‘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 ...

Auctions being held to liquidate convicted landlord’s belongings (The Gazette)

To say that convicted landlord Robert Miell was acquisitive would be an understatement.

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.

Miell’s belongings to be auctioned next week (The Gazette)

The auction of Robert Miell’s personal belongings starts next week. What Dick Backes Auctioneers of Raymond found, in sorting those belongings, looks promising for the creditors of Miell, once the largest individual landlord in Linn County. The seven garage stalls were the first to be inventoried at Miell’s $1.4 million house in an upscale gated neighborhood in [...]

Sellwood businesses hit by burglary crime wave (KOIN News 6 Portland)

PORTLAND- Businesses in the Sellwood shopping district have been hit hard by burglars. They say more than a dozen have been ripped off in the past six weeks.

Miell’s belongings to be auctioned next week (The Gazette)

The auction of Robert Miell’s personal belongings starts next week. What Dick Backes Auctioneers of Raymond found, in sorting those belongings, looks promising for the creditors of Miell, once the largest individual landlord in Linn County.

Frankly great: Corso applies himself from painting to music to classic cars (Naples Daily News)

It’s easy to be distracted by artist Frank Corso’s numerous, non-painting pursuits, such as his talents as a musician or his affinity for American collectible cars.But then there is “Summer Heat.”With one glance at it, you’re reminded that whatever else Corso does, he is a landscape painter. An exceptional one. A man who can swipe his brush across a canvas to create a sultry, shimmering ...

Iconic "I Am A Man" poster on auction (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

An "I Am A Man" poster from the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike has become a rare collectible with one of the highest asking prices in a New York auction of civil rights memorabilia.The poster, one of an estimated 300 to 400 printed for a march on City Hall, is valued by Swann Auction Galleries at $8,000 to $10,000. It is a price range considered realistic by local collectors and ...

A-Z guide to our chest-beating nation (MalaysiaNews.net)

Now that we're suddenly tearing over our national anthem, Nathalie Atkinson and Derek McCormack seize the Olympic moment to show the world why we're proud even off the ice

Train show rolls into Hamburg (The Buffalo News)

Greg Jandura got the "golden ticket" for his love of railroading in the 1950s while growing up in Lackawanna.