A Primer on Collecting Shaving Mugs The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – November 2006 by Dick Leidlein and Bernie Lukco A history of the shaving mug will tell you that there was a time when shaving was more of…
Guess What Article for November 2006 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” You know how lame we can get when Guess What tries to be seasonal. Well, it’s lame time again. We waited all year just to spring this one…
Selling Popcorn and Shoes – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – November 2006 By Ed Welch In the early 1970s, I did a lot of business with a dealer who sold Period American Furniture. 90…
A Crewel World: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – October 2006 Hartford, Connecticut Crewel work is any embroidery worked with lightly-twisted, two-ply, worsted wool yarns. Unlike silk and cotton, wool yarns could be dyed…
Guess What Article for October 2006 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” The monthly meeting of the Semantic Society will come to order. Do we have a handle for a missing object – or an object with a missing handle?…
Studying Golf Related Collectibles – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – October 2006 By Ed Welch I have been studying golf related antiques and collectibles for more than a year. I have compiled selling records…
Sneak Preview of Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – September 2006 Baltimore, Maryland The completion of Geppi’s Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards, set to open on September 8, represents the culmination of a…
Guess What Article for September 2006 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” What’s missing from these pictures? The answer, of course! With this month’s GUESS WHAT, we’re doubling your pleasure (or agony) and possibly complicating your life twice as much.…
A Working Vacation – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – September 2006 By Ed Welch I do not think it is possible for an antiques dealer to take a real vacation. My wife and I…
Collecting Doorstops The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – August 2006 by John C. & Nancy M. Smith Those lovely, colorful doorstops that have been bringing record setting prices in recent auctions have drawn the attention of folk art collectors,…
