By Robert Reed  Ever since baseball began there has been bit by bit collecting of it, and as the great American pastime has grown so have the bits and the numbers of collectors. Fans seek out everything from key chains to bleacher seats, from buttons to Wheaties cereal boxes, from ticket stubs to Jim Bouton’s book, Ball Four. In 1988, […]

By Dede Horan Why do people collect postcards?  There are probably about as many reasons for doing so as there are collectors.  Some people are hooked by the nostalgia captured in these small pieces of paper.  Others may have acquired cards from a relative and soon find themselves adding to their new collections.  Some images are so eye-catching that they […]

When Corbin Braith-waite talks about Braithwaite and Company, his voice doesn’t sound like a businessman pitching inventory. It sounds like a son keeping hope alive. Before there was a storefront, there was a small antique booth his mother ran a simple space filled with old western ware, keepsakes, and little pieces of history. To some, it was just “stuff.” To […]

By Tom Cotter “Red,” I write, “is the color of life.  It’s blood, passion, rage…  Red is the color of love.  Beating hearts and hungry lips.  Roses, Valentines, cherries.  Red is the color of shame.  Crimson cheeks and spilled blood.  Broken hearts, opened veins.” ― Mary Hogan, Pretty Face.  Whether called Ruby, one of the most prized gems in the world, Carmine, Crimson, […]

By Anne Gilbert As interest in the environment grows this includes collecting old garden catalogs. Colorful and informative they give a glimpse into the past of what were the popular foods of the past. The early catalog drawings are considered works of art, also illustrated on seed boxes and tin containers. Pages from 19th century garden catalogs were not only […]