DAVENPORT, Iowa — Have you ever been to a gift shop and wondered who buys the souvenir spoons? Wonder no more — the National Souvenir Spoon Collectors Guild Convention has come to Davenport to share ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tiny spoons lead to big collections. That’s the lesson in last week’s Treasure Hunt column. When I profiled Charlotte Peterson and her collection of 65 souvenir spoons, I knew I would hear from other ...

Want to know Rita Kapurch? Just look at her spoons. Her collection of more than 300 souvenir spoons is a testament to a well-traveled and large circle of friends and family. “It mirrors the fact that ...

April 27 (UPI) --An Iowa woman's collection of souvenir spoons is being publicly counted in an attempt to earn a Guinness World Record. Cammie Pohl estimates she had at least 8,500 souvenir spoons ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today’s objects offer a glimpse of what in-the-know collectors were acquiring in the early- to mid-20th century, from France, China, Japan and the United States. All but the souvenir spoons were ...

Question: I collect old souvenir spoons. Recently, I discovered this strange looking souvenir spoon at a flea market. It has a shield over part of the bowl with a hole in it and is heavily engraved, ...

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.