November 2016

I can count on one hand the number of times in the last 10 years I have gotten a “steal” on ebay. Seems like the rare time these days I find something good, the esniperrs are all over it. Well, an antique book dealer friend of mine came upon the Antique Civil War Medical Book […]

When buying an antique surgical amputation saw–and I am not asking what you are planning on doing with it, that is your business–keep an eye out for fakes. When I say fake, I do not mean “reproduction” although these too may exist, I have seen a few. I really mean that most saws of the

Let’s face it, a saw is a saw. To the layperson, a (nonelectric) saw has a wood handle and a metal part with teeth that cuts stuff. If you work with wood, you know there are all sorts of fancy saws for delicate wood work and there are big saws that two people might use

Feeling a bit of a sore throat coming on, I locked myself in my apartment determined to get rifdof some inventory. Once you start collecting just about anything, the line between collecting and hoarding gets blurred, if not, demolished. My step dad is a hoarder although he would say he fills his home with nostalgia.