Publisher’s Message: Something to Chew On
I’ve sometimes commented that auctions offer bad coffee and good donuts. “Back in the day” when there were frequent on-site auctions, the food tent that followed the auctioneer was typically manned by local families or organizations. Regular followers of the...Publisher’s Message: The Robins of Spring
It has been a long couple of years with the Covid pandemic. Despite the unprecedented speed that the scientists and pharmaceutical companies achieved in bringing vaccines to the public, we aren’t a patient population. The cancellations, postponements, and re-do...Publisher’s Message: Remembering Mr. Gerry
At least once a decade Elbridge Gerry has his fifteen minutes of contemporary fame.
Publisher’s Message: The First Country “Banks” Were Stores
I am fortunate to have collected a number of ledgers and day books from the first half of the 1800s. Linda may disagree as the 200 year-old documents, with their leather and board bindings and accumulated “dust,” aren’t the most attractive or fresh-smelling....Publisher’s Message: Of Coin Collections and Sports Trading Cards
Growing up I collected coins, mainly pennies. Unlike some kids my age, I wasn’t all that interested in the “baseball” cards, though I did like the pink slab of bubble gum. I never got into trading the cards among friends. What prompted me to think about such...
