By Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher While most of us are familiar with or accustomed to sites such as eBay, which pioneered the online antiques marketplace, today, buyers and sellers have hundreds […]
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By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher In his day, and even today thanks to portraits painted while he was alive along with copies from those images made after his death, George […]
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher When we use the word “Americana” to identify an item associated with the culture and history of America, we are often referring to objects of historical rather […]
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor Many Americana objects in collections and museums incorporate the one symbol that the first Congress approved as this country’s emblem: the American Bald Eagle. Not […]
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor The 1960s and ’70s were all about color. Peter Max Color. Bright, fluid, fantastical, and full of enlightenment. This artist burst on the scene in […]
By Laurence Carpenter The British Invasion of the 1960s was a seismic cultural shift, where a wave of British bands crossed the Atlantic and captured the hearts and minds […]
By Amanda Sheriff The Silver Age of comics, which ran from approximately the mid-1950s to 1970, is noted as a transitional time for the medium. Many new characters were created and several […]
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “The whole 1960s thing was a ten-year running party, which was lovely. It started at the end of the 1950s and sort of faded a bit […]
by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher Ask anyone over the age of 60 to name a significant memory and many will say they recall watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on July […]
by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor “The purpose of Architecture is to improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life. The infinite variety of these […]