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 Paul Luchsinger “We are but temporary custodians of everything that we collect.” This philosophy reflects the decision made by all antiquities collectors.    As he approaches the healthy age of 90, Paolo de Sanctis, the doyen of Italian corkscrew collectors, and publisher of several books on the subject, is selling the collection he started 60 years ago. Like most major […]

By Dale Bernard    During the summer of 1969, the nation marveled as man first set foot on the moon, young people from across the nation gathered in Woodstock to celebrate the Age of Aquarius, and young mothers introduced their children to a new tv show called Sesame Street. Here in Longmont, the members of the St. Vrain Historical Society were […]

By Henry J. Pratt    A messenger rode up to the White House on an early November day in 1863, and delivered an invitation to President Abraham Lincoln to assist in dedicating the new national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.    The greatest battle in the Civil War had been fought at Gettysburg for three days the previous July. Dead, wounded and missing […]

By Sandy Dale    Everybody loves a good ghost story, right? Especially if it’s true. If you are one of the lucky ones to have experienced a ghostly presence first hand, then (after the goose bumps go away and the hair lies back down on your neck) you know how much fun it is to scare your friends witless as you […]