http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles Articles and Interviews on Antiques and Collecting Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:17:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Maribeth Keane and Anne Galloway (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) John Hotchner is a writer, editor, researcher, and lecturer on stamps. He has served on numerous boards, including the American Philatelic Society, the United States Stamp Society, and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, and is currently a member of the ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-stamp-collector-john-hotchner-on-philatelic-errors-freaks-and-oddities/ Lately I’ve been on kind of a David Singer binge. In case you don’t know, David Singer was one the most prolific San Francisco poster artists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, creating 66 concert posters for rock promoter Bill Graham between 1969 and 1971. [caption id="attachment_9046" align="alignleft" width="227" caption="This ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-poster-art-of-david-singer/ By Maribeth Keane and Joyce Millman (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) Vintage banjo collector Lowell Levinger is perhaps best known to 1960s music fans as “Banana,” the bushy-haired guitarist and keyboards player for The Youngbloods. Today, Levinger is the proprietor of Players Vintage Instruments, where he buys and sells vintage guitars, mandolins, ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-banjo-collector-player-and-historian-lowell-levinger/ By Maribeth Keane and Anne Galloway (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) Ken Sanders has been buying and selling books almost his entire life. A fan of illustrated books and books about the American West, Sanders is an appraiser for Antiques Roadshow, a publisher (dreamgarden.com), and a seller of rare and used books ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-rare-book-collector-and-appraiser-ken-sanders/ By Ben Marks (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) A.C. Dwyer, an avid coin collector, talked with us recently about the history of U.S. $20 double eagle gold coins, especially those struck during the California Gold Rush. Dwyer discusses the types of double eagles that were minted, the most interesting and rarest varieties, ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/double-eagles-and-shipwrecks-an-interview-with-u-s-gold-coin-collector-a-c-dwyer/ By Maribeth Keane and George Spencer (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) Tony Hyman has been collecting cigar boxes since he was 12. By his 17th birthday, he had amassed a collection of some 2,300 boxes. Recently, we spoke to Hyman about his online National Cigar Museum, which is a great resource for ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-cigar-memorabilia-and-ephemera-collector-tony-hyman/ By Maribeth Keane and Anne Galloway (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2009) Tony Swicer is the president of the Palm Beach Coin Club, the vice president of Florida United Numismatists (FUN), and an avid collector of Kentucky bank notes. In this interview, he discusses the history of the regional banking system of the ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-kentucky-bank-note-collector-tony-swicer/ By Maribeth Keane and Jessica Lewis (Copyright 2009 The Collectors Weekly) Jim Elyea co-runs History for Hire, a prop house in Hollywood, California, and has provided props for a variety of movies, television shows, and music videos. Recently, Jim spoke with us about the different types of props and the different ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-history-for-hire-movie-prop-supplier-jim-elyea/ By Maribeth Keane and Jessica Lewis (Copyright 2009 The Collectors Weekly) Scott Buckwald has been the prop master on a variety of popular movies and television programs, including Race to Witch Mountain and The Prestige. Recently, Buckwald spoke with us about his experiences as a prop master for AMC’s hit show ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-scott-buckwald-prop-master-for-the-hit-tv-show-mad-men/ On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I had the good fortune to speak with several curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. For a collectibles geek like myself, the experience was unparalleled, as I learned firsthand from the curators what they collect, why they collect, and what ... http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/behind-the-scenes-at-the-smithsonian/