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Voice of the Mid-Columbia | Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Wash. |
Daylight Savings is about to end and it's all a matter of time in today's What's It Worth, as readers ask questions about their small clocks.
The items readers ask about in today's What's It Worth are mechanical marvels -- in their own way.
Merchandise giveaways have become pretty common in modern business. There are two-for-one specials at department stores and after-purchase rebates on everything from cell phones to wine.
Among fond childhood memories is the Christmas the electric train set was under the tree.
The majority of men shave every day, using multi-blade modern razors or battery-operated devices that look like they were designed by engineers at NASA.
Today's What's it Worth answers readers who have questions about pottery items that come from two different countries.
Music is on the minds of What's it Worth readers this week. One of today's questions is about a once-famous and now nearly forgotten musician who helped create jazz. And there's a guitar in Wenatchee that not only still plays well, but also is worth quite a tidy sum.
Tuesday is the 79th renewal of the midsummer classic, Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game. This year, the event takes place at Yankee Stadium.
The Beatles were a cultural and musical phenomenon that hit the U.S. at the beginning of 1964.
Readers have questions today about two items tied to Pacific Northwest history. One is by a world-famous early day photographer.
Q. Our little pig-shaped flask has a story to it.
Q. This has been in the family for more than 50 years. The lock on the front has "July 9, 1889 pat. pending." We are moving on out of town and the trunk is just too big to take with us. Can you give an estimate of its value, if any? Thank you in advance for your anticipated assistance. -- Mark in Pasco
What's It Worth today takes a look at two quite different items. One dates to Prohibition in America, the other could have been used by a preacher advocating Prohibition.
Several months ago What's It Worth answered a question about the value of modern Western riding spurs. In responding, we noted authentic "used-on-the-range" cowboy items are hot in the marketplace these days.
Q. I have seven of these silver dollars, each has a date of 1922. Some have a mint mark "S," others have no mint mark at all. I know these probably are collectible. My question is: Has the recent jump in the price of silver made them all the more valuable? -- Martin in West Richland
"East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet," said Rudyard Kipling. They surely don't meet often, but East and West come together in today's What's It Worth, as we respond to reader's questions about their Western spurs and a very fancy table from much further east.