Sackets Harbor
Sackets Harbor is a historical village at the beginning of the 1000 Islands in New York State. In the 1970's my husband David and I were...
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Ralph Ridolfino
Sep 29, 20232 min
DECORATED YELLOW WARE
Yellowware is a lighter clay than stoneware or redware, and there was a great deal of that clay readily available to potters in America....
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Bruce A. Austin
Feb 20, 20233 min
Backstory: The Story Behind the Story
Looking at a century-old photograph and seeing something familiar that is also genuinely unique—say, a piece of furniture—is a novelty....
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Tim Chambers
Sep 27, 20222 min
Color it Different!
It has been said that ‘color is energy’. Although I can’t definitively explain that concept, I have a sense of its meaning. Whether it’s...
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Jim Goodling
Aug 22, 20222 min
Tin Toys in America
It is hard to believe, in this age of electronic toys that beep, flash, and move, that there was a time when the simple figure of an...
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David Crumb
Jul 20, 20223 min
The History of GCADA
GCADA is an acronym that stands for Genesee Country Antique Dealer’s Association was founded in 1948 by several Rochester New York...
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Fran Kramer
Jun 28, 20222 min
Shaker Community
We all come to our collecting of antiques from various paths. Our first auction, our second antique show, a museum exhibit, or perhaps an...
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Ron Korman
May 17, 20223 min
Changing Times
We have been running Muleskinner Art and Antiques for 50 years now. We have always had a retail shop but over the years we have found it...
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Bruce A. Austin
Apr 17, 20223 min
The American Arts and Crafts Movement
“Mission joke” is how 1970s antiques dealers referred to the dark, boxy oak furniture produced by virtually every turn-of-the-century...
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Mike Haskins
Mar 17, 20223 min
The Enjoyment of Oriental Rugs?
A short time ago a friend asked me to put together an article about Oriental rugs. “Show them how to tell rugs apart,” he suggested....
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Paul Polce
Feb 15, 20222 min
Life of an antique dealer
I have been asked this same question numerous times throughout my career “What’s it like to be an antique dealer?”. This blog will give...
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Daniel Freeburg
Dec 15, 20214 min
What’s in a Name? Featuring the signed and dated furniture of Jacob and Elias Knagy.
B Close-up of Jacob Hersperger’s desk dated 1850 by Jacob Knagy. (Collection of Dan and Pam Freeburg). By the early 1800s in most of the...
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Nancy Pratt & Connie Polce
Nov 15, 20211 min
Christmas Holiday Collecting
The collecting of Christmas decorations has been very popular for many years. They bring back nostalgic memories of past holidays for...
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Gene Pratt
Oct 18, 20211 min
Redware Pottery Manufactured in Morganville, NY
The group of three redware jugs pictured above were all manufactured at the Charles Gleason pottery in Morganville. This pottery was in...
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Dave Crumb
Sep 19, 20212 min
HISTORICAL BLUE STAFFORDSHIRE CHINAWARE
In the early 1820s in Staffordshire, England a new process of decorating ceramics was taking place called transfer printing. Sketches of...
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Derek A. Poole
Jul 27, 20212 min
Rare and Unusual Clothing Buttons of the 19th and 20th Centuries
This journey began as a 10-year-old, probably even sooner. Dragged through flea markets and antique shops the adventure was really not...
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Paul Polce
Jun 22, 20212 min
The Ithaca Calendar Clock Company
History The Ithaca Calendar Clock Company began business in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. The company was formed by Henry B. Horton, Charles...
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Christina Champion
May 17, 20212 min
ANTIQUE STOVE ADVERTISING
You know how it is right??? How one thing leads to another, and another, and another??? And then.... you look around and HOLY COW!!!!! ...
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Sam Cottone
Apr 13, 20213 min
Cottone Auctions
Sam and his wife Cindy run Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, NY. Off the beaten track, Cottone’s is the Christie’s in cow country, our areas...
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