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...
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 | 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...
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...
