History isn’t just written in books — it’s buried in the artifacts we’ve lost. Across centuries, priceless treasures, sacred relics, and scientific wonders have vanished without a trace, swallowed by ...

Most valuable objects don’t look valuable at all. They sit in drawers, closets, basements, and attics because they were once ...

Housing more than 4,000 books, topographical maps, newspaper clippings, postcards, and other archival material, the historical society Montgomery History celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2019 by ...

An umbrella from early 20 th century Japan. A wine glass from Belgium, circa 1825. Three teapots: one from early 20 th century China, one from late 19 th century England and one from late 19 th ...

“I love cross-collecting,” Gho said, pointing at di Bicci’s Tobias and Archangel Raphael with Saints (ca. 1475). “I would love to have a collection in which Old Masters are having a dialogue with ...

A handwritten document that is a physical link to the founding of what became Yale College. Keys to historic campus spaces. A collar representing the constellation of schools that make up the ...

While the Dorotheum auction of imperial court memorabilia and historical objects on 7th May 2015 may not offer the emperor’s new clothes, it does feature several items from the wardrobe of Empress ...