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Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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  QUESTION:  One of the fondest memories I have from my childhood was going to an amusement park and the circus and buying a box of Cracker ...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

Thanks for the Memories

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QUESTION: When I was a kid, my parents used to take me to Atlantic City every summer. As I get older, my memories of those summer vacat...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Pack 'Em Up

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QUESTION: As I was sorting through things in my attic, I came across a couple of old wooden crates. One of them has "National Beer...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A Penny a Light

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QUESTION: I love quirky old machines. Recently, I purchased a penny vending machine that I think held matches from an online auction. Th...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Simply Elegant Find

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QUESTION: Some time ago, I purchased two wall pockets decorated with a matte green glaze in an antique shop while on a routine antiquing ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Promoting Through Time

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QUESTION: I have an old clock with advertising for Jolly Tar Pastime Tobacco on it in raised letters. I’ve had the clock for a long time...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Lighting the Way to Safety

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QUESTION: I got this old lantern about 25 years ago. Supposedly it was in the railroad terminal in Atlanta when the Yankees came through...
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Bob Brooke
Writing has been my life and my work for the last 30 years. During that time, I've had the opportunity to explore a variety of subjects, researching many of them on travels to over 70 countries. I’ve also been an avid collector of antiques and collectibles and specialize in writing about antiques. My antiques articles have appeared in many antiques and consumer publications, including British Heritage, AntiqueWeek, American Antiquities Journal, and Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine. I have also published two books on antiques, How to Start Your Own Antiques Business in Your Home and Recognizing and Refinishing Antiques for Pleasure and Profit, both from Globe Pequot Press. Throughout my writing career, I've produced nearly 4,000 articles and 15 books. I write non-fiction because I feel that fact is infinitely more interesting than fiction. However, in one of my latest books, Shipwrecks and Buried Treasure: The Outer Banks from Globe Pequot Press, I crossed the boundary between nonfiction and fiction, writing an historical narrative of the harrowing disasters in the seas off North Carolina.
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