by Donald-Brian Johnson “Rosebud …” And with that muttered word, the classic movie Citizen Kane opens. As publisher Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) breathes his last, a snow globe […]
Category Archives: Features
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by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “One Christmas evening, a group of friends set off to enjoy a dinner of celebration at a small country inn nestled in a quiet river […]
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by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor When scrambling online to search for information on your antique/vintage/collectible item, the key to success is in how you choose to describe it. Here […]
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by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor You’re at a vintage or antique show/shop/sale/auction and you just came across something you want more information on before you buy it or pass on […]
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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 […]
![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.jpg.webp)
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
