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Let’s make a deal: Haggling part of antique culture
September 2021Everything OldLet’s make a deal: Haggling part of antique culture by Corbin Crable You know the feeling – while browsing in your favorite antique store, you stumble across a vintage treasure you absolutely must have. You glance at the price...
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A Collector’s History with Fenton Art Glass
September 2023Good Eye A Collector’s History with Fenton Art Glassby Peggy Whiteneck I’ve been a member of the Fenton Art Glass Collectors of America, founded in 1976, for several years. Unfortunately, I joined not long after Fenton itself ceased making glass in 2011....
Collecting California Figural Pottery
August 2023 Good Eye Collecting California Figural Pottery by Peggy Whiteneck Even though most of the best-known are no longer operating, the sheer number of potteries born in California could well have made it the ceramic capitol of America. The earliest California...
The abiding appeal of Depression Glass
July 2023 Good Eye The abiding appeal of Depression Glass by Peggy Whiteneck Depression glass is one example of a collector category that, despite its historic denigration by many in the antiques trade, has staying power with collectors even though it was cheaply made...
Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas
June 2023Covering Quilts Classic patterns made modern – Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Last month, I wrote about the origins of the classic antique quilt pattern, Rocky Road To Kansas. While it sounds like a design dating back to the pioneer days of...
Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas
May 2023Covering Quilts Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Quilt names : ‘Rocky Road to Kansas,’ ‘Texas Tears,’ and ‘Rocky Road to California’, It’s a quilt name that stirs up images of wagons full of bonneted prairie ladies busily sewing...
Puff Quilts are back – Part 2
April 2023Covering Quilts Puff Quilts are back - Part Two by Sandra Starley Those puffy, pillowy quilts from the 1970s are back and better than ever. Puff, pillow, biscuit, or bubble quilts are generally extra puffy or dimensional. There are myriad methods of...
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Riding crop recalls days when horses ruled the roads
February 2023Vintage Discoveries Riding crop recalls days when horses ruled the roadsby Ken Weyand Antique Riding Crop Nearly forgotten among the “family artifacts” packed away in our house was an ancient riding crop once used by my grandmother. At least that’s what...
Old top was a favorite in the 1940s toy box
December 2022Vintage Discoveries Old top was a favorite in the 1940s toy boxby Ken Weyand Toys of yesteryear Many of today’s youngsters take little interest in the toys of yesteryear. Devoid of today’s electronics and high-tech gadgetry, and handcrafted from basic...
Baby shoes from the 1880’s recall some sad family history
November 2022Vintage Discoveries Baby shoes from the 1880’s recall some sad family historyby Ken Weyand My dad often referred to his seven siblings when recalling how the family split up when their parents died, and they were “farmed out” in 1900 to various aunts and...
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