Antique trunks have a murky history, there are various stories about how they came about. […]

There are people who understand that vintage aluminum ice cube trays are the best ice […]

If you love kitsch and souvenirs, vintage wooden plaques with snarky and/or sincere sentiments from […]

We’re all familiar with the saying “What goes around, comes around.” While the adage normally  […]

At a recent living estate sale, my friends called me up to the attic and […]

Did you wake up this morning and wonder what women smelled like in the 1970s? […]

If Bill Cunningham is familiar to you, it’s most likely for his work in his […]

Here in New England, there are about 55,000 black bears roaming our woods and backyards, […]

William J. Blenko was born in 1854 in England and trained in glass making. He […]

We’ve already had two other posts from the 1948 booklet Ironing Can Be Easy; one […]

Occasionally vintage lovers come across something that has a Social Security number engraved on the […]

After 50 years, The Rocky Horror Picture Show holds the distinction of being the longest […]

When it was high school prom time, I had two challenges. One was whether or […]

Creating paper dolls is what Tom Tierney is best known for, but he created much […]

I am a lover of New England history and I’ve been happy to have worked […]

The collectibles market is cryptic, fickle and confounding. We sellers sometimes think we have cracked […]

February is Black History Month. To acknowledge the history of design, vintage, and black women, […]

Do you remember any particular decor that your mom or dad had on the dashboard […]

It could be said that Frederick’s of Hollywood started a fashion trend. Mr. Frederick, as […]

Reading vintage housekeeping booklets is educational and enthralling. Keeping house is an art and a […]