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When Carl Wedlund worked in the canneries, he pretty much did what his supervisor told him - he drove his boss around town, made coffee and cleaned bathrooms and storage areas.

Meet Naseem Hrab, who finished in third place in Canadaa TMs first national book-collecting contest .

Agood hitter in baseball gets a hit only three out of every 10 at bats. Collecting your business receivables can feel the same way: small recovery rates and a lot of strikeouts - especially during a recession.

Meet Charlotte Ashley, the winner of Canadaa TMs first national book-collecting contest .

Posters first were produced in 1869 in Paris. They were not sold but used as advertising pieces in stores, theaters and museums.

One day after the death of Michael Jackson, Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries was besieged with calls asking what his memorabilia is worth.

If you have ever been on a cruise, the lavishness of the trip is a special feeling you want to relive forever.

It's curious how amateur enthusiasts obtain obsessions for collectables. Seeing a row of old but working radio sets for sale in an old junk shop more than 40 years ago triggered an all-consuming interest in antique wirelesses in Wang Lianxi, a retired factory worker .

Ever since the world began, humans were born to get busy. This is the main reason why most of the people are engaged into different activities life sports and different hobbies especially if they have nothing to do.

Why are we asking this now? Research released today has shown that two-thirds of British people would cross the road to escape the attentions of a street collector or "chugger". The poll, by Leap Anywhere, showed that over a quarter of Britons had lied to chuggers, telling them they had already given money to a colleague.

Several Western New York debt collection companies are shut down while one of the men who ran the companies is under arrest.

The Waves Breaking Under The Sun by Slava Tch. Sedona, AZ: July's "1st Friday Gallery Tour" in Sedona includes something different at Lanning Gallery.

A report out of Addergoole Ireland records the story of a young Titanic survivor named Delia McDermott who, although she was one of the first to find a lifeboat when the fated ship struck ice, returned to her cabin to fetch the new hat she had made a special trip to purchase prior to the voyage.

There are many reasons why one collects coins. There are collectors who collect on the basis of the coin's future perceived value, some collect coins coming from just one particular period, some on metal type and some for a coins historical value.

Books, etc., about, connected with or printed in America, often, but not exclusively, the United States of North America; or relating to individual Americans: as distinct from books by American writers.

Olympia's unique charm was not to be missed by the record 34,867 collectors, interior designers, celebrities, dealers, and devotees who came through its doors over the past eleven days.

Everyone would love to collect automobiles. But not too many of us have the money.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Unfinished Music No 1 - the second most popular collectable album, according to Record Collector Son of a ship's steward John Lennon and Yoko Ono stroll in the sunshine in 1971 As he opened a new display about the murdered Beatle on Tuesday night, Julian said that collecting momentoes for the display has helped the healing ...

If you're truly serious about fake ducks, not just any fake duck will do. The surgeon who owns the decoys on display at the Rochester Hills Museum wants to make sure his new acquisitions are in top-flight condition, unruffled by repairs.

Many people who collect coins do it because they love the beauty and the history of the coins themselves, but there is a large segment of the collecting population who collect coins for someone else - a child or grandchild.