By Sandy Dale Here in Colorado we joke about the weather…you don’t like it? Wait five minutes. Sometimes that’s funny, sometimes not, like when you are painting in the mountains on one of those golden late fall days. It’s warm, it’s beautiful and there’s one tiny black cloud way over there on the horizon. Suddenly, you are trying to find […]
By Anne Gilbert Antique candlestands served many different functions. Not every small 3-legged tripod table is a candlestand. In fact, not every candlestand rests on a tripod. And, what about the candlestands that have more than one tier? Actually a simple check and balance system can determine the purposed of a tripod table. Just try putting a heavy kettle, lamp […]
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 […]
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