Hearth to Hearth: The Orchard Harvest Begins – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July/August 2003 by Alice Ross Orchardists work year round for a brief season of plenty. Their success depends on months of pruning, grafting, fertilizing, spraying, keeping down weeds,…
Artistic Detective Work: Finding the elusive work of Giddings Hyde Ballou – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2003 By: C. L. Sebrell Until Ellen St. Sure became an art sleuth, the portraits of Giddings Hyde Ballou were…
Collecting Investment Grade Antiques – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2003 by Ed Welch The real money in antiques is in that small area of the trade commonly referred to as “investment grade…
Guess What Article for June 2003 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” This month’s GUESS WHAT doesn’t take much effort physically. Mentally?… that’s a different story. The amount of exertion required is in direct…
Hearth to Hearth: Getting a Feel for the Eel – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2003 by Alice Ross Mention eels today and someone (if not everyone) will make an unpleasant noise. You hear that they look like snakes (nasty)…
Signs of the Time: Post-Civil War Advertising – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2003 By Harvey Leventhal Soon after the Civil War, Americans were on the move and settling new, small communities all over the country. Most…
The Business of Buying in the UK: Part 2 – Business of Doing Business – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2003 by Ed Welch Continued from The Business of Buying in the UK, Part One Buying in the…
Guess What Article for May 2003 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Another year, another Brimfield, another intriguingly rare GUESS WHAT to ponder and challenge your powers of perceptive deduction… with an added bonus,…
Hearth to Hearth: What is a Kitchen – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2003 by Alice Ross When is a kitchen not a kitchen? Hard to say. If you look in the dictionaries, they tell you that for over 1,000…
Designs from the Golden Age of Hawaiian Shirts – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2003 by Gary L. Moss Lasting a mere two decades and beginning more than a half century ago, the “golden age” of Hawaiian…
