The Antique Trader has my 'Letter to the Editor' up online, and it will run in the print edition, too. I wrote about the fun of finding my ancestor's image on an antique cigar box label. The letter is basically an excerpt from my recent GREEN...

Hope lots of happiness is on your Thanksgiving menu! P.S. -- how the turkey got on the menu... yikes! Ms. Dow Antiques Blog 'Tique Talk is published by msdowantiques.com Thanks for reading my blog by email or RSS feed! I hope you'll check in on my...

Here's a "smooth-lip Mason's 1858" in "Ball Blue". Even though this jar has not been documented to have been made by Ball, conventional wisdom has it that all "Ball Blue"-colored jars were made by Ball. Which brings up the question "why is the glass...

Social networking -- everyone's doing it, right? But is everyone doing it RIGHT? And "Going green" -- everyone's doing that, too. Here's the big question: Who is combining these multiple concepts -- green and social networking with antiques...

It's Baaackkk! The 3rd Friday the 13th this year! Here are some "Friday the 13th" info-tidbits from Wikipedia: The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia The 13th day of the month is slightly more likely to be a Friday than any...