Blog - Sigedon

19 Oct

Yu-Mex Craze: How Mexican Film Won Over Yugoslavia

Yu-Mex Craze: how the Mexican film won over Yugoslavia Although Yugoslavia and Mexico have no common language, border, or culture, th...

22 Jun

Art & Art History, Collecting, Latests

William Hogarth – Satire Between the Lines

William Hogarth - Satire Between the Lines The 18th century was the great age of satire, which especially flourished on England's lite...

03 Apr

Collecting, History

Collecting First Day Covers

British postal system Before 1840, the British postal system was a mess. The recipient of the mail was required to pay postage on deliv...

25 Mar

History

Maria Germanova – The Blue Bird

Moscow Art Theater How much do you know about the Russian theater? Certainly, there were and there still are some great actors and act...

18 Mar

Antique Books, History

Sheet Music Books

The beginnings The invention of the printing press made sheet music very popular across the globe. The Mainz Psalter, published in 1457...

11 Mar

Antique Books, History

The Quran – The book with handling instructions

The Quran - The book with Handling Instructions The Quran is undoubtedly one of the most influential texts in history, but the book it...

28 Feb

History, Latests

The Lost Art of Book Binding

In a time when digital technology is taking over the world, we can ask ourselves: Is bookbinding a lost art? Furt...

10 Feb

Vintage Posters

Vintage Esperanto Posters – Collector’s guide

Dr. Esperanto As you may know, Esperanto is an artificially constructed language. Thus, it belongs to no linguistic family. However, m...

27 Jan

History

Jean Paul Sartre – The existentialism and love

An Existential Love Affair Jean-Paul Sartre was the father of existentialism. Simone de Beauvoir was the mother of modern feminism. To...

16 Jan

History

Old Maps of Africa – Slave Coast

Slave Coast of Africa The Slave Coast of Africa is a historical name representing coastal parts of West Africa. This region was a main...

04 Jan

Collecting

How to spot a fake autograph

Fake autographs In this article, we'll try to point out the main factors you need to consider when buying any signed memorabilia. For ...

26 Dec

History, Photography

Pál Rosty – The Life of an explorer

Pál Rosty and the Revolution The revolutions of 1848 were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe. The most widespread revol...