4th Of July Decorating Set Item # 53024 Set of 5 Retirement Date: December 2004 4th Of July Decorating Set Department 56 Accessories - General Village Item # 53024 Set of 5 Retirement Date: December 2004 This beautiful collectible from Department 56 makes a memorable collectible gift or a great addition to your own Department 56 collection. More info...

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Antique Price Guides. First lets talk about how price guides come up w
There are three ways prices get into guide books: Prices are taken from auction results. Guide prices are observed at shows, stores, and within advertisements. Prices are gathered by surveying dealers. Most antiques price guides are compiled using a combination of the three methods listed above. Using a combination and averaging the results is the only way to get reliable information. http://vialin.com Daily Press. Sep 23 2004 02:14 GMT

December 26 Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new el
1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new element, later to be named radium. Radium (Latin radius, ray) was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898 in pitchblende/uraninite from North Bohemia. While studying pitchblende the Curies removed uranium from it and found that the remaining material was still radioactive. They then separated out a radioactive mixture mostly consisting of barium which gave a brilliant red flame color and spectral lines which had never been documented before. In 1902 radium was isolated into its pure metal by Curie and Andre Debierne through the electrolysis of a pure radium chloride solution by using a mercury cathode and distilling in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas.Dec 26 2004 14:48 GMT

Dolls: History and Glossary of Doll Terms. Details on how to buy the a
Dolls have been a part of our lives since prehistoric times. Used to depict religious figures or used as playthings, early dolls were probably made from primitive materials such as clay, fur, or wood. None have survived from prehistoric times although a fragment of an alabaster doll with movable arms from the Babylonian period has been recovered. http://vialin.com Daily Press. Sep 09 2004 02:05 GMT

March 22: Tumba la Milagrosa en el Cementerio de Cristobal Colon. SPAN
El Milagro: Amelia Goire fue sepultada con su hija en su vientre. Al abrir el sepulcro tiempo despues para enterrar al suegro de la finada esta se encontro abrazada a su hija... Mar 22 2005 19:41 GMT

 

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