Snow globes started out as a novel take on the once-common paperweight. Owners could give the dome a quick shake and watch porcelain “snow” swirl around a familiar winter scene. While paperweights ...

Collecting snow globes is like collecting wintertime memories; there's sort of a magical secret world within a swirling snowstorm. Snow globes can take you to a different world where you can’t resist ...

A 16th-century globe showing the world before Europeans ever set foot on Australia sold for $153,861 at Hansons Auctioneers on Thursday. The artifact—which depicts sea monsters, ships and King Triton ...