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An Interview With Rookwood Art Pottery Collector Riley Humler

I don’t remember the first Rookwood piece I ever bought, that’s getting close to 40 years ago. But I must have liked it, because I kept studying and learning, and it’s been a… Read more

When Postcards Were the Social Network

I worked for 35 years as a reference librarian with the Madison Public Library and I just got interested in Madison’s history through my reference work. My husband and I coll… Read more

An Interview With Victor Victrola Antique Phonograph Collector Paul Edie

[caption id="attachment_2074" align="alignright" width="243" caption="Victor III, originally "Victor M" (Monarch) model in 1901. Produced until 1920's."][/capti… Read more

An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Sign Collector Alex Renshaw

[caption id="attachment_729" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Muratti's New Ladies Flat 10 Cigarette Tin, 1900"][/caption] How did I get started collecting adve… Read more

An Interview With Beer and Soda Bottle Opener Collector John Stanley

My mother brought home a bunch of openers back in 1977, and that got me started collecting. I thought it would be pretty neat to do because nobody else was collecting them. T… Read more

An Interview With Russ Grunewald, President of the Model T Ford Club of America

[caption id="attachment_1946" align="alignright" width="330" caption="1927 Coupe owned by Carl & Peggy Stuckey, Owasso, OK."][/caption] The Model T Ford Club of Americ… Read more

An Interview With Art Glass Collector Reyne Haines

I started becoming interested in art glass when I moved from Texas to New York, and wanted to decorate my apartment with New York-type things, things I had never seen in … Read more

'Roadshow' Appraiser Shares How She Assesses Turn-of-the-Century Jewelry

I bought my first piece of jewelry—a gold ring with a big lapis stone propped on prongs—when I was about 12 with money my grandfather gave me. Then, as a teenager, I worked i… Read more

Guest Column: Collecting Vintage Magic Posters

What are vintage magic posters? Posters of magicians printed by the stone lithography method qualify as vintage magic posters. The stone lithography process was in it hig… Read more

Guest Column: Trends in Fishing Tackle Collecting

I’ve been a collector of antique fishing tackle for over 20 years, and have been selling antique tackle in my shop since 1990. I collect all aspects of fishing memorabilia. I… Read more

An Interview With 78 RPM Record Collector Ted Staunton

Ted Staunton was born in England, but now lives an active retired lifestyle in Vancouver, Canada. Ted has an outstanding collection of 78 rpm record labels. We talked about his c… Read more

An Interview With Arts and Crafts Silver and Jewelry Collector Paul Somerson

[caption id="attachment_437" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Sterling Silver Kalo pitcher with monogram"][/caption] How did I get started collecting Arts and Craft… Read more

An Interview With Drugstore and Soda Fountain Antiques Collector Bill Soderlund

I’m fourth generation in the pharmacy business, so I grew up in a pharmacy, and it always was interesting to me. I also enjoyed a lot of the old black-and-white movies that h… Read more

An Interview With Roycroft Arts and Crafts Metalwork Collector David Kornacki

[caption id="attachment_1137" align="alignright" width="258" caption="Rare copper lamp by Roycroft designer Karl Kipp"][/caption] I started collecting Roycroft around 1992… Read more

An Interview With Carnival Glass Collectors Glen and Stephen Thistlewood

[caption id="attachment_2334" align="alignright" width="325" caption="Three blue vases from Finland—left to right: Western Thistle (Riihimaki), Spinning Starlet (Karhula), an… Read more

Elyse Karlin on the Beautifully Unrefined Origins of Arts & Crafts Jewelry

I started collecting jewelry when I was about 13 years old. I was very close to an interior designer who took me to antiques shops. While she looked for paintings and objects… Read more

Piecing Together the History of Jigsaw Puzzles

[caption id="attachment_632" align="alignright" width="339" caption="New Dissected Map of World ca. 1888"][/caption] What inspired me to collect old jigsaw puzzles? I grew… Read more

An Interview With Gouda Pottery Collector Stuart Lonsdale

I think it all started with a small pottery vase my mother obtained from the art pottery shop where she worked in the early 1920s and ‘30s. After she died in 1988, I didn’t i… Read more

An Interview With Antique Clock Collector Bill Stoddard

How did I get interested in clocks? Something about them has always been ingrained in me. My mom’s father had a small collection of antique clocks and when I was a little boy… Read more

What All These Hatpins Were For, and Why We Stopped Using Them

[caption id="attachment_929" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Satsuma hatpin: made in Japan out of ceramic and hand painted"][/caption] Originally my husband and I … Read more

1910s Related Categories

Tobacco Cards

Today when many collectors hear the words “tobacco cards,” they think of the T205 and T206 baseball-card sets from the early 20th … (more)

Mission Style Furniture

Mission-style furniture grew out the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts movement, which like Art Nouveau was a response to indust… (more)

Silk Postcards

The silk card was once an ornate greeting, hitting a peak of popularity in the early 20th century, especially during WWI. Silk car… (more)

Loetz Art Glass

Loetz was the premier Bohemian art glass manufacturer during the Art Nouveau period (or Jugendstil, as it was called in German-spe… (more)

Northwood Glass

Harry Northwood, son of esteemed English cameo glass maker John Northwood, came to the United States in 1880. He first worked for … (more)

Slag Glass Lamps

Slag glass, also known as marble glass or malachite, is a type of opaque, streaked pressed glass. Production of slag glass origina… (more)

Propaganda War Posters

During World War I, the U.S. government, contractors, and advertisers alike printed large quantities of posters in order to delive… (more)

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau architecture, furniture, jewelry, and graphics took their inspiration from the curving shapes and flowing lines of flo… (more)

Rookwood Art Pottery

Founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols, Rookwood pottery is a favorite of collectors for the quality of its pieces, which were… (more)

Hatpins and Hatpin Holders

Hatpins reached a peak of popularity between the 1890s and 1920s, as music hall actresses like Lillian Russell and Lillian Langtry… (more)

Ford Model T

Ford produced the Model T from 1908 through 1927, and it was the first mass produced car that made driving affordable for a broad … (more)

Roycroft

From the tail end of the 19th century through the first few decades of the 20th, the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York produced… (more)

Kewpie Dolls

First drawn in the Ladies Home Journal by Rose O'Neill in 1909, the Kewpie doll was a small and mischievous but kindhearted little… (more)

Carnival Glass

Carnival glass, or inexpensively made glassware treated to have an iridescent sheen, has captivated collectors for years. Its eye-… (more)

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright, who emerged as an architect during the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts movement, gave birth to the first d… (more)

Hamilton Pocket Watches

In 1893, the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania began producing pocket watches primarily for railroad workers. Rail… (more)

Ty Cobb Memorabilia

Baseball’s first superstar, Ty Cobb, played 24 seasons in the Major Leagues, mainly for the Detroit Tigers. Ironically nicknamed “… (more)

Arts and Crafts

The Arts and Crafts movement that swept the United States and Great Britain from roughly 1880 to 1920 was a response to the indust… (more)

Lalique Art Glass

Even though he is known today for his antique art glass, René Lalique (1860-1945) began his career in 1881 as a freelance jeweler.… (more)

Wood Telephones

Wood wall-mounted telephones were the first phones put into wide circulation following Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1876. … (more)

Candlestick Telephones

Candlestick telephones, also known to collectors as 'upright desk stands', gained popularity in the 1890s as the telephone became … (more)



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