The thundering hoofs on race tracks across America also echo the accompanying sound of horse racing collectibles. From programs and postcards to the individual memorabilia of legends like Seabiscuit and Secretariat, the ‘race’ to acquire a ‘bit’ of the horse racing past continues.  It doesn’t hurt that there are more than 90 thoroughbred race tracks in the country at the […]

By Robert Reed  Displays of patriotism abounded in the United States long before the most timely arrival of holiday postcards on the American scene early in the 20th century. Yet the robust stars and stripes and all those related images just never looked better than they did in print on illustrated postcards. Within ten years of the ‘new’ century citizens […]

By Carol Mobley  I consider myself a novice when it comes to postal history but when I recently acquired this post card,  I felt that to write about it was a good way to dip my feet in the water.  This postcard is considered art.  The front of the card has an original “gansai” water color image.  A kimono-clad woman […]

By Jon DeStefano  When Kimberly Mary was growing up in Loveland she never imagined she someday would own an amazing shopping destination right in Fort Collins’ celebrated   Antique Alley. Even later when she lived in Fort Collins and owned a very successful on-line auction company she had no idea she would one day put together a boutique style antique mall […]

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 […]