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!

<--- Historical Bank Commercial Office 20k sq ft On Sale Today!

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

<--- GROUP 3 ASTRONAUT S SIGNED CONTRACT HISTORICAL NASA On Sale Today!

<--- MERCURY 7 ASTRONAUT S SIGNED CONTRACT HISTORICAL NASA On Sale Today!

<--- Set of historic jazz tapes for donation On Sale Today!

<--- Marble Plate gift from Benazir Bhutto rare historical On Sale Today!

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

<--- Historic JAILHOUSE PJ Pauly Brothers 1890 building On Sale Today!

<--- OLD SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA HISTORIC HAWES FAMILY GOLD On Sale Today!

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

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

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

<--- Pair 18th Century George Washington Historical Prints On Sale Today!

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

<--- A Lot Of 7 New OBAMA INAUGURATION HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS On Sale Today!

<--- Framed Historic Justice Roger Taney Legal Document On Sale Today!

<--- HISTORICAL TUMBLING BLOCKS QUILT Texas Estate Sale On Sale Today!

<--- HISTORIC AND IMPORTANT JOHN W DAVIS ALS NOV 1924 EXC On Sale Today!

<--- Presidential Presentation Cigar Box GORGEOUS Historical On Sale Today!

<--- NRA Bonnie and Clyde Historical Collectible On Sale Today!

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

<--- DWIGHT EISENHOWER Historic South Carolina IKE SIGNED 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!

<--- 1831 London Bridge Opening HUGE Historic Medal 515 mm On Sale Today!

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

<--- Historic BENJMAIN FRANKLIN DEATH 1790 British Newspaper On Sale Today!

<--- GNYC 42 Patch RWS KRS BWS WBS LBS KRS Historical Set On Sale Today!

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

<--- South Carolina Legend James Byrnes Historical Archives On Sale Today!

<--- Historic Eisenhower Campaign Buttons On Sale Today!

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

<--- Berthoud Colorado Historic Panorama Photograph Large On Sale Today!

<--- HISTORICAL 1874 1907 COURT JOURNAL MCPHERSON CO KANSAS On Sale Today!

<--- Antique Framed 1891 Historical Print OUAM Society On Sale Today!

<--- 1950s HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES ALBUM – HEROES OF THE USSR On Sale Today!

<--- USA PRESIDENT JOHNSON HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA On Sale Today!

<--- 1860s President Lincoln Family Historical Engraving On Sale Today!

<--- 1 Tin of Cigars not to use historical only 10 Church On Sale Today!

<--- Boston Pulblic Library 1894 historical lot 3 items On Sale Today!

<--- Hms Victory 30 Historic Ship Model Model Boat NEW On Sale Today!

<--- ORDER OF REDMAN DIPLOMALEGEND AND HISTORICAL DOC 1886 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.