‘Treasure’ sellers have mixed success at Road Show (The Athens News)

Amber Webster shuffled into the Ohio University Inn Tuesday afternoon with her a box full of everything from vintage Kodak cameras to a gold-plated snake-belly chain from the 1930s. Webster's friend, Melissa Graessle, followed her carrying Webster's pickle jar lamp filled with a stuffed owl. Webster and Graessle were just two of about 70 treasure hunters who came from across southeast Ohio ...

The Sweet Sound of ‘Sold!’ (Los Angeles Downtown News)

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Mateen Saffari is a treasure hunter. On a recent Sunday afternoon, he was eagerly and thoroughly searching for his next big find.

Recession slows antique sales; eye still on collectibles and items to get new uses (Walnut Creek Journal)

After several months of recession-related slow sales, many local antique stores are dusting themselves off and enjoying a rebound in business. Several dealers experienced surprisingly strong sales during the holiday season, and the trend is continuing.

Burglary spree in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood (NorthWest Cable News)

PORTLAND -- Businesses in the Sellwood neighborhood have been hit by burglars at least 13 times in recent weeks, including twice in the last week. The burglaries have all been at night. In the last theft, Musical PDX owner Kyle Fouts said several guitars were taken from his shop, including a $4,000 1978 Les Paul. Sometimes, the value of what's been stolen has been less than the cost of repairs ...

Polking Around (News Chief)

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Mike Carter is shown with one of the paintings he will display during his "One Man - One Day" art exhibit in Lake Wales on Saturday.

Polking Around (News Chief)

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. LAKE WALES — Mike Carter, a seasonal resident of Lake Wales, will present his “One Man — One Day” art exhibition Saturday at the Shady Nook RV Park in Lake Wales.

Best Gypsy jazz bars in Paris (Guardian Unlimited)

The jazz guitar of Django Reinhardt remains a signature soundtrack of Paris. In the centenary of his birth, Gemma Ware goes in search of the cafes that still swing to his tunes With its upbeat swing of guitars, violin and the occasional clarinet or saxophone, jazz manouche is the music of Paris's Gypsy periphery that made it to the big time. This year marks the centenary of the birth of ...

Musical instruments at the Ashmolean (Gramophone)

Oxford, city of dreaming spires, as the poet Matthew Arnold famously phrased it, and custodian of some of the world’s most important architecture and artefacts.

Meet the mayor of Vintage Town, USA (San Clemente Sun Post News)

Rin Tanaka thinks of himself as a hunter-gatherer. But his hunger isn't the regular human kind; it's that of a self-proclaimed vintage freak. Tanaka's scavenging for vintage began in Yokohama, a Japanese port city and U.S. naval base. When Tanaka was...

IT'S NOT 'BUNDLE' WEAR. THEY ARE ANTIQUES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 2 (Bernama) -- From the outside, the shop owned by 38-year-old Jefri Jahit looks no different from that which sells 'bundle' wear. (Bundle wear is actually second-hand garments such as coats, jackets, woollen pullovers and the likes).