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Author Biography
Linda Hamer Kennett writes "What’s in the Attic?"
After many years of living on the East Coast, Linda Kennett returned to her home state of Indiana and settled in Irvington to raise her two children. With the original intent of staying for 5 years, she is now on her 24th year in her 1902 farm house, with no plans to leave. She began her estate liquidation company "What's in the Attic?' in 1993 and after 5 years of assisting the residents of the eastside with selling their antiques, she took the advice of friends and started her column to share her experiences. From it's beginning with one local paper in 1998, her column is now carried weekly in over a dozen papers in the mid-west, as well as online with Ruby Lane, Auction Trends and eHow.com.
Today her work takes her throughout Central Indiana viewing everything from heirloom sterling silver to primitive farm tools. In addition to her column and her company she lists among her credits a long time membership in the International Society of Appraisers, 2 time recipient of the Southport Antique Mall Award for Excellence and production staff assistant to the Antiques Roadshow.
Linda Hamer Kennett’s Story Archive
The Majesty of Royal Haeger
After many years of being considered a low-end undesirable that wasn’t worth lifting off the thrift store shelf, Royal Haeger has caught the eye of the Millennials who are carting it home by the bagful! As the Great Depression came to an end in America, the long-established Haeger brickyard turned … Read More
Stained Glass
Beautiful stained glass windows graced the homes of the affluent in mid-1800s America. Revered as an art form, they stood as a symbol of wealth and prominence well into the 20th Century. But as we moved into the into the post-war years of the late 1940s these once cherished works … Read More
On the Road Again
Content as we may be to curl up with our favorite blanket and a good book from October through March, let the temperature creep up above 70 degrees and we who love junking are out the door. Those of us here in central Indiana are strategically located with in a … Read More
Sandwich, Anyone?
One of today’s most popular forms of collectible glassware is often one of the most misunderstood. The term “Sandwich Glass” is widely used in today’s market, but not always correctly. The original use of the term referred to high quality decorative glass produced by the Massachusetts based Boston and Sandwich … Read More