I’ve always loved history; always found the old stories and the old stuff just interesting. As a consignment director here at Heritage’s Arms & Armor department I see a lot of old items and I often hear a lot of stories. Many of the stories are only word of mouth or from the family’s oral […]
Remembering Gary Arlington, A Pioneer in the Comic Book Scene
Anyone with a serious interest in Underground Comix — those adult-themed “sex ‘n drugs” comic books sold in head shops beginning in the late 1960s — should know the name “Gary Arlington.” In case you aren’t familiar with the gentleman, please allow me to bring you up to speed. The Underground Comix movement began in 1967, […]
A Dearth of Change
Perhaps it is hard to imagine a time when pocket change was hard to find. Most of us tend to have an accumulation of change jingling around in our pockets, purses, or change jars. During several distinct periods in American history, however, circulating coinage was scarce enough that there was a true shortage. Although it […]
A Glimpse Into the Life of Alex Haley, the Author of Roots
It has been 38 years since Alex Haley published Roots in 1976. Michael Eric Dyson summed it up well in the 2006 introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition of Roots: “Haley’s monumental achievement helped convince the nation that the black story is the American story.” If you know anything about American history, you know that […]
What is Rainbow Coin Toning?
Read this article to find out what causes rainbow toning on coins, and how it effects the value.
Twelve Years a Slave, One Little Book
And the Oscar goes to…Solomon Northup. Who? Solomon Northup. His is certainly not a household name in current American culture. In fact, Northup has never been a wildly popular or recognizable figure in American history outside a few years in his own time and with historians of slavery, abolition, and the period before, during, and […]
Collecting Gone Digital: A Guide To Investing in Domain Names
It started for me more than a decade ago. Like many people, I pondered the various Internet-based businesses I could start and run from my house. I was inspired by the success stories of ordinary people running a business they had a passion for, right out of their living room. I really desired the freedom that an […]
Mark Feld’s Coin Collecting Tips
After collecting coins off and on for years as a child, I have been involved in numismatics on a full time basis, since 1979. During that time, I have run my own coin dealership, worked for Heritage on two different occasions, been a buyer for David Hall, worked for Pinnacle Rarities and was a grader […]
