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Wu Tang Clan
It’s not often we have the opportunity to feature musicians in our articles, but since we’ve recently acquired a killer collection of Wu-Tang Clan merch and memorabilia, now seems like a good time to start! We’ll talk more about [...]
Press from Auction Central News – World War II field jackets and weapons muster at Bruneau, July 21
CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. will hold an online Summer Historic Arms & Militaria auction Thursday, July 21, starting at 6 pm Eastern time. It is loaded with more than 300 lots of historic objects dating from the late 18th [...]
Becca’s Blog – World Watercolor Month
watercolors and paintbrush - art still life Hey everyone! Welcome to another thrilling adventure of me writing about whatever I feel like because this is my blog and not yours. Just kidding, this week we are celebrating [...]
Howell Dodd: Illustrator and War Correspondent
I picked up a collection of World War II uniforms a while back, and one of them intrigued me. It had war correspondent’s insignia on the sleeves of the jacket and a painted helmet with “WAR CORRESPONDENT/U.S.” painted on [...]
An Interesting Gun Made in Rhode Island
Today when we think of some of the interesting or iconic arms of World War II certain examples come to mind. The German G41, G43, STG44, the Russian SVT-38 and 40. In the United States we might think of [...]
Who is Andy Yanchus?
Andy Yanchus was a highly regarded hobbyist and professional in the toy and comic book industry. Since his early childhood Andy was enthralled with building plastic model kits. Modeling inspired him to attend the Pratt School of Industrial Design [...]
Becca’s Blog – Freedom Monuments
Hey everyone! Independence Day is right around the corner so let’s get a little festive! Instead of sticking with strictly American themes, I want to take this moment to acknowledge other symbols of freedom from around the world. Starting [...]
Historic Arms of WWI & WWII in Pop Culture
While a very interesting historic arm produced in Rhode Island and highly collectable, it isn’t very well known. Over the years through movies and a few television series, other arms of World War I and II are more popular [...]