Features
Curated articles that explore the rich intersections of history, craftsmanship, and collecting culture. These long-form pieces are your gateway to learning something new, seeing the familiar in a fresh light, and connecting with the past meaningfully.

Time Capsules
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher A time capsule is a historic cache of goods or information, usually intended as a deliberate ...

There Are Spies Among Us: 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Century Military Espionage As Told By its Hierarchy, Spies, and Gadgets
By Judy Weaver Gonyeau, managing editor The spies from the earliest days of America may not have had the level of ...

The Rise and Fall of the Army Surplus Store
By Brett and Kate McKay, artofmanliness.com You’ve probably been to an army surplus store. They all look pretty much the ...

An Interview with John Sexton, The Civil War Collector
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher When it comes to Civil War memorabilia, John Sexton is the go-to guy. His decades as ...

The United States Postal Service Turns 250
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher During the Revolutionary War, instantaneous communication was non-existent, especially over great distances. News and personal correspondence ...

The Grand Ole Opry® at 100: The Church of Country Music
By Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Name any country music star and chances are they are a member of one of ...

Turning 100 in 2025: 5 Origin Stories
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher Behind every major company and brand launched in the early decades of the 20th century was ...

White House Christmas Traditions
from www.whitehousechristmascards.com This website offers a treasure trove of information on the White House Christmas Cards and how the presidents ...

Let it Snow! Those Sensational Snow Globes
by Donald-Brian Johnson “Rosebud …” And with that muttered word, the classic movie Citizen Kane opens. As publisher Charles Foster ...

Department 56 Collectible Villages
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “One Christmas evening, a group of friends set off to enjoy a dinner of celebration at ...

Your Tools For Better Online Searching: What’s In Your Toolbox?
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor When scrambling online to search for information on your antique/vintage/collectible item, the key to success ...

Online Resources To Turn To When Antiquing
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor You’re at a vintage or antique show/shop/sale/auction and you just came across something you want ...

Online Platforms that are Transforming The Antiques Marketplace
By Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher While most of us are familiar with or accustomed to sites such as eBay, which pioneered ...

The National Images of George Washington, a Reluctant Portrait Sitter
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher In his day, and even today thanks to portraits painted while he was alive along with ...
![In the throes of the Rodney King riots in 1992, Nehemiah Cisneros’ family store for Black collectibles in Inglewood was razed. Black illustrated books and Golliwog dolls salvaged from the ashes wound up on the shelves and in the closets of Cisneros’ childhood bedroom, ambivalent and uncanny reminders of both violence and resistance. “As the lifeless doll eyes of racially exploitative faces stared back at me while [I was] trying to fall asleep, I formed an atypical relationship with trauma; trauma became my guardian angel,” the artist said. photo: Control Gallery in Los Angeles](https://journalofantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Artist-Nehemiah-Cisneros-with-his-Golliwog-dolls-300x200.jpg)
Black Americana
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher When we use the word “Americana” to identify an item associated with the culture and history of ...

Carved American Eagles: America’s First Americana
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Many Americana objects in collections and museums incorporate the one symbol that the first Congress ...

Peter Max 1960s & 1970s: All-American Art
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor The 1960s and ’70s were all about color. Peter Max Color. Bright, fluid, fantastical, and ...

The British Invasion: A Revolution in Music Memorabilia
By Laurence Carpenter The British Invasion of the 1960s was a seismic cultural shift, where a wave of British bands ...

Comics in the 1960s: Groundbreaking Silver Age
By Amanda Sheriff The Silver Age of comics, which ran from approximately the mid-1950s to 1970, is noted as a transitional ...

Mary Quant: Designing the Look of the Swinging Sixties
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “The whole 1960s thing was a ten-year running party, which was lovely. It started at the ...

11 Sky High Apollo 11 Collectibles
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher Ask anyone over the age of 60 to name a significant memory and many will say ...

John Lautner, Jr. – Living Space
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor “The purpose of Architecture is to improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous spaces for ...

Chesley Bonestell – The Father of Space Art
by Maxine Carter-Lome “There isn’t an artist painting today, in the science fiction fantasy field, who didn't start with Chesley ...

Andre Courreges: Space Age Fashion Designer
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher "André Courrèges was a visionary designer who foresaw the 21st century and believed in progress. That ...

The Bigger the Bolder: Outdoor Advertising
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Ever since man formed a written language, there have been outdoor signs and billboards. Even ...