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Do you have an Old Steamer trunk sitting in your attic, basement, or
Old trunks are like time capsules and hold so much history inside of them. When restored they make great accent pieces and are very useful for storage of heirlooms, quilts, etc. Flat top trunks can be restored to make great coffee tables. Dome top trunks make great blanket chests, etc. after refinishing. Nov 22 2004 01:42 GMT
April 07: Rogallery.com will conduct a 400+ lot sale of the contents o
Saturday, April 8th, 2006 at 1:00 PM Eastern, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Fine Furniture. 47-15 36th Street, Long Island City, New York 11101 Phone 1-800-888-1063 April 07 2006 02:15 GMT
The French Revolution and the Fashion of Collecting Antiques. Arts jou
The taste for antiques is largely on the increase. Before the eighties appreciated by the connoisseur, now no home, however unassuming, having any pretensions to refinement, to own a genuine piece to satisfy their selves and show a market value artwork. Jul 22 2004 01:15 GMT
January 9: The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotyp
The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotype taken in 1848 shortly before his death. The daguerreotype was a positive-only process allowing no reproduction of the picture. The development of the image was effected by placing the exposed plate over a slightly heated about 75C. cup of mercury.Jan 09 2005 9:48 GMT