The Art Deco period, which officially began in 1925 at the Paris International Exposition and continued in full flower throughout the 1930’s, 1940’s, and even into the 1950’s, is usually associated with terms like “streamlined” and “modern”.
Chrome, blue glass, slender nudes, and waterfall-front furniture bespeak the period.
Because it was such a new design concept and [...]

An extremely rare Winchester New Rival 10-gage empty Christmas shell box, professionally restored and with all the labels intact, sold for $12,870 in an Internet and catalog auction held by SoldUSA.com, the premier hunting and collectibles site. The auction went online mid-November and concluded Dec. 13-14.
SoldUSA.com’s next big sale will go online in mid-February and [...]