Friday, April 22, 2011

1850s-1860s BRASS BLACKOUT LANTERN at South Coast Antiques & Gallery, Ocean Springs, MS-SOLD

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This is a fully functional and complete 1850s-1860s pre-kerosene camphene or burning fluid, dark lantern with all the features intact.  ...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Sylvester Magee Last American Slave and Last Union Veteran's Autograph

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Yesterday the world’s oldest living man died.  He was Walter Breuning born 21 Sept 1896 and he was 114.  But I want to talk about a man wh...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Fort Sumter at South Coast Antiques.

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Today is the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, so I decided to do a post with a bit of historical information not available an...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Historical reenactment , the whole "hardcore vs farb" debate

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There are people out there who wear out dated clothes, they don obsolete even antique uniforms or fashion to recreate earlier times.  They s...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Rare Vietnamese Silver Dolphin Tea Strainer at South Coast Antiques

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Vietnamese Coin Silver Tea Strainer at South Coast Antiques  This is a very interesting piece we got in the shop a while back.  It is a s...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Ben Shute Clown Oil Painting at South Coast Antiques-SOLD

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A few years ago we purchased three clown paintings. Two of them were what I thought to be fairly good images. They were happy smiling clown ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Our Day Out at the 2011 Keesler Air Show, Biloxi, MS

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We went on Sunday the 19th of March to the 2011 Keesler Air Show , at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Had a great time.  The...