By Anne Gilbert You may have some friggers and not even know it. To add to the confusion friggers are also known as end-of-the-day glass and “whimsies.” They were made in the 19th century by Victorian glass makers at the end of their working day. If you have inherited some novel 19th century glass figural objects in a variety of shapes […]
By Tom Cotter While I am not sure what got us started, about 1955 we began collecting baseball cards (my brother was eight, I was five). I suspect it was reasonably inexpensive and we were certainly in love with baseball. We lived in Wichita, Kansas, which in the 1950s had minor league teams (Milwaukee Braves AAA affiliate 1956-1958), although I don’t […]
By Barry Krause Age, workmanship and provenance (ownership history) give added value to American cowboy collectibles. If it’s old, beautifully crafted by hand of the best materials, or can be traced as owned and used by famous cowboys, the price escalates. When all cowboys still rode horses to get around on their jobs, the saddle was their most […]
By Anne Gilbert I know you love your dog or cat, but could they be sleeping on a hooked rug worth several hundred dollars? Is such a rug where you wipe your feet when you come in the front door? These days, even with repairs, an antique pictorial hooked rug can fetch several thousand dollars at auction; more from a […]
By Sandy Dale What makes a dusty old southeast Colorado town into the quaint, charming Antique Mecca that it is? It didn’t happen overnight. When oil and coal were discovered in Fremont county, the mining industry flourished. Miners flocked here as well as those hoping to make a better life than they’d had “back east.” They didn’t just throw up shacks to […]
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