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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
Gone Fishin’
When our seven-year-old was still going strong at midnight, Grandpa Jon resorted to blackmail with a promise to take him fishing in the morning if he would just go to bed. I am thinking it was around 1:30 a.m. when my head finally hit the pillow, so you can imaging … Read More
Scent of a Woman
“A Woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future” — Coco Chanel It was very small, but so very important. It appeared some years ago on my birthday, other times at Christmas. As a preteen, it was my first glance into the wonderful world of being a woman. It made … Read More
Melmac: The Wonder Plastic
Thumbing through a pile of old Life Magazines from the 60s, I found myself drawn to the advertisements. Bright red and yellow Volkswagen Beetles, “Twiggy” eyelashes, a woman dressed much like June Cleaver holding a bottle of Budweiser, and a full page of plastic dishes that were heralded as, “The … Read More
Sweets for My Sweet
Once again the drug store shelves are lined with the inevitable red heart-shaped boxes that tell us it’s time to give candy to those we love. Nougat, coconut, or chocolate cream, it is no doubt the contents, rather than the packaging, that is the object of our attention. But to … Read More
Petroliana
Petroliana, defined as “antiques and collectibles related to gas stations and the oil business, with an emphasis on advertising,” is one of the fastest growing areas of collecting for 2015. Why the interest in old gas station items? Two of the most obvious reasons would be the availability and the … Read More