If one of your hobbies is doing detective work to scout out the most-wanted items at estate sales and thrift stores, you know the excitement of the thrill of the hunt. Finding a highly valuable ...

Bobbleheads are popular sports collectibles. Most baseball teams offer the souvenir dolls at special-promotion games, but today's are made of slick plastic and often wear fabric uniforms. Early toy ...

A dear friend recently gave me a boxed set of eight little figurines. Each figurine is 3½ inches tall as well as numbered and marked “Made in Japan” and “Japan” on the base. None of them is broken or ...

Ann Marie Carlson shifted half a dozen pieces of the thin porcelain in her hands and dry-fitted them together. A piece of the forehead matched a cheek, a tiny nose fit into place and a skull piece ...