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, 2022
- 2 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, 2022
- 2 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 2 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 3 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, 2022
- 2 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, 2021
- 4 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 3 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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Michael Haskins
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
THE PALMYRA HOTEL
If you would look at the insert of the Hotel on the trade sign photo, go to the lower right corner. Fast forward 120 years. “Glady’s...
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Cheryl VanDenburg
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Crazy World of Crazy Quilts
Crazy Quilts were a manifestation of creative curiosity from about 1876 to 1890. A " Crazy Mania" emerged in the late Victorian era. ...
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