Hello. My name is markh166, and I am a "Completionist". After watching an episode of "American Pickers", I was finally able to self-diagnose my affliction. It was an episode about a collector who had one of every possible variant of tv/movie lunch boxes - and also a killer collection of 1/6...

As with many of us, about 15 years ago I was thrilled to find the Sideshow Toys line of American Civil War figures, "Brotherhood of Arms". With a heavy interest in the ACW, I bought many for bashes for Indian War figures, so I skipped a few and parted out the ones I did buy. My interest in...

In November, 1863, the Union planned to dedicate the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The massive three-day battle and the sacrifices made were to be memorialized with a key-note address by the Nation's premier orator, Edward Everett. Almost as an after-thought, President Lincoln...