Feb 23, 2023 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
There is no question the antique auction business has changed. The increasing use of internet bidding has left many auction galleries with empty seats yet more bidders. We miss the camaraderie of the “regulars” at local auctions that often attracted standing-room-only...
Jan 23, 2023 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
Many of us may have some recollection of playing a “78” audio record; that is 78 revolutions per minute, as opposed to a “45” or “33.” The 78 conveyed the popular music of the day until the early 1950s when the more durable 45s with better sound quality...
Jan 23, 2023 | Press Releases
“THE ORIGINAL 180th SEMI-ANNUAL YORK ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE” is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 2023 at MEMORIAL HALL EAST, located within the YORK FAIRGROUNDS CONVENTION & EXPO CENTER in downtown York, PA. This extremely...
Dec 19, 2022 | Press Releases
Chantilly, VA – D’Amore Promotions will be welcoming over 400 exhibitors for the upcoming DC Big Flea & Antiques Market at Dulles Expo,Chantilly, Va, January 7-8, 2023. In the shadow of the Dulles Airport flight path with easy access to all Washington...
Dec 19, 2022 | Press Releases
The “ORIGINAL 180th SEMI-ANNUAL YORK ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE” is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 2023 at MEMORIAL HALL EAST, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center, 334 Carlisle Avenue, York, Pennsylvania 17404. This...
Dec 8, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
Those of us who were born in the 1940s and early ‘50s are likely to relate to at least some of the scenes in the movie A Christmas Story. Nostalgia runs pretty deep throughout the tale of “Ralphie’s” quest for a BB gun for Christmas. Personally, I never...
Oct 26, 2022 | Press Releases
Syracuse, N.Y.- Steve and Judy Allman will have more than 125 exhibitors offering their antiques and collectibles with an emphasis on what will be great for the holidays in décor and gift giving. Christmas shopping begins in Syracuse for antiques lovers on the...
Oct 26, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
For collectors of antiques the old adage “history repeats” is often evident in objects. For example the rush to market electric vehicles came first in the early 1900s. Cost and short range, two of the concerns of modern would-be EV buyers today as well, eventually led...
Oct 26, 2022 | Auction Results, Press Releases
Howard Booher Sr. Estate Leads Cottone Auctions 200 Lot Fine Art & Antiques Auction totaling over 2.7 Million The Fine Art & Antiques auction featured items from the estate of Howard D. Booher, Sr. of Atwater, OH; the Tiffany lamp collection of Rich and Pat...
Sep 21, 2022 | Press Releases
The “ORIGINAL 179th SEMI-ANNUAL YORK ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE” is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 23 & 24, 2022 at MEMORIAL HALL EAST, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center at 334 Carlisle Avenue in downtown York,...
Aug 30, 2022 | Press Releases
The plans are set, the dealers are signing up and we are excited to look forward to another Fall show in Schoharie. On September 24 and 25, Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association (SCHA) will once again be hosting our annual 46th Fall Antique Show. The...
Aug 29, 2022 | Publisher's Message
Okay, that headline is what is now known as “click bait,” a deceptive headline or image intended to entice a person to “click” an image or advertisement on the internet. While some may feel that the prices some period furniture fetch “stink,” I’m talking about...
Aug 29, 2022 | Press Releases
September 17, 2022 9:00am to 5:00pm; September 18, 2022 9:00am to 3:00pmNew York State Fairgrounds – Empire Expo Center, Center of Progress Building, Syracuse, NY The largest gun show held in New York State will be held September 17-18 on the NYS Fairgrounds....
Jul 21, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
I’ve been asked about the impact inflation has on antiques. At one time I would have had an easy answer, and that would have been that holding (or buying) antiques is a good bet in inflationary times. For most real antiques there is a limited supply, so demand...
Jun 30, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
Columnist Gayle Manley writes about typewriters in this issue and it brings back memories from my high school years. Somewhere I have my “Thirty-Word Pin,” awarded at some point in my less-than-illustrious high school career. The pin recognized my office prowess of an...
May 20, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
Electric autos are all the rage. No, not today; we’re talking the early 1900s. It seems as if the auto industry today is likely to succeed in switching many of us from the internal combustion engine to battery-powered electrics. In the early part of the...
Apr 20, 2022 | Auction Results, Press Releases
The rare oak hall chair, by the incomparable Charles Rohlfs, sold on March 19th at Cottone Auctions for a record $306,000. The chair was from the estate of Jane Wolcott Steinhausen of Rochester, New York, in undisturbed condition, signed with the artist monogram and...
Apr 20, 2022 | Press Releases
Bouckville, N.Y.- Madison Bouckville, that sleepy crossroads near the Mohawk celebrates its fiftieth year of antiques markets this summer with their June and August shadows. Begun by Jock Hengst with one field on one weekend in 1971, all to build business for the...
Apr 20, 2022 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
As we head to the summer season gasoline prices are high and flying isn’t much fun. Seems like a good year for a vacation nearby home. While there is a tendency to want to “get away,” if might be a good time to discover (or rediscover) what is in your own back...
Mar 21, 2022 | Press Releases
For the past 37 years the Binghamton Sertoma Club produced the Million Dollar Antique Show as a fundraiser to support Camp Sertoma, a local day camp for kids, as well as other charities supporting the Sertoma Mission pertaining to speech and hearing disabilities....
