A barometer of what’s hot and what’s not in the antiques trade is Asheford Institute’s annual Decorative Arts Trend survey. Conducted from January 2021 to December 2021 by the research […]
Author Archives: Nick Boschetto
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Negro League Baseball got its start thanks to the increasing popularity of two things after the Civil War: baseball and segregation. Even before the Civil War, African Americans were playing […]
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By David E. Lazaro, Curator of Textiles, Historic Deerfield In late summer of 1741, Boston tailor Richard Billings (1699-1776) announced in a local paper a reward for the return […]
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by Jessica Kosinski For over 200 years, the area near Edgefield, South Carolina has been known for a unique style of pottery, appropriately named Edgefield pottery. Edgefield pottery has a […]
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By Donald-Brian Johnson • Photos by Leslie Piña “Art Deco was the last truly sumptuous style.” – Alastair Duncan, Art Deco, 1988 Art Deco. It isn’t all black […]
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by Paula Higgins Art Deco purses are highly sought after, currently among the most desired of all antique and vintage purses. Their designs can be described as chaotic, streamlined, […]
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Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A vintage Apple-1 computer, known as the Chaffey College Apple-1 as it was […]
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Recent Auction Results from Near & Far by Ken Hall: A Hopi Sikyatki revival pottery bowl, likely made by the celebrated potter Nampeyo, sold recently.
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Leading the effort to publicly and historically recognize the achievements and contributions of African Americans was Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950), known as the “father of black history.”
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The formation of the country of Czechoslovakia at the end of World War I coincided with the growing popularity of Art Deco design that had originated in France in the 1910s.
