I have 38 spoons. Thirty-eight ridiculously useless spoons. You know, those tiny ornate souvenirs that can be found in touristy gift shops worldwide, collecting dust next to the novelty shot glasses, ...

Those airport gift-shop mementos are a link to the past — and to future trips my father and I might have shared. By Hannah Selinger For three years in the 1980s, my father, who was a partner at a ...

QWe have a set of sterling spoons showing Midwestern states. Each is stamped with the maker; some are names, some symbols. There are 18, still in their presentation case. How do we learn value and ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Editor's note: Click/tap here to see an update on this story. A Davenport woman wants to take her collection to the next level, attempting to earn the World Record title holder for ...

Volumes have been written about silver souvenir spoons, which bear pictures of people and places on the handle or the bowl. The Royal Ontario Museum in Canada has an important collection of silver ...

You can hardly name a category of goods these days that doesn't have a collectible aspect. From fishing tackle to fire engines, syringes to cigar labels, there is somebody out there with a related ...

In 1890, a Massachusetts jeweler introduced a sterling silver spoon commemorating the Salem Witch trials. He sold 7,000 of them in the first year, and a new American tradition was born: the souvenir ...

These days our phones, clouds and social media accounts are full to the brim with digital photos, an enduring souvenir of every hotel we’ve stayed in, meal we’ve consumed and view we’ve admired.

It’s art you might find displayed at a symbolic crossroads — where commerce, conquest and artistry meet. It’s the “Art of the Navajo,” exhibitions of Navajo saddle blankets and souvenir silver spoons ...

If you want an idea of what the Middle Ages of Florida souvenirs - the 1950s - were all about, go to any of today's beach or interstate gift shops. There you'll find plenty of flamingos, palms and ...

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