Nick Boschetto

Nick Boschetto

Glass Animals

Fenton red glass cat

by Jessica Kosinski Glass is a wonderful medium because it is so versatile. It is used to make everyday items ranging from tableware to windows. For a collector, glass is a great focal point because there are so many wonderful artists who…

Antique & Vintage Trends of 2022

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Every year, the research staff at the Asheford Institute of Antiques conducts an informal survey among its over 2,264 current students and past graduates to report on current market trends within the antiques, vintage and collectibles community. Respondents operate their…

The Glass Ceiling

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While the use of glass in the making of everything from jewelry to stained glass windows, optical lenses, architectural structures, decorative objects, and home furnishings is commonplace today, so is its use as a common metaphor: a “heart made of…

Interviewing Angela Lansbury

How TV fans will always remember her: Angela Lansbury as “Jessica Fletcher.” The hit series Murder, She Wrote ran for 12 seasons, and earned Angela 12 Emmy nominations (although she never won!).

By Donald-Brian Johnson In 1984, on her way to the West Coast to begin filming the first season of the soon-to-be-a-hit TV show Murder, She Wrote, Angela Lansbury (1925-2022) stopped off in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a private visit, to…