Rare campaign item for pro-Lincoln Wide Awakes may bring $13,000 Sept. 26 in Dallas DALLAS –A 3-inch 1860 Abraham Lincoln hat badge – made members of the avidly-collected Wide Awakes campaign group – is expected to sell for $13,000 as…
August 1st & 2nd (Sat. & Sun.) at Noon Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH Previews: Fri. 10-5pm & Sat. & Sun. 9:30-11:30am Day I & Day II: Americana & Folk Art: Both sales contain many of the same type of antiques…
The MEWS at Brewster will be celebrating its 25th Season in business when it reopens May 1st, coinciding with Brewster In Bloom Weekend. The MEWS originally opened 25 years ago in Harwich Port by four dealers and moved to Brewster…
Am I an antique, too? by Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher Our oldest daughter is pursuing a Masters in Decorative Arts & Material Culture at Bard Graduate Center in New York City. I tell you this not to brag (well, maybe a…
Be Prepared: Baden-Powel and the Scouting Movement By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell – The Halloween Queen® Over 50,000 people will visit the newly opened Summit Betchel Family National Scout Reserve from July 15 to 24, 2013 for the National Scout Jamboree.…
Ken’s Korner Web Extra: The Liberty Bell – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2012 The iconic Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, an enduring symbol of American freedom dating to the colonial era, is getting a wax job. A…
Ken’s Korner Web Extra: Washington’s copy of Constitution sold – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – July 2012 George Washington’s personal copies of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, housed in a book saying President of the United States on…
Why Presidents’ Day? – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2012 By Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell, The Halloween Queen® Lincoln, Jefferson, the two Roosevelts, and Adams both father and son, were great men and worthy of days of their own.…
Original Article: American Visions of Liberty & Freedom – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – June 2006 Updated June 2025: Starry Starry Night Gala 2025: A Celestial Celebration at Heritage Museums & Gardens On the evening of July 19,…
American Folk Art: Returning to A Simpler Time – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – May 2005 By Ken Hall with Helaine Fendelman Of all the collecting categories in the art market today – and that would include furniture, paintings,…
Hearth to Hearth: Election Cake – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – October 2003 By Alice Ross The day we go to the polls is possibly the most definitive of America’s special days. From the very first Election Day, just after the…
Home Sweet Home – American Folk Art Museum – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2002 Two school diplomas and a university degree were my reward for serving to seventeen years in the trenches of formal education. Names,…
