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DALLAS – Few, if any, watchmakers can equal the blend of elite craftsmanship, style and functionality offered by Rolex – which partially explains the enormous popularity of its watches. Throughout its history, Rolex has created an array of precise, innovative pieces that have captured the attention of collectors of all levels. Not coincidentally, a selection of […]
DENVER, Pa. – Morphy Auctions’ remedy for chilly weather is a Dec. 11-13 Winter Sale of 2,900 lots of antique toys, banks, trains and antique advertising, enhanced by the warmth of superior-quality Austrian art-glass lamps and the cheerful colors of vintage Bakelite. “With each successive auction we’ve expanded into new categories of fine and decorative […]
NEW YORK — Dubbed the dean of industrial design, Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883-1960) began his career in advertising and expanded into typography and commercial packaging before focusing on industrial design in the late 1920s. This proved to be a key time for the nascent field, as the United States would soon suffer severe economic […]
NEW YORK — Plastic is omnipresent today, but during the Machine Age, which spanned the years 1915 to 1940, it was just coming into its own as a valuable yet affordable material. Chemist Leo Baekeland, who invented Bakelite in 1907, and the American Catalin Corporation, which developed the similar thermosetting resin-based polymer it named Catalin […]