Collector’s Guide

Haeger Pottery Archival Collection Goes to Auction

    When Haeger Potteries and Pottery Museum closed their doors in the summer of 2016, lifelong customers, pottery collectors and Chicago history buffs rushed to buy one last time from the 145-year-old institution. On February…

Three New Books For Arts & Crafts Lovers

by Peter Copeland, Turn of the Century Editions and Parchment Press The Arts & Crafts Furniture of J.M. Young & Sons, Camden, New York by Jill Thomas-Clark (Turn of the Century Editions 2017; softcover, pp. 162).  This book is a…

Practicing Proper Show Etiquette

by Bruce Johnson For many of us our first experience as a collector may have been at a local yard sale, craft fair or elbow-punching flea market, but attending a major show requires an awareness of the value of the pieces on display, as well…

Jebb Anderson, Coppersmith

Ask many Arts and Crafts collectors and you’re likely to hear that one of their earliest discoveries was a piece of hand-hammered copper, from a simple letter opener made in an early manual arts class to a Roycroft circular tray or a Dirk…

National Arts & Crafts Conference Show & Tell?

From the Desk of Mary McWilliams I’ve been a collector most of my life, but began to focus on Arts & Crafts in 1976 when my husband and I bought an Arts & Crafts house. When the prices on Arts & Crafts objects soared, we discovered…

Your Holidays Just Got Even Better!

I know it's hard to come by but if you have some extra space in your holiday calendar, be sure to squeeze in at least a few of these amazing events -- all full of Arts and Crafts cheer! From auctions to holiday fairs to exhibitions and home…

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