Wrapping up the meaning of life

Article Abstract:

While buying a packet of Munchies Robert Opie realised that in a short time the wrapper would be replaced and unless he saved it it would vanish from social history. This started him collecting samples of commercial packaging which now numbers over a million. He has 10,000 yoghurt pots which cover 300 different flavours and has set up the Museum of Advertising and Packaging in Gloucester where 300,000 of his items are on show. In the early 1800's there were commodities, not products, and things like sugar, jam and tobacco were dispensed from bulk containers by family grocers. Packaging then began, grocers resenting middlemen taking some of their profit.

History, Advertising, Museums, Art museums, Packaging

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It's small change - why spend it?

Article Abstract:

The oldest commercial coin magazine in the world Numismatic Circular is 100 years old in 1992. Speculators affected its circulation in the 70s but small collectors were overlooked. If collectors cannot buy something regularly they tend to sell their collection. In 1982 outpriced collectors provided a sudden surfeit. Tickets defining the coin's provenance are desirable. Private collectors have more time to research the provenance, so increasing the value of their coins.

Marketing, Speculation, 1970s (Decade) AD, Coins, Numismatics

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Ancient tablets with a price tag

Article Abstract:

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia are sold regularly at auction. These tablets attracted little interest from collectors until 1988, when a large collection sold for 933,000 pounds sterling. Prices have now become more stable, and basic cuneiform tablets can be purchased at auction for less than 500 pounds sterling. A forthcoming sale at Bonhams will include a clay brick bearing the name of King Nebuchadnezzar and an Old Babylonian cylinder seal.

Clay tablets

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