Taxidermy
When it comes to collecting antiques and oddities one can never predict the ebb and flow of the market. What was hot yesterday is old news and undesirable today and things that were meaningless a few years ago have suddenly become all the rage. One field of collecting...
Antique Mouse Trap
Long before the expression “I am not trying to reinvent the wheel or build a better mouse trap” there was this bad boy – an old wooden 4 hole Choker style Mouse Trap. Kinda like a roach motel, once a mouse checks in, he doesn’t check out. Very...
The East Coast Money Pit
When it comes to spinning tales no one does it quite like our friends in The East Coast of Canada. If you’re a lover of ghosts, goblins, disasters, triumphs, treasures and all things that go bump in the night I suggest that you lend an ear to some good old fashioned...
Now here’s a shipwreck discovery that just might have you taking sides!
Not long ago, a group of American relic-hunters discovered “thousands of coins” and other artifacts from what’s believed to be the legendary British HMS Fantome – a War of 1812 gunboat carrying White House plunder. The ship, on its return to Canada...
Peddle to the Metal
If you’re anything like us, the type of antique collectors and hunters who revel in the thrill of the hunt and live for the rush of finding that super rare item, than no doubt you’ll relate to the following scenario: So…. you’re heading out on a pick or to the latest...
