By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod [divider align=”center”] In all of the items shown in this month’s column, each object sold at the highest end of the market for that type of object. While each is an unusual object individually,…
No Matter Which Direction the Wind Blows, We Still Love American Weathervanes By Kary Pardy [divider align=”center”] [ux_image_box img=”47681″] This ca. 1890-1899 wood fish weathervane sold on 1stdibs.com and was listed in good condition. The description read, “One of a…
2019 in Hindsight: A Year of Pop Culture By J.C. Vaughn [ux_image_box img=”47663″] Bernie Wrightson’s cover for his illustrated version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published by Marvel Comics in 1983, sold for $1.2 million in 2019 at Profiles in History.…
Make No Little Plans: A.B. Wells, A Collector of Americana Excerpts from osv.org on their founding collector extraordinaire Old Sturbridge Village began as one man’s hobby, but over the years has evolved into a national institution, recreating life as it…
by Jessica Kosinski [divider align=”center”] [row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_image_box img=”47595″] This early floral hooked rug showing a strong “folk art” style rug sold for $649 in 2012. [/ux_image_box] [/col] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] It is easy to go through life…
The Feeling of Love and Respect for the Red, White, and Blue By Judy Gonyeau [ux_image_box img=”47460″] Alfred Jacob Miller’s The Bombardment of Ft. McHenry. This event is said to have served as the inspiration for The Star-Spangled Banner by…
Story & Photos by Donald-Brian Johnson [ux_gallery ids=”47533,47534,47535,47536″] For thousands and thousands of mid-twentieth century Americans, the week just wasn’t complete without the latest issue of Liberty, the magazine that could be yours for just five cents. Even when the…
[row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] On February 11, 1919, Paul Rea, director of The Charleston Museum, acquired a stoneware jar characteristic of those made in Edgefield, South Carolina. Of course, it wasn’t the first piece of pottery the museum had ever…
By Fred N. Holabird [divider align=”center”] [row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_image_box img=”47383″] Crystallized Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye Co NV [/ux_image_box] [/col] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] Mining is the Backbone of America The history of America is in many ways…
