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Technically, anything over 20 years old can be coined “vintage.”But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn’t go to Beanie Babies.
In 2008, Liuyang chrysanthemum stone carving technology- with its exquisite craftsmanship, ingenious conception and unique natural strange existence- has become the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects. The value and significance of chrysanthemum stone collection lies in its absolute naturalness. [9]
– 1830s marine chronometer made by 'Ellicott and Smith', value £2,000 – 1950s jewellery, lyrebird brooch in 'baguette cut' diamonds, £10,000; and Cartier SA diamond ring, value £6,000 – 1915 wax doll used as shop mannequin, value £1,000 – collection of 19th century Canton porcelain Chinese plates value £6,000 [3] 28/14 2005-12-04 ...
In July 1931, Faye G. Bennison purchased the former Poxon China pottery renaming the company Vernon Kilns. [1] Poxon China was located at 2300 East 52nd Street. [2] Vernon produced ceramic tableware, art ware, giftware, and figurines. The company closed its doors in 1958. Vernon Kilns was one of the "Big Five" [3] California potteries.
Buffalo China was sold to Oneida Limited in 1983, [17] and went out of operation in 2004. [18] The hotelware industry in the United States faced many challenges beginning in the late 1980s. Following the economic downturn of 1987 and the 1990s, restaurants were hit hard by a decline in consumer spending and demand for hotelware declined by 20% ...
Homemaker tureen and plate of 1957. The Ridgway family was one of the important dynasties manufacturing Staffordshire pottery, with a large number of family members and business names, over a period from the 1790s to the late 20th century. In their heyday in the mid-19th century there were several different potteries run by different branches ...
Founder of toy maker Russ Berrie & Company. 61 Judy Ellis Founder of the nation's first baccalaureate program in Toy Design, which she launched at the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1989. Inducted, 2014 62 Arthur "Spud" Melin (1924-2002) and Richard Knerr (1925-2008) Founders of toy maker Wham-O. 63 Jack Friedman (1939-2010)
Sold for: $1.3 million A rare 1979 Kenner Rocket-Firing Boba Fett action figure recently sold at auction for an eye-popping $1.3 million, becoming the most expensive toy ever sold.