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Update and Book Giveaway
I know that I have been very silent in past weeks so I thought that I would give you an update on what's going on and give away a copy of a recently published book that will be of interest to many of you. My life has cha
Online Sellers Needed
I'm working on a new venture that seeks to make the life of anyone selling anything online an easier one. I'm in the early stages of doing research and would love to speak to as many of you out there who do sell things o
Rare Victorian 3.0!
Now that Rare Victorian has started it's fourth (holy cow) year of existence, I thought it was befitting to do a revamp of the site design. So, voila! It has been moved to a new, faster server and the overall page design
Enhanced iPhone Support
If you're an iPhone user and need your Rare Victorian fix while out and about, you should pop over to RareVictorian.com. I've installed enhanced support for iPhone and navigation is now quick and easy.
Top 10 Antiques Blogs
I put together a top 10 Antiques Blogs list for Blogs.com and tried to make it very diverse in it's genres and topical coverage. I tried to include a sprinkling of general antiques news blogs mixed with very focused nich
Compiling Top 10 Antique Blogs List
I've been asked to compile a top 10 list of Antiques-oriented blog for Blogs.com and I'd like to solicit feedback from the Rare Victorian community. If you have some favorite antiques blogs that you follow, please pass t
Rare Victorian Blog On Amazon Kindle
If you haven't heard of the Kindle, it is a wireless reading device manufactured by Amazon that seems to be gathering some wide adoption. The Kindle allows you to wirelessly buy, receive, and read books them from a devic
Twitter And The World Of Antiques
Since some of my regular visitors and blog subscribers own, operate, or work in the antiques business, I thought I'd take a momentary diversion to address the use of Twitter in the business of antiques. This will also be
Rare Victorian Toolbar Available
I've developed a toolbar for those of us that use Rare Victorian and the forum on a daily basis. I know some of you are thinking, "John why the heck would I want a Rare Victorian toolbar?". Well, the answer is that it pu
Rare Victorian Visual Archive
Ever wanted to go back and see what posts have been on Rare Victorian in years & months past, looking for something? Try the new Rare Victorian visual archive page by clicking on the link in the far right column and
The Victorian Humidor Project
Everyone needs at least one vice in their life to make things interesting and smoking cigars is one of mine. So what type of humidor would a Victorian Antique collector have? An antique quartersawn Oak humidor with tin l
Bringing The 19th Century To The 21st Century
So what happens if you're stuck in the airport, or waiting at the DMV, or standing in line at the cash register with nothing better to do? How to pass the time? You check out what is going on at RareVictorian.com and Vic
Welcome To The New Rare Victorian!
Whew! So if you've been here before, you can see that things have changed, hopefully for the better. Yes, there are a few broken things that I couldn't handle before the move and I'm working on them... Hopefully you'll s