An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 41 November 5, 2018Clinton HowellI had a lot of response to my last email about the political nature of the antiques trade. It hasn't gone away. I know that the rivalries (often quite petty)...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 40 October 8, 2018Clinton HowellIt is hard to imagine that I have done forty of these mailers or blogs, but The Righteous Brothers got it right when they sang, "Time goes by so slowly,...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 39 September 24, 2018Clinton HowellI have changed the format for this one newsletter in order to talk about what I consider to be one of the greatest art festivals on earth, i.e. Burning Man.
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 38 August 13, 2018Clinton HowellTo begin with, I want to say that I will be taking a break from these posts for about a month. I will be on the road and attending the Burning...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 37 July 30, 2018Clinton HowellAs much as the desire to own "the English look" grew, the understanding of it, at least for a great many households that I saw, waned.
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 36 July 16, 2018Clinton HowellThe last issue of my "Tale" elicited some interesting responses about furniture purchased as antique that was anything but. The preponderance of pieces that were sold as antique in the...
