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Outdoor Antiques Shows: Younger Buyers Come for the Experience
If you are someone who frequents annual outdoor antiques and vintage markets, no doubt you are seeing a shift, like I am, in the age and intent of show-goers and the impact that change is having on what is being…
July 2022: Hunting Thru History
With the start of summer, the antique trade traditionally moves business outdoors. Fields, fairgrounds, and outdoor venues, dormant through the winter months, and some even longer due to pandemic restrictions and closures, are now popular destinations, once again, for antique…
Publisher’s Corner: December 2018
Past, Present, & Future Collectibles by Maxine Carter-Lome Hard to believe we are at the end of yet another year! December issues give us an opportunity to reflect on a year gone by, take stock of where we are at,…
More Than 5,000 Vintage Fashion Items to Cross Auction Block May 10th & 11th
Rare historic and vintage clothing from museum and institutional collections will be auctioned at Augusta Auctions 8th annual spring vintage auction event. Lovers of historic textiles and vintage clothing have been planning their 2016 pilgrimage to the Sturbridge, Massachusetts venue…
Publisher's Corner: December 2015
From Our Holiday Table to Yours Holiday dinner at my grandparents’ house when I was growing up meant the privilege of eating in the Dining Room, a formal, imposing, and mostly unused part in the house reserved for good company…
Publisher's Corner: September 2015
Styling the Word Vintage Recently I had the opportunity to attend Augusta Auctions’ May pre-Brimfield Auction, and the Vintage Fashion & Antique Textile Show at the start of July Brimfield week. Truthfully, my previous exposure to the world of “vintage”…
Collector's Showcase: June 2015
Museum Sommelier The collecting of wine and related accessories is not a unique or exclusive hobby, but for Jim McCormick it is a lifetime passion that has resulted in a collection that represents the history of viticulture and wine making…
Publisher's Corner: April 2015
Living & Working in the Field of Dreams Living in Sturbridge now and publishing this magazine, talk of the Brimfield antique shows surrounds me. For locals it is a love-hate relationship similar to what I experienced living in the Berkshires…
The Best of Ed Welch – Your Time and Your Money
The Best of Ed Welch – Your Time and Your Money The Business of Doing Business in Antiques By Ed Welch The antiques trade is time and money intensive. No professional dealer can make a living wage in the antiques…
Journal of Antiques and Collectibles July 2014 Issue
The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles July 2014 issue features “Discovering American Indian Baskets” by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh and William A. Turnbaugh, “The Hindenburg: A Disaster and a Miracle” by Mike McLeod, and the July 2014 Brimfield Antique Flea Market…
Journal of Antiques and Collectibles May 2014 Issue
The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles May 2014 issue features “Moments Frozen in Time: Celebrities’ Cancelled Checks” by Daniel Wulkan, “Ninety Five Years of Olive Oyl” by Fred Grandinetti, “Civil War Era Textiles: At the New-York Historical Society”, and the…