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Hearth to Hearth: Getting a Feel for the Eel

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Hearth to Hearth: Getting a Feel for the Eel – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2003 by Alice Ross Mention eels today and someone (if not everyone) will make an unpleasant noise. You hear that they look like snakes (nasty)…

Signs of the Time: Post-Civil War Advertising

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Signs of the Time: Post-Civil War Advertising – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2003 By Harvey Leventhal Soon after the Civil War, Americans were on the move and settling new, small communities all over the country. Most…

Guess What? May 2003

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Guess What Article for May 2003 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Another year, another Brimfield, another intriguingly rare GUESS WHAT to ponder and challenge your powers of perceptive deduction… with an added bonus,…

Hearth to Hearth: What is a Kitchen?

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Hearth to Hearth: What is a Kitchen – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2003 by Alice Ross When is a kitchen not a kitchen? Hard to say. If you look in the dictionaries, they tell you that for over 1,000…

The Business of Buying in the UK, Part One

The Business of Buying in the UK: Part 1 – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2003 by Ed Welch Buying in the United Kingdom is not complicated or expensive once you have solved…

Guess What? April 2003

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Guess What Article for April 2003 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” When it’s wiry, has gears, folds up and is cranked by a long knobby handle – you get the feeling that a…

Hearth to Hearth: Rastus & Friends

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Hearth to Hearth: Rastus & Friends – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 by Alice Ross In the course of American advertising, a number of food companies have created fictional people to represent them and to symbolize their product. Today…

Quezal Art Glass

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Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by…