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TOP 10 COLLECTIBLES See what prized collectibles and heirlooms sold on eBay last month Recently purchased items include a vintage Mickey Mouse toy, an antique sterling flatware set, and a 1930s life-sized Laurel & Hardy poster standee (pictured left).

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Tired of using basic, generic tableware from rental companies for his various fundraisers and parties, Los Angeles native Jason Murakawa decided start an antique tabletop rental company featuring pieces from his unique 750-piece collection about six months ago.

MONICA ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS What’s the best way to use the things you love–something you inherited, received as a gift, or picked up yourself–to create a unique and special evening for you and your dinner guests?

CELEBRITY COLLECTIONS Writer/director James Cameron (the man behind two of the highest-grossing films of all time, “Titanic” and “Avatar”) never fails to leave any of his movie sets without grabbing a memento to add to his personal movie memorabilia collection.

GOOD BUY ON YOUR BUDGET During the Great Depression, inexpensively made glassware was distributed for free, or a nominal fee, throughout the country. These pieces have since been dubbed “Depression glass.” While most of the pieces are of marginal quality, their place in American history makes them highly sought-after collectibles today.

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Park City’s Burns Cowboy Shop is the latest venture of the oldest continuously family-owned Western business in the country.

Piece by Piece Bobby Fischer isn’t the only world chess champion on collector David DeLucia’s radar. Though he owns Fischer’s accordion, harmonica, and some trophies, the author of Bobby Fischer Uncensored has a number of other world chess champions’ things, including a Man Ray-made sterling silver trophy.

SEE IT THEIR WAY Nuggets of wisdom, how-to advice, and inspiring ideas from our experts Collectors are born, not made. Curators are made, not born. I’m lucky enough to be equal parts collector and curator. The first part was a gift from my parents. The second was courtesy of a strong education and a voracious appetite for reading.

PIECE BY PIECE “Stitches” are what a doctor gives you after a hard fall and “samplers” are an appetizer you order when you’re really hungry, right? Not to a little girl coming of age in the 18th and 19th centuries. Read on to find out what “stitching a sampler” meant to young women back then.

TOP 10 COLLECTIBLES See what prized collectibles and heirlooms sold on eBay last month Recently purchased items include an antique French Doll, a 14K Tiffany Bracelet from 1950, and a vintage Gibson guitar.