A Hard-Earned Passion for Victorian Oil Lamps – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2002 By Rod L’Italien Although I grew up in New England, it was not until April of 1963 that I saw my first oil…
System for Dating Country & Primitive Furniture, Part1 The Business of Doing Business in Antiques – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2002 Have you ever tried to pinpoint the construction date of a country cupboard? The stylistic…
Guess What Article for June 2002 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Getting a grip on things is what this month’s “Guess What” is all about. We have an adjustable (wingnut allows for tightening…
Hearth to Hearth: Poetry in Cookbooks – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2002 We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books;…
Stuff of Dreams: Art as Everyday Life – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2002 Art has not always been relegated to a two-dimensional frame. It is only within the last 500 years or so that we have…
Hearth to Hearth: Kitchen Gardens – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2002 With the first bulbs and sprouted plants making the garden a wonder of anticipation, it is not too late to think of seeds. If you got to them…
Collecting Hippie Culture Memorabilia – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2002 by Dr Gary Moss From the standpoint of someone wanting to assemble a new and exciting collection, hippie artifacts are a potential goldmine. This subject overlaps…
The Antique Dealer and the Web Search Engine, The Business of Doing Business in Antiques – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2002 Along came a spider… and demanded money. Search engines, as most people conceive them to be,…
Guess What Article for April 2002 The Journal of Aantiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” When one talks about “leverage,” do they refer to using a pry bar to adjust an automobile’s fan belt pulley or the…
