The Collectors Weekly Answer Desk
(actually C&P Tel. operators, 1951)

What's the American Collector project?

American Collector was a beautiful and high quality magazine published in the 1930s and 40s for people interested in antiques and collecting.

Because of the great research that went into this magazine, we’ve decided to put as many of the articles online as possible as a reference for today’s collectors.

The magazine ceased publication in 1948, at the start of the postwar boom, when people were turning to new consumer products and losing interest in antiques.

January and February 1943 editions of American Collector Magazine

We’re interested in learning more about the history of this magazine. If you know anyone still living who worked there (it was based in NYC)  in the 1930s or 40s, we’d be interested in talking with them and perhaps doing an interview with them.

Also, we’re still missing some back issues, and would be interested in hearing from you if you have them. Specifically, all the issues up through Sept. 1937, most of 1938, and much of 1944-46.

If you have these and would be willing to let us borrow and scan them, please contact us… thanks! (Note that a different, and unrelated, American Collector magazine was published briefly in the late 1970s.)


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