Today’s collectibles start the new year with diverse submissions from our readers. Included this month are a collector’s most unusual collection centerpiece, an excellent estate sale find, and three ...

Rancho Palos Verdes resident Robin Biggins is a tinkerer. But not with fixing up old cars or reviving someone’s old washing machine. Biggins is a master mechanic who repairs antique automatons and ...

A few weeks ago, while visiting a friend, I was treated to the sounds of a record containing music taped from a barrel organ and a music box, titled "The Road to Heaven -- Mechanical Music for a ...

Q. This is a photo of a Reginaphone mahogany music box that my father purchased at a secondhand store in Rockville, Indiana, back in the 1960s. It is a tabletop music box that measures approximately ...

In 1960 a friend gave Robert Pfeifer an antique music box. He was charmed by the gift.Since then, the retired Fort Lauderdale ophthalmologist has collected more than a dozen large pieces representing ...

Inside a 16,000-square-foot, red-brick and sheet-metal building lies a treasure trove of antique automated musical instruments and machines once popular in parlors, drawing rooms, restaurants and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The best thing about writing this column is the amazing things people send in and how much I learn with the help of so many generous people out there willing to share their knowledge and expertise.

MASON CITY | An 1898 coin-operated music box played at one time in a Mason City drugstore will be among the items on display Sunday, May 4, at the season opening of the Kinney Pioneer Museum. Located ...

Gerry Wright never realized a meeting with antiques dealer Rita Ford would turn into a lifelong career. But when the freelance musician needed a steady job, he saw how his lifetime of tinkering and ...