By David_Chesanow on Dec 30, 2009 in Books, History, Interview | 4 Comments
Serial murderers, including serial murderers with sexual motivation, have terrorized humanity since time immemorial; we just don’t know to what extent. The vampire and werewolf legends of lore no doubt account for many of these, and I think it’s interesting that a recent medical theory attributes some historical cases of vampirism to rabies infection: It [...]
By David_Chesanow on Dec 17, 2009 in Art Posters, Events, Interview | 3 Comments
Poster art, like album cover art and T-shirt art, has been part of the iconography of American music since the 1960s – that decade of so many great, misguided and/or lost causes – when music really started to make a statement. You can trace some of the evolutionary branches of rock and roll through its [...]
By David_Chesanow on Dec 17, 2009 in Black History, General, Sports Memorabilia | 0 Comments
"They called it the “Fight of the Century” – and while that century was still pretty young, the hype wasn’t exaggerated.
Imagine it: Reno, Nevada, on July 4, 1910, in a whole different age. The 19th century had ended a decade earlier, with the Old West teetering on the edge of oblivion, but neither had completely [...]
By David_Chesanow on Dec 17, 2009 in Books, General | 0 Comments
Virtually every serious collector needs professional services of various kinds at various times: anything from insurance, appraisals, legal help (if ownership is in dispute) and tax advice to matters of consignment (when selling or auctioning items), authentication, conservation, repair and display.
You may even need a shrink to help you rein in your compulsive spending on [...]
By David_Chesanow on Dec 12, 2009 in General, Things Celebrities Collect | 2 Comments
If you’re not Paris Hilton and actually have to work for a living, then
Bob Rosner is required reading.
A New Jersey native now based in Seattle, Bob writes “Workplace911” (formerly “Working Wounded”), the internationally syndicated weekly column about workplace issues. He’s also a best-selling author of “Working Wounded: Advice That Adds Insight to Injury” (Warner Books), [...]