Collector’s Guide

Collecting Postcards: Part One

As someone who has searched something on eBay, you know what you invariably find at the end of many categories:  postcards. So, why not collect them? Besides being able to then call yourself a deltiologist, you can have fun collecting something…

“Has it been refinished?”

by Bruce Johnson Arts and Crafts collectors, just like those in other fields, place a premium on examples which have survived more than a century of use with their original finish intact. That is not to imply that refinished pieces should be…

Treadway-Toomey Sale Highlights

Treadway Toomey Auctions held their first 20th Century Art & Design auction of 2017 on March 4th. The sale included nearly 200 lots of early 20th century design including furniture, pottery, lighting, silver, jewelry and other decorative…

A Stickley Store Project Needs a Photograph

By Stuart Crick   In Washington, D.C. we have an abundance of lawyers, perhaps even the largest concentration in the country.  And where there are lawyers, there are generally lawsuits. And it follows that where there are lots of lawyers,…

Treadway-Toomey Auction Preview

Treadway-Toomey Auctions will be holding their quarterly 20th Century Art & Design auction on March 4th at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park, Illinois The beginning of their sale traditionally starts with Arts & Crafts items, but…

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…

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