Napier bracelet with original tag reading “Established 1875” on the back, even though the company’s true founding date is 1878. It’s no secret that vintage advertising in periodicals and magazines offers a wealth of costume jewelry information that can help us date pieces, learn about line names, and understand where the jewelry was sold and at which price points. Thanks to the internet, it’s easier than ever to search for these resources—they’re even found in the WorthPoint Price Guide since many ad pages sell in the online marketplace. On top of that, they can be beautifully illustrated inspirations for time-traveling…
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The following post contains SPOILERS for 28 Years Later. Don’t come at us like a Rage Virus zombie if it spoils something. That’s what it is here to do.It took 18 years to get a third film in the 28 Days Later series. Thankfully, fans of that new sequel, 28 Years Later, won’t need to wait long for the fourth; 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple has already been shot, and is penciled in for theatrical release in early 2026.That’s important because even as 28 Years Later does provide a thematic ending to the journey of its young hero Spike, it also very much leaves his story…
Art MarketArun KakarFrida Orupabo, installation view of Her, 2024, in Galerie Nordenhake’s booth at Art Basel, 2025. Courtesy of Art Basel. Art Basel’s flagship fair for 2025 concluded on Sunday, June 22nd, after a week in which the sun never appeared to stop beating down on the Swiss city. Some 88,000 visitors—down from 2024’s reported total of 91,000—attended the fair, which featured 289 galleries from 42 countries and territories.Alongside the main fair again this year was the Unlimited sector, which presented large-scale projects, such as Marinella Senatore’s gigantic light sculpture We Rise By Lifting Others (2023). Also returning was the…
Today’s Jewelry Collection Story comes from Natalie of Austra Jewelry. She is lucky enough to have been attending jewelry shows since she was young, thanks to her mother who instilled a love for jewelry. Today, she curates a collection of vintage and antique fine jewelry for her clients and exhibits at A Current Affair vintage pop-up market. Let’s learn more about Natalie and her personal jewelry collection: “I have been collecting since I was a kid. I actually still have one of my first rings in my collection, which now only fits my pinky, but I still wear it on…
Viking Age artifacts found by a metal detectorist in Germany.Image Source: Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office via ati. Metal detectorist Arjen Spießwinkel recently discovered several Viking Age artifacts along the banks of the Schlei River near Haithabu, Germany, according to Archaeologie Online. These artifacts included coins, a whetstone, and a pendant that could be a cross or part of Thor’s hammer. Following the discovery, Spießwinkel notified the Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office (ALSH) about his discovery. Since then, ALSH officials have examined the scene where Spießwinkel unearthed the artifacts. “We are always happy when one of the [metal] detectorists calls us because…
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The American““Barbarian““Becoming Led Zeppelin““The Blues Brothers““Dunkirk““Midnight Run““Now You See Me““Piece by Piece““The Town““Us“ 10 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Dark City“ On his new commentary for the excellent “Dark City,” Alex Proyas breaks down the tumultuous production and disastrous screening process that led to the film’s mangling, citing the support of Roger Ebert as a factor in keeping a film alive that may have otherwise disappeared into the vaults of film history. People kept finding “Dark City,” some of them even hysterically turning the sound off during that awful narration in the theatrical cut when they screened it,…
As many times as I’ve seen “Jaws” since I first experienced it as a mesmerized, terrified, and thrilled 15-year-old in the summer of 1975, each revisit yields something new, something that didn’t fully register with me the first time I saw it. I’m long past the point where I’ll be shocked by that first tug on late-night skinny-dipper Chrissie Watkins, or the jump-scare appearance of Ben Gardner’s severed head, or the moment when the shark appears behind Chief Brody and we see it just before he does. Now, though, it’s all about catching something that would only resonate upon repeated…
Back in 2019, video game auteur Hideo Kojima and his studio, Kojima Productions, released their highly anticipated game, “Death Stranding.” It was a highly divisive game, with some critics praising its sci-fi universe while others lambasted its glorified “delivery simulator” gameplay. Its story concepts were completely out of the box, and arguably only Kojima would have the guts to create such laborious gameplay mechanics to challenge players. Its sequel, “Death Stranding 2: On the Beach,” is pretty much the same tune. It expands on the post-apocalyptic setting and tells a touching story about the protagonist, Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus),…
A new Superman theory speculates that the Ultraman in the movie might not be a clone, but something else entirely. Although Ultraman has been featured prominently in some of the promotional materials for the film, there is a lot of mystery around the character. Martian Manhunter is Superman’s Ultraman in new theory A theory reportedly going around on the internet appears to suggest that Ultraman in James Gunn’s Superman movie might not be a clone, even though that’s what earlier speculations claimed. According to this theory, Ultraman is Martian Manhunter, who is one of the seven original members of the…
Despite solid reviews, Pixar’s latest film, Elio, does not look like a hit.The studio’s latest animated feature opened with just an estimated $21 million in ticket sales in U.S. theaters — which makes it the worst opening in the history of Pixar, the much-beloved creators of cartoon classics like Toy Story, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles.That $21 million number is significantly down from Pixar’s previous worst opening weekend, which came in 2023 with Elemental, which grossed $29.6 million in theaters in its first days of release. (The very first Toy Story opened to roughly that number as well — but that was 30 years ago and that number…
