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Antique Trends in 2020
The great thing about antiques is that with each passing year new items and collectible categories age into this coveted ...
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2020 – A Big Year for Old Clothes: Although fashion spending with the exception of ‘loungewear’ is down a record 79% since Covid forced Americans to start working from home last April, industry data suggests that secondhand and vintage are on the rise.
Although fashion spending with the exception of ‘loungewear’ is down a record 79% since Covid forced Americans to start working ...
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Comic Character Collectibles: April 2020
Spider-Man Meets Spawn to Celebrate Overstreet’s 50th by J.C. Vaughn It has been mentioned more than once in this space ...
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Great Collections: April 2020
The Glass City Museum: How Edward Drummond Libbey’s Glass Collection Started the Toledo Museum of Art Edward Drummond Libbey was ...
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Great Collections: March 2020
Inheriting a Collection of Musical Note: An Interview with Jane Porter Jane Porter with her mother, 2011 When her mother ...
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Exploring Antique Technologies: March 2020
Using Technology to Keep your Antiques Safe By Kary Pardy The restored Rothko murals were installed for the November 16, ...
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What's Selling on eBay: March 2020
By Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod These examples show that eBay has quite a following in the collector marketplace. It ...
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Antiques Peek: March 2020
Buying Patented By Jessica Kosinski Anyone who collects antiques will tell you that determining value can involve several important factors ...
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Publisher's Corner March 2020
By Maxine Carter-Lome Celebrating 20 Years of Living and Loving Antiques This issue marks the 20th Anniversary of the Journal ...
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Exploring Antique Technologies: February 2020
No Matter Which Direction the Wind Blows, We Still Love American Weathervanes By Kary Pardy This ca. 1890-1899 wood fish ...
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Great Collections: February 2020
Make No Little Plans: A.B. Wells, A Collector of Americana Excerpts from osv.org on their founding collector extraordinaire Old Sturbridge ...
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Television Academy Foundation Launches 2020 Spring Auction
The Television Academy Foundation launched its 2020 Spring Auction featuring once-in-a-lifetime television experiences for fans including exclusive set visits, celebrity ...
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February 2020 Issue: A Solute to Americana
By Maxine Carter-Lome The best definition of Americana that I have come across is, “material ephemera of the distant American ...
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What's Selling on eBay: January 2020
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod Discovered during the clean out of a local estate. Approximately 8 inches x 7 ...
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January 2020 Issue: Defining Vintage
The word “vintage” is ascribed to items in the range of at least 20, but more appropriately 50 years old ...
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The Blacksmith
by Melody Amsel-Arieli Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large ...
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The Civil War Collector
by John Sexton Q: Mr. Sexton, I am writing hoping you can help me identify a pistol that has passed ...
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Antiques Peek: Take A (Music) Stand
by Jessica Kosinski In the world of music, there are many instruments you could choose to play. However, deciding on ...
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Vinyl Laughter
by Maxine Carter-Lome Some of the earliest albums recorded for commercial distribution were comedy albums. Various collections of humorous short ...
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Wowie Kazowee! It’s BOZO the CLOWN!
by Maxine Carter-Lome In 1946, Capitol Records writer/producer Alan Livingston introduced Bozo the Clown to the world via a children’s ...
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Great Collections: The Collection of Steve Martin at Julien’s Auctions
Emmy, Grammy, People’s Choice, and Academy Award Winner hardly begin to describe Steve Martin, who has entertained us for decades ...
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Antimacassars: Then and Now
Erica Lome, Ph.D. "Necessity is the mother of invention.” This adage certainly applied to many of the domestic objects produced ...
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Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Hermes leather handbag, $8,750, Crescent City
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall A circa 1992 Hermes Kelly Sellier black box leather handbag ...
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Wallace Nutting: Come Into The Parlor
by Mike Ivankovich The parlor was traditionally a gathering room where family members and friends would meet, eat, socialize, and ...
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Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Wells Fargo stock certificate, $2,875, Holabird Western Americana
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall A rare Wells Fargo and Company (NY) stock certificate from ...
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