Nick Boschetto

Nick Boschetto

Saving Mount Vernon

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If history has taught us anything it’s that it takes a woman to get the job done! That has certainly been the case in the collector world as we discover in this issue dedicated to “Patronesses of History;” women whose…

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Figure 8: Chromolithograph. 36 Star American Flag. Williams genuine Yankee Soap TC. Ben Crane Collection

by Joe Gourd   We live today in a sea of color images, printed and electronic, and we find it hard to imagine a time when media in color was considered a prized possession. Back in the late 19th century,…