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Around the House with Art Deco
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 and white ...
Time Capsules: History in a Box
I have been fascinated over the last few weeks with the news coming out of Richmond, Virginia about the time capsules just unearthed, found buried inside the Robert E. Lee ...
DAOs – The future of investment crowdfunding
Thousands of cryptocurrency fans collectively pooled their money last month to make a bid on a rare original printing of the US Constitution. The group, calling themselves ConstitutionDAO, brought $41 ...
Comic Books: Not Just For Reading
Remember when a comic book cost less than $.20? We had a candy store down the block from my elementary school and during recess my friends and I would walk ...
Collecting & Preserving Seeds: An Insurance Policy for our Future
Our October issue explores the historical roots of the American harvest. You may question what that has to do with antique collectibles but in their own way, the indigenous seeds ...
Exploring Antique Technologies: Acing the Autopen – Helping Collectors Feel More Confident with Mechanical Writing
by Kary Pardy Footage from a 1950s 9-second video shows a grey, boxy machine using mechanical levers to exactly mimic the slopes and angles of a person’s handwriting. Since the ...
Exploring Antique Technologies: Leather Fire Buckets – Painted Americana at its Most Helpful
by Kary Pardy Imagine you lived in the 17th or 18th century. Chances are good that you would be surrounded by wooden buildings and that you would be very wary ...
Taking Your Collection to the Next Level: For many collectors and homeowners, the downtime of the last year provided the rare opportunity to do a deep dive into their collections and document their objects of value.
For many collectors and homeowners, the downtime of the last year provided the rare opportunity to do a deep dive into their collections and document their objects of value. This ...
The Return of Shows: It has not been easy but show organizers are working hard to return to live events
This week is the return in full of the Brimfield Antique Shows after over a year's hiatus due to COVID. Like all small shows and large-scale events, there remains some ...
Owning a Share of Sports History
If you are like most sports fans and collectors of sports memorabilia, you can’t help but be blown away by recent auction sales. In just the first half of this ...
“The Art World is Going Digital Over NFT”
When graphic designer Mike Winkelmann started producing a drawing a day in 2007, he was simply looking for a way to improve his art skills. At best, the resulting "Everydays" ...
Crafting a Legacy: The Life and Work of Olof Althin
by Erica Lome, Ph.D. Today, few people outside of the antiques trade recognize the name Olof Althin (1859-1920), a Swedish-born cabinetmaker active in Boston at the turn of the twentieth ...
