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February 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Patronesses of History What’s Selling on eBay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

by Jessica Kosinski

American Women’s Role as Gavels ’n’ Paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Collectors, Patrons, and Results of Recent Auctions from Near and Far
by Ken Hall
Museum Founders

by Patricia Svoboda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Antiques Peek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Gothic Horror and Marvelous Monsters

Six Women by Jessica Kosinski

Preserving History Toys From the Attic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Pretty Slik
by Doug Kelly

Isabella Stewart Gardner . . . . . . . .17
The Civil War Collector . . . . . . . . . . .32

by John Sexton
Electra Havemeyer Webb . . . . . . .18

Pop Culture Collecting . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Anna Safley Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Six Decades of Marvel’s Avengers
Florence Griswold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 by J.C. Vaughn

Kovels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller . . . . . . . .21
by Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel

Margaret Woodbury Strong . . . .22 Collecting Old and Rare Books . . . .35

An Unopened and Undated Book
by James Dawson
10 Prominent Female Art
Collectors of the 20th Century DEPARTMENTS

by Selena McGonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Publisher’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

by Maxine Carter-Lome

World Marketplace News . . . . . . . 6
About the Cover: by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor

Six Women Preserving History
(clockwise from top left): RESOURCES
Audrey Safley Houston, Margaret Antiques Shop Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Woodbury Strong, Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller, Electra Havemeyer Continuous Shows & Markets . . . . . . . . .41
Webb, Florence Griswold, and Antique Shows & Auctions . . . . . . . . . . .42
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Advertising Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Collector Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

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