Archive for November, 2018

The Appraiser’s Diary: Explore Colorado This November

The Appraiser’s Diary: Explore Colorado This November

By Rachel Hoffman    We all want to have fun. It’s a well-known fact, but it’s an unexplained instinct. What is fun? And how do we have it? Our personality, values, and age influence what we consider and do for fun. Some people always stay within their comfort zone thereby maintaining a certain dignity. Others are risk-takers and will try new […]

by · November 10, 2018 · 0 comments · Appraiser's Diary
Fitzhugh Porcelain — Separating the Legend of Fitzhugh Porcelain from Fact

Fitzhugh Porcelain — Separating the Legend of Fitzhugh Porcelain from Fact

 By Anne Gilbert   If you are a beginning collector of Chinese export porcelain the name Fitzhugh can be confusing and important. While Fitzhugh is an English name, it is also the pattern name for some very expensive Chinese export porcelain. Among the patterns’ claim to fame is its rarity. It is one of the most expensive examples of porcelain exported […]

by · November 10, 2018 · 0 comments · Feature Article
What Is It? November 2018

What Is It? November 2018

 We had one correct guess for our November What Is It. Jerome McLaren of Conifer, Colorado identified the object as a cigar cutter. Congratulations! You have won a year’s subscription to the Mountain States Collector.    You don’t have to smoke cigars to enjoy collecting the wide variety of items created for them from the late 19th century into the early […]

by · November 9, 2018 · 0 comments · What Is It?