Talk of the Trade
Publishers Corner: March 2019
The Happy Homemaker by Maxine Carter-Lome The term “Happy Homemaker” is a 1950s throwback to a time when housewives took their role and job as wife and mother seriously and, ...
Publisher’s Corner: February 2019
The Reading Room by Maxine Carter-Lome The founding principles of our country have their roots in the Age of Enlightenment, an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ...
Publisher’s Corner: January 2019
All That Glitters is Not Gold by Maxine Carter-Lome When it comes to what we collect, those of us into antique metals - be it silver, gold, pewter, cast iron, ...
Publisher’s Corner: December 2018
Past, Present, & Future Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Hard to believe we are at the end of yet another year! December issues give us an opportunity to reflect on a ...
Publisher's Corner: November 2018
Collecting the Great Outdoors by Maxine Carter-Lome Anyone who has ever gone camping or camps regularly knows that being in the "Great Outdoors" requires a lot of "stuff" - from ...
Publisher's Corner: October 2018
Classic Cars & Collectibles By Maxine Carter-Lome You don't have to be a collector to stop and take notice of a parked or passing car. It could be one your ...
Publishers Corner: September 2018
Restyling the Word "Primitives" Maxine Carter-Lome In the evolution of any industry new words emerge to identify and define products and trends that shift the marketplace and seek to broaden ...
Publisher’s Corner: July 2018
Time in a Bottle By Maxine Carter-Lome Antique glass bottles (essentially those made before World War I) are interesting historical artifacts – hand-made, mouth-blown works of art crafted in beautiful ...
Publisher's Corner: June 2018
Comic Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Like the baseball cards I purchased with my allowance, and flipped and traded with friends at school, comics were very much a part of my ...
Publisher's Corner: May 2018
Backstage Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Growing up in and around New York City in a family that loved the theater and were frequent patrons, I was fortunate to see more ...
Publisher's Corner: April 2018
An Enduring Appreciation for Glass by Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher When we think about glass as a collectible we most often focus on glass makers and their history, and glass techniques, ...
Publisher's Corner: March 2018
Salvaging History by Maxine Carter-Lome For six years before relocating to Sturbridge, MA to purchase this magazine, I was Chair of my town's Historical Commission. The Commission, which was also ...
