Dec 27, 2017 | Publisher's Message
We accidentally came across this bit of New Year’s history: the Times Square ball drop is 110 years old this year. According to the “official” Times Square website (if it is print and on the internet, it must be true) the first “drop” occurred in 1907 and the...
Nov 26, 2017 | Publisher's Message
Regular readers of this column may remember one from a few years back, written as I traveled by train from Buffalo to New York City. The gist of that column was that the “backside” of many buildings revealed a little of the past because the “modern updates” were...
Oct 24, 2017 | Publisher's Message
OK, Humphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam” in the classic film Casablanca. However, that’s what came to mind when I discovered a unique piece of handwritten music offered for sale in the Ontario Antiques Mall in Canandaigua, New York. As regular...
Jun 27, 2017 | Publisher's Message
by Grant Hamilton, Publisher With this issue you may notice that our advertising representative is new to the masthead. Sharon Holtz has decided it’s time for her retirement from the monthly task of coordinating the advertising portion of the Collector. She has...
Mar 23, 2017 | Publisher's Message
I noticed recently that there has been some improvement in auction prices for period-era furniture. There is still a long way to go for most pieces to approach the zenith of more than a decade ago, however. It started me thinking. Is there another “Colonial Revival”...
Jan 4, 2017 | Publisher's Message
A Time For Collectors and Dealers First, my apologies to dealers with old (as in purchased years ago) inventory and collectors who are downsizing. In many cases, prices today aren’t what they are used to be. We’ve speculated about the reason a number...
