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 […]
Send your answers to the What Is It contest, postmarked by October 20, to the Mountain States Collector, P.O. Box 1003, Bailey, CO 80421. At least three winners will be drawn. Winners will receive a one year electronic subscription to the Mountain States Collector. Be sure to include your email address to your guess.
By Peggy DeStefano My mom use to say this word. Non of us really knew what it meant. It seemed to mean that something was askewed. I asked my brother Tom Sweeney of Cincinnati , Ohio, if he remembered her saying it. He did! Our niece once used it in a paper she wrote for her English class. Her paper […]
October 1 101st Anniversary South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a National Memorial (1935) October 5 Frances Xavier Cabrini Day (Colorado) October 10 Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (1774) October 12 Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples’ Day October 13 Congress establishes the U.S. Navy (1775) October 19 Victory at Yorktown (1781) October 20 251st anniversary of the Articles of […]
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