In History

In History Collectibles;
for finding that golden needle in the online haystack.

Dear collector,
My name is Pierre Jardin and I am a French History Collector.

This site was put together for me to find all history collectibles however, not just French history. So I would like to share it with all of the history collectors like myself, but of course not the French collectors, ok?

This website is very smart, it takes whatever you search it with and shows you the best historical collections at the very time you search it... No waiting, it shows you many sales, lots, and auctions that you can purchase or join in auction for immediately. Pretty Cool, eh?

I will also be posting a few historical commentary articles from time to time, just to keep things interesting. - Don't worry! I will not post French history on this site written in English!

But of course, this site is free for you to use, with no fees at all. It is my gift to other collectors like myself, I hope you can use it to find some real steals, like I have.

Enjoy!
~Pierre

Below are just a few of the many Historical products that are on sale right this minute, and you can find them here on this very blog!

<--- Historic Wall Street Turn of Century Street Sign On Sale Today!

<--- 2 rare historical photographs atomic bomb devastation On Sale Today!

<--- 19c HISTORIC WESTFIELD AVE SOUTH AVE CIRCLE Street Sign On Sale Today!

<--- Historic Franklin Roosevelt Mexican Presidential Gift early 1940s WWII On Sale Today!

<--- amazing estate cache historical letters Civil War era On Sale Today!

<--- historical daguerreotype photograph John Brown Family On Sale Today!

<--- Historic NORTHWEST ORDINANCE Territory Act is PASSED Congress 1787 Old Newspaper On Sale Today!

<--- President Reagan Rare Historic Vintage collection On Sale Today!

<--- 1787 1st Magazine Printing UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION George Washington HISTORIC On Sale Today!

<--- World Trade Center Collection Truly Historical Valued Over $50000 No Reserve On Sale Today!

<--- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE John Hancock Type Signed 1776 HISTORIC Magazine On Sale Today!

<--- HISTORIC 1899 TULLY BUILDING 48 CORNER STONE DATED HAND CARVED EUFAULA OKLA On Sale Today!

<--- ANTIQUE Famous RARE Diamond replica set Historical Diamonds Hope Royal Star Etc On Sale Today!

<--- Worlds only recording of historic jazz concert and you can own it On Sale Today!

<--- Alaskan Gold from historic Porcupine Creek as seen on TVs Gold Rush Alaska On Sale Today!

<--- c 1829 Printed Historic Textile LES PRESIDENTS On Sale Today!

<--- Rare Antique Amusement Park Carousel Figure of Camel Charles Looff Historic On Sale Today!

<--- 24 AMAZING 14k MEDAL ACTING MAYOR GEORGE W ALLEN ST LOUIS HISTORIC PIECE On Sale Today!

<--- Queen Isabella I Original Manuscript historical document On Sale Today!

<--- Historical WTC Document That Fell From The Sky On Sale Today!

<--- Coca Cola Plastic Can Collection Mint 1985 RARE 6 Pack Historical Flop On Sale Today!

<--- Historic DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON President John Adams 1799 American Newspaper On Sale Today!

<--- Political Historic Letter to WILLIAM SHEPARD On Sale Today!

<--- Antique 1920s Glen Ellyn Illinois Confectionery Porcelain Sign Historic Location On Sale Today!

<--- ANTIQUE DOUBLY HISTORIC ZULU KNOBKERRY On Sale Today!

<--- Russian Historical themed pins badges Lot of 300 On Sale Today!

<--- RARE HISTORIC 1880 MOUNT UNION COLLEGE OHIO $2 CV $2000 On Sale Today!

<--- 12 STERLING WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS COINS FRAMED On Sale Today!

<--- Historic CENSUS ACT President George Washington 1st Printing 1790 US Newspaper On Sale Today!

<--- VERY RARE 1885 Historical Sketch Guide to New Orleans Expo Edition Coleman On Sale Today!

<--- RARE Historical Detroit Olympic Committee Invitation to host 1956 Olympics On Sale Today!

<--- 9 Wedgwood HARVARD UNIVERISTY 1927 Historical Com 10 3 8 Plates Blue Transfer On Sale Today!

<--- RARE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH HOUSE WHERE JEFFERSON WROTE DECLARATION INDE On Sale Today!

<--- Historic Print WASHINGTON after painting by Savage On Sale Today!

<--- Rare Antique vintage early historical handkerchief Remember the Maine 1889 On Sale Today!

<--- Vintage Historic 1893 Republican League Ribbon 130 D On Sale Today!

<--- DWIGHT EISENHOWER Historic South Carolina Ephemera Lot IKE SIGNED Must LK On Sale Today!

<--- FRAMED ANTIQUE LOOK HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTION BILL OF RIGHTS DOI On Sale Today!

<--- U S Historical Docs Albany County NY 4 10 1786 On Sale Today!

<--- 1930 Artist Signed Watercolor of Historic North Sunnyside Gardens Queens NY On Sale Today!

<--- Historical antique handkerchief Remember the Maine On Sale Today!

<--- 1860 Abraham Lincoln Hartford Presdential Campaign Medal CHOICE Historical On Sale Today!

The Items above are both sales and auctions that are live right this minute! All can be found somewhere on this website, and the fastest way to find one (or anything else you are looking for, for that matter) is to use our Search box above and to the right. Thanks for stopping by!

Some profoundly important breakthrough inventions are not things and inventions, but rather ways of analyzing our relationship with our environment and ourselves. Once such important concept was the Hippocratic method.

The History of Hippocratic method

The Greek physician Hippocrates (460 - 377 BC) saw disease as a natural process which developed in logical steps, like the acts of a Greek play. Moreover, he saw the patient as an individual whose constitution would react to disease in its own way.

This revolutionary concept was neglected for centuries but it took on increased importance in modern times.

In Greek history, Hippocrates viewed the physician as a man of science instead of a priest. Never before had the world seen a healer and not thought of it as God's express doing. The Hippocratic doctor observed disease, classified it and predicted its course.

He practiced medicine in accordance with the laws of science as far as science then existed and felt himself bound by the ethical precepts of his profession.

Hippocrates recognized that broken parts must be aligned  for normal mending. Traction had to be applied to both ends of a fracture, and then released, gradually, as the parts fitted together. As always, he urged the doctor to look beyond the local fracture to the patients' total reaction.

Mobilization was recommended at an early stage, since "exercise strengthens and inactivity wastes." Today, the maxim is still followed in the doctor's attempt to avoid "atrophy of disuse".

In short, the hippocratic method was more than just a revolutionary way of looking at healing.  It is an entire philosophy unto itself, with the importance of doing no harm in the center of every treatment offered, and that's why even today doctors around the world must take the hippocratic oath to be allowed to practice medicine.

The Abacus is one of mankind's oldest machines, and certainly man's earliest computer.

An abacus is a bead and wire analog counting and calculating device whose earliest form appeared about 3000 BC in Mesopotamia as a sand covered board in which marks were made by finger or stick.

The Abacus was really nothing more than a physical representation of human thought. When it turned out to greatly boost the efficiency of human counting, it became widely used.

Humans had long been capable of counting, adding, subtracting and solving simple and complex mathematical problems.  Stone tools and the wheel gave humankind the ability to master physical obstacles in the environment.

Where does the name abacus come from?

The name abacus derives from the ancient word for " dust ".

When was the abacus first used?

The abacus was first noted in History around 3000 BC.

It was first used in Mesopotamia. The abacus system evolved as a grooved board and ultimately reached its wire and bead form in Egypt by about 500 BC. The abacus was also found in Greece and India and was in widespread use in China by 190 AD, where it is still commonly used today. (By traditionalists, or simply by those who can't afford a computer.)

How does one use an abacus?

The Chinese abacus uses 10 wires with seven beads each to represent place values. One set of beads represents ones and others represent fives. By quickly moving the beads, a skilled abacus user can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as fast as the average person can work similar problems on an electronic calculator.

Today in America it is difficult to find one, as we prefer computers, or more simple calculators to do the job of counting for us.

Today in history, August 28th, 1964, was a very important day for the trend of Human Rights, especially in America.

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was a pivotal time for the Civil Rights movement and the speech was very well received by not just his loyal followers, but by mostly all of the continent.

Ironically, it was simply a speech describing his hope and vision for a future where blacks and whites would coexist harmoniously as equals. It symbolized a truce in the hatred and bloodshed between the two groups, which were all but at war with each other for the last decade or so.

Without that speech at that time, African Americans might not even have the right to vote or run for the highest office today. President Obama would surely not be our president now.