By David_Chesanow on Feb 1, 2010 in Auctions, History | 1 Comment
I just got word that the 1,421 lots that the Alexander Autographs auction of Jan. 20 and 21, blogged on AmeriCollector.com on Jan. 19, realized more than a million bucks.
“Once again we saw very spirited bidding for fresh, high-quality material,” says Bill Panagopulos, president of Alexander Autographs, located in Stamford, Conn. “Collectors and investors never [...]
By David_Chesanow on Jan 22, 2010 in Book Review, History | 1 Comment
At 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, 1885, a mob of several hundred men marched through Tacoma’s Chinese community, rousting its last 200 residents and herding them nine miles south to the Lake View train station, in what is now Lakewood, as policemen and sheriff’s deputies looked on. After spending a cold, rainy night, many in [...]
By David_Chesanow on Jan 15, 2010 in Events, History | 2 Comments
What is it that makes the Pacific Northwest a little wild, a little woolly – and sometimes downright creepy?
The first time I ever visited Seattle, in 1992, I went into a T-shirt shop to buy souvenirs and struck up a conversation with the salesgirl and another customer, both Puget Sound natives. Being from out of [...]
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 [...]