated and the ordinary alike.

Tame by today's standards, vintage postcards capture a provocative midcentury Sheraton Hotel business strategy: waitresses in gowns with plunging necklines and see-through skirts serving cocktails in swanky lounges. Sheraton promised “your favorite drink, mixed with a touch of genius… served with a touch of Venus.” And they delivered.

Collaboration played a critical role in the legacy of View-Master, which was first introduced at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, the Hi-Flier Manufacturing Co. in Decatur, Illinois, was the largest kite maker in North America, and if you were a kid every breeze seemed to whisper fun.

For about sixty years, the Hi-Flier Manufacturing Co. in Decatur, Illinois, had the world on a string, making more kites than anyone else. The last Hi-Flier kite flew out of Decatur in 1981.