Nov 7, 2018 | Publisher's Message
Okay, it’s not a presidential year, but election season has been in full swing and it brings up some memories and thoughts. The first campaign I remember was that of Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was still in short pants – literally – when I was hauled off to...
Oct 1, 2018 | Publisher's Message
We had a few days of pre-Fall cold weather in Western New York, so it was time to fire up the Rumford fireplace. Many of you know that Count Rumford (aka Benjamin Thompson) was a Colonial-era scientist who, like Ben Franklin, was interested in the properties of heat...
Jul 26, 2018 | Publisher's Message
Personally I was never fond of antiques shops that also had contemporary gift items. It seemed to me to diminish the “authenticity” of the antiques. I also found it annoying that I had to spend time looking past the contemporary to find the old. I’m beginning to...
Apr 25, 2018 | Publisher's Message
One of the first “two-figure” antiques I purchased in my early collecting years was a view camera complete with a case with holders for keeping and exposing glass negatives. It was $15. We were visiting my grandmother and there was an antiques shop, not too far away,...
Mar 27, 2018 | Publisher's Message
When Paul “Ponzi” Polce and Stephen White, two well-regarded Central New York dealers, agreed to take over the management of the Kerr Museum show in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, they invited Linda and I to make trip from East Aurora to visit the show at the Oakmont Country...
Mar 2, 2018 | Publisher's Message
March is Women’s History Month in the United States and we will, no doubt, be reminded of the work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in promoting women’s suffrage. And we will hear about the many “first women” like Hillary Clinton and Sally Ride. Of...
