On the Road to… Texas
The Great State of Texas has it all – historic attractions such as the Alamo in San Antonio, world-class museums, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, great food, shopping… And in the spring and fall, the Round Top…
State of the Clock Market
Cottone Auctions to Celebrate 30 Years in the Auction Business
GENESEO, N.Y. – Cottone Auctions will celebrate 30 years in the business with a Fine Art & Antiques Auction on Saturday, March 19th, featuring original artworks by Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers, Wendell Castle and others, plus Tiffany lamps,…
Publisher's Corner: March 2016
Timeless Precision & Craftsmanship By Maxine Carter-Lome From the earliest sundials dating from about 3500 BC to the launch of the Apple Watch this past year, our fascination with horology, the study and measurement of time, and attraction to the…
Fred Dennett and The Lakeside Craft Shops
An Entrepreneur Navigates the Arts and Crafts Movement by Peter A. Copeland The Arts and Crafts movement – roughly the period from 1895 to 1915 – had its origins in Great Britain but it promptly acquired adherents in the United…
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Revolutionary War chart, $141,600, Brunk Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall A 1782 Revolutionary War chart of Yorktown from the time of Cornwallis’s surrender to Washington, sold for $141,600 at an auction held Nov. 6-8 by Brunk Auctions in Asheville,…
Collecting Van Briggle Art Pottery
by Bill Thornbrook It is a longstanding tradition for travelers from the Northeast to vacation in places with abundant sunshine, magnificent scenery and, let’s not forget, unique souvenirs to bring home. A prime destination for all these reasons has always…
8th Annual Benefit Antiques Show for the Governor Wolf Historical Society, March 5-6
BATH, PA – On March 5 & 6, 2016, The Governor Wolf Historical Society will hold its 8th Annual Benefit Antiques Show in Bath, Pa (one block off Rt 512). The Show will be held in the three historical buildings owned…
Collecting African Americana
Collecting with Jeff Jeff Figler Sometimes collectibles are right in front of your eyes and you just don’t realize it. I have known of people who were conducting house sales and did not realize that some of what they were…
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Republic of Mexico bond, $8,555, Archives International
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An 1865 bond of the Republic of Mexico, signed by General Gaspar Sanchez Ochoa, who was dispatched to the U.S. by Mexico as a secret agent after that country’s…