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Publisher’s Message: Newspaper Collectibles Aren’t Common

Jul 25, 2023 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message

By Grant Hamilton We recently had an opportunity to take a short trip to Vermont where we made our regular stop at the Stone House Antique Co-op in Chester. It’s a short drive on a winding road (what side roads in southern Vermont aren’t winding) from the...

Publisher’s Message: What Floats Your Boat (or Train)

Mar 22, 2023 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message

Regular readers may notice the by-line of David Hamilton, mostly on articles relating to trains, appearing from time-to-time in the Collector. He, like his old man (me), is a collector. His primary collecting interest has been in railroad-related antiques, though it...

Publisher’s Message: Missing the Full House at Auctions

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...

Publisher’s Message: Spinning a Memory or Two

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...

Publisher’s Message: I Never Owned a Red Ryder BB Gun

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...

Publisher’s Message: It’s Shocking, I Know

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...
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