Group Shop History, Part One
GROUP SHOP HISTORY (1972-1992) Part One – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2005 By Ed Welch * See February 2005 “Journal” Issue for Part 2 of this series In the 70s and 80s,…
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Guess What? February 2005
Guess What Article for February 2005 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” When longtime Kooksters* and fellow Badgers Chuck and Bonnie come across something odd and unusual, their research instincts kick into high gear…
Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata Collection Awarded to Morris Museum
Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata Collection Awarded to Morris Museum – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2005 The Morris Museum, located in Morristown, NJ, recently announced it was awarded The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of historic mechanical musical…
Group Shop History, Part Two
GROUP SHOP HISTORY (1972-1992) Part Two – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2005 By Ed Welch * See March 2005 “Journal” Issue for Part 1 of this series In the 70s and 80s,…
Guess What? January 2005
Guess What Article for January 2005 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” As faintly as you may associate our monthly visits with current events and topicality – we missed the boat with the recent…
Chinese Rank Badges
Chinese Rank Badges – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2005 Important men in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties didn’t need printed calling cards to explain their rank. They wore it in splendid color, gold thread and…
Old Wine in New Bottles
Old Wine in New Bottles – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2005 By Ed Welch In the 70’s and 80’s, I taught a course, The Business of Doing Business in Antiques. I wrote…
Guess What? December 2004
Guess What Article for December 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Some people have cute Christmas cards and some people have cute granddaughters. Buck Carson is lucky; he has both. That was in…
Christmas Dolls
Christmas Dolls – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2004 by Dorothy McGonagle What is a Christmas Doll? Surely there are as many answers as there are people who have received dolls or given dolls to girls for Christmas.…
How Accurate are Appraisals?
How Accurate are Appraisals? – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2004By Ed WelchThe appraisal process is not well understood by the buyers and sellers of antiques. Generally, when a seller asks for an…