The Fragile Beauty of Harvard’s Glass Flowers – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2004 Text Excerpted from [amazon_link id=”0963440500″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Glass Flowers at Harvard[/amazon_link], by Richard Evans Schultes and William A. Davis. Photographs by Hillel…
Old-Fashioned Selling Techniques – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2004 By Ed Welch When I became an antiques dealer in the early 1960s, antiques trade papers, magazines, price guides, group shops, and antiques…
Guess What Article for January 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” This month’s GUESS WHAT personifies what we’ve preached for years – that form and function are not necessarily enemies and can go…
Hearth to Hearth: Good Luck and a Happy New Year (in Food) – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2004 By Alice Ross Luck hinges on what you believe, what you want, what is uncertain. From time immemorial, and…
Shaker Baskets: Tips on Collecting – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2004 Text and photos By Martha Wetherbee This year saw record prices being paid for American wood splint baskets, especially noteworthy were auctions involving Shaker antiques that…
The Business of Selling in Group Shops – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – By Ed Welch The group shop is a popular method of selling antiques. As with all other methods of selling antiques,…
Guess What Article for December 2003 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Putting things on a verbal pedestal is a frequent practice of GUESS WHAT – but it’s not necessary this month because it…
Hearth to Hearth: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2003 By Alice Ross Mother Goose knew just how precious spices were. Not only were little girls made of “sugar and spice and everything nice,”…
Original Article: Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2003 Updated June 2025; 2003–2010: Upholding Tradition Throughout the early 2000s, the Grand Illumination remained a cherished annual event, typically held on the first Sunday…
“You are Only as Good as Your Books – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2003 By Ed Welch In the 1970s Manny Goldman and I wrote antique- and art-related articles for the Central…
