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Keep It Simple – Kansas museum’s exhibit features works from Midcentury Modern designer Paul McCobb
November 2021Cover StoryKeep It Simple - Kansas museum's exhibit features works from Midcentury Modern designer Paul McCobbby Corbin Crable Midcentury Modern Design The Johnson County (KS) Museum has brought back the simplicity and style of midcentury modern...
You spin me ‘round | Record revival introduces new generation to the sound of vinyl
Image courtesy of https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.comOctober 2021Cover StoryYou spin me ‘round : Record revival introduces new generation to the sound of vinylby Corbin Crable Vinyl Record's Time to Shine If media formats are cyclical, the early 21st century...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….
Photo by Cameron Venti on UnsplashNovember 2021Everything OldA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….by Corbin Crable A few weeks ago, I saw an advertisement for a gentleman buying vintage toys here in Overland Park. He had set up shop at a local hotel and...
Turn that music up
Photo by blocks on UnsplashOctober 2021Everything OldTurn that music upby Corbin Crable When it comes to the media format wars, we all have those older items with which we simply can’t part or that we haven’t sold or thrown away yet – a CD here, a VHS tape...
Let’s make a deal: Haggling part of antique culture
September 2021Everything OldLet’s make a deal: Haggling part of antique culture by Corbin Crable You know the feeling – while browsing in your favorite antique store, you stumble across a vintage treasure you absolutely must have. You glance at the price...
Still-popular bentwood furniture has long history as early example of mass-produced furniture
October 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEStill-popular bentwood furniture has long history as early example of mass-produced furnitureby Anne Gilbert First created in 1849 by Michael Thonet, a German, bentwood furniture was one of the first designer-style examples of...
Old figural glass bottles still popular collectibles
September 2021ANTIQUE DETECTIVEOld figural glass bottles still popular collectiblesby Anne Gilbert Old Figural Glass BottlesProof that there is still interest in collecting old figural glass bottles was the recent auction price of over $1,000 for a 19th-century...
Consolidation, contraction and closing
June 2023Good Eye Consolidation, contraction and closingby Peggy Whiteneck Recently, national news sources have highlighted consolidation in American industries. Reports have focused, for example, on the airline industry, whose flight arrival and departure times have...
Feathered nests – in glass!
May 2023Good Eye Feathered nests – in glass!by Peggy Whiteneck In May, we celebrate Mother’s Day, not just for human moms but for birds - and not just feathered birds on twigged and grassy nests but moulded birds on glassy nests! In my last column, I shared a photo of...
Mould shopping and swapping in American glass
April 2023Good Eye Mould shopping and swapping in American glassby Peggy Whiteneck Moulded Glass One of the challenges in collecting American art glass is identifying the maker, given the amount of mould swapping that took place between companies. This usually...
Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas
May 2023Covering Quilts Classic Patterns: Rocky Road to Kansas by Sandra Starley Quilt names : ‘Rocky Road to Kansas,’ ‘Texas Tears,’ and ‘Rocky Road to California’, It’s a quilt name that stirs up images of wagons full of bonneted prairie ladies busily sewing...
Puff Quilts are back – Part 2
April 2023Covering Quilts Puff Quilts are back - Part Two by Sandra Starley Those puffy, pillowy quilts from the 1970s are back and better than ever. Puff, pillow, biscuit, or bubble quilts are generally extra puffy or dimensional. There are myriad methods of...
Have a puffy new year! Puff or pillow quilts – Part One
March 2023 Covering Quilts Have a puffy new year! Puff or pillow quilts - Part One by Sandra Starley Everything old is new again. I blame A$AP Rocky (Mr. Rihanna) for the revival of the puff quilt. He wore a reworked vintage puff quilt on the red carpet at...
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Old tennis racket shows how much sport has changed
March 2023 Vintage Discoveries Old tennis racket shows how much sport has changed by Ken Weyand Old tennis racket Since I was a youngster, an old tennis racket has been part of our family’s collection of “never thrown-away treasures.” One of the few sporting items...
Riding crop recalls days when horses ruled the roads
February 2023Vintage Discoveries Riding crop recalls days when horses ruled the roadsby Ken Weyand Antique Riding Crop Nearly forgotten among the “family artifacts” packed away in our house was an ancient riding crop once used by my grandmother. At least that’s what...
Old top was a favorite in the 1940s toy box
December 2022Vintage Discoveries Old top was a favorite in the 1940s toy boxby Ken Weyand Toys of yesteryear Many of today’s youngsters take little interest in the toys of yesteryear. Devoid of today’s electronics and high-tech gadgetry, and handcrafted from basic...
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