Vintage At The Hangar, opens September 15 and continues through September 17 at Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum in the historic Lowry area of Denver. It’s a weekend of shopping for Vintage of the 20th Century, Antiques, Art, Glass, Pottery, Furniture, Jewelry, Pop Culture, and a touch of Contemporary Design. Exhibitors are surrounded by displays about […]
Surprisingly, we had no correct answers for our August What Is It. The item pictured is a late 19th century, cast iron, store string holder. The ball of twine was placed on the spike that pierced the bowl. The perforated top was put on and the string was pulled through the holes. This cast iron configuration is 7” high. The […]
By Carol Mobley The 4th of July inspires one to visualize patriotic images and what is more patriotic than an image of Uncle Sam. As I was looking at Uncle Sam images it made me wonder how Uncle Sam came to be. I hope you find this Uncle Sam article as much fun as I had researching it. The earliest […]
By Anne Gilbert If you’ve always yearned to live like a king, gold trimmed furniture reproductions await you. They may look like rare antique Baroque and Rococo chairs and beds, but they are made in quantity these days and usually priced in the thousands of dollars. Often they turn up mislabeled at antique shows, shops and auctions. One is even […]
By Anne Gilbert Beginning in the 19th century women not only kept house they began inventing things to make their lives easier. They created working models of their inventions in order to get a patent that would protect their ownership rights. These models are avidly collected and worth big bucks. The making of patent models began when Congress passed the […]
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