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The Pulse of Wall Street: Thomas Edison, the Universal Stock Ticker, and the Birth of Modern Finance.
Before the stock ticker, Wall Street ran on legs. The story of Thomas Edison, Edward Calahan, and the ingenious machine that transformed the way financial markets work forever.
How to Authenticate a Louis Vuitton Trunk: An Expert Guide
A Louis Vuitton trunk is one of the most recognizable objects in the history of luxury travel — and one of the most frequently misrepresented. Simon Daniels of Daniels Antiques shares an expert guide to authentication: canvas, hardware, locks, labels, and the tells that give a misrepresented trunk away.
Carl Zeiss Military Binoculars: A Cold War Relic.
Few instruments embody the Cold War's marriage of precision engineering and raw military purpose as completely as the Carl Zeiss Oberkochen DF 8×60. Built to scan horizons from the bridge of a NATO warship, these are binoculars conceived for consequence — every adjustment, every filter, every degree of arc calibrated for decisions that could not be taken twice. This example, bearing NATO stock number 1240-12-127-6687 and hand-polished to a mirror finish that transforms a tool of war into something closer to sculpture, is among the most visually arresting pieces of optical militaria to come to market.
Black Forest Carvings: Comedy, Character and Naturalism from the Brienz Masters
The bear, the boar and the fox — three animals, three registers, one extraordinary tradition. An essay on character, naturalism and comic invention in Swiss Black Forest carving at its height.
Guilmet’s Astonishing Nautical Clocks
Not much is known about the man himself, but what we do know about A.R. Guilmet almost exclusively relates to the way that his craft has withstood the test of time, and is as coveted today, if not more, as it was when it was created. The renowned horologer did not get his start with clocks, but instead, he first was concerned with other aspects of mechanics and engineering.
The Timeless Journey of Louis Vuitton Trunks
The specialist guide to dating and collecting antique Louis Vuitton trunks — by address, serial number, and hardware. Rare original examples for sale at Daniels Antiques.
On The Browning Machine Gun
Hailed as “the gun that won WWII”, the Browning machine gun was designed by John M. Browning towards the end of WWI, and has been in service since 1933.