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America's Largest Barf Bag Collection

Posted 04.05.2012

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Hold the phone, pump the breaks, stop the presses...this guy has 700 framed BARF BAGS hanging in his house. Bob Grove AKA Barf Bag Bob, has a coll...

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They Don't Play To Win: Lottery Ticket Collectors Eye Keepsakes, Not Money

AP | By KATHY MATHESON | Posted 09.29.2011

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Among the mountains of losing lottery tickets piled high in a hotel conference room, someone may yet hit a jackpot. But it won...

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Fraud Targets Business... Law Firm

Jim Thomas | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Fraud, Cashier Check, Collections, Business Dispute, Scam, Trust Account, Business, Law Firms, Wire Money, Denver News
Jim Thomas

The scam was designed to take advantage of the way law firms handle dispute resolutions and debt collections. The story of what happened could be helpful to your business.

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An American's Unique Link to German History

Al Eisele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yale University, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hohenzollern Memorabilia, Prussia, Collections, Germany, Arts News
Al Eisele

Until now, Hughes' home has been a veritable museum, filled with oil portraits, photographs and busts of his ancestors. But all that will soon be on its way to Yale.

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A Picture Of Persistence: How a Photography Collection Was Born

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Public Library

In honor of the NYPL's new exhibition, we've asked Julia Van Haaften, the curator who founded our Photography collection 30 years ago, to share the story of the collection's creation.

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Lynn Yaeger Gives Mickey Boardman the Royal Treatment

Meredith Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meredith Barnett

Writer Lynn Yaeger and Creative Director of Paper magazine Mickey Boardman have a lot in common: front row Fashion Week fixtures and best of friends alike, they also share an affinity for obscure collectibles.

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Lynn Yaeger Goes Collecting with Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan

Meredith Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meredith Barnett

Lynn Yaeger's apartment--a well-appointed showpiece for collections that include reindeer sweaters, well-loved dolls she says "last saw action in the First World War" and brooches engraved with the word "baby."

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