Image FUN AND FANCIFUL Bakelite has been put to many uses, including kitchen items and a toy projector.Credit...Above, Tina Fineberg for The New York Times The show is drawn from the Amsterdam ...

Antiques Roadshow US fans saw a visitor emotionally ask the expert for a hug upon hearing the valuation of her items. A guest brought in a small selection of her Bakelite bags and a bracelet to ...

But, as "Heat and Pressure -- 100 Years of Bakelite" proves in its exhibit at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, Baekeland's invention not only revolutionized emerging industries in his ...

He eventually sold his interest in Bakelite to the Union Carbide Co. for $16.5 million in the mid 1920s. He died in Beacon in 1943. Today, items made from Bakelite are considered collector's items.

An alternative to wood and metal, Bakelite took over kitchen drawers in the early 20th century, as manufacturers applied the hard, colorful plastic to the handles of beaters, dough blenders ...

Chances are great you’ll see a number of items made of or at least containing ... In the breezy and informative 58-minute documentary “All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic,” we’re ...

Consumers could order items from a printed catalog ... It looks as if your Airline radio retailed from 1946 to 1949. The sleek Bakelite case, the curved glass crystal and the torpedo-shaped ...

IF you were a style savvy woman in the 1950s or the 1960s, it’s pretty certain that you will have owned an item of Bakelite. Whether a cute handbag or piece of statement jewellery, this was a ...

Most bakelite production ceased in 1942 with the beginning of the World War Ⅱ. Today, bakelite items are extremely expensive and highly collectible. ``Plastic jewelry is still reviving.

IT IS a busy evening in New York and a man is asking people on the street at random if they are familiar with Bakelite. None of them knows what it is, but most think it is related to food.