Article Archives: What’s in the Attic?

Toy Cars

July 20, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in August 2012. If you have ever raised a male child — or you are married to one — then you may already know that somewhere in their past there existed a box of toy cars. In many cases, when the man of our dreams moved … Read More

In The Garden

July 13, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in April 2012. Up at dawn, a quick piece of toast, a brush through the hair and out the door. That pretty much sums up my Saturday mornings from early April until the first frost of fall. As many of you know who have read my … Read More

Collectible Jeans

June 29, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in March 2012. The great surge of adventurous Americans who rushed to California to pan for gold in the mid-1800s brought with them very few personal possessions. They did, however bring with the great opportunity for the area businessmen. One such industrious young man was 24-year- … Read More

Collectible Pottery — Take a Second Look

June 22, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Pottery has long been one of the top ten collectibles with antique lovers worldwide. The more popular an item, the more prone it is to reproduction, forcing collectors to deal with a never-ending plague of copy cats in the marketplace. When first imported in the early 1990s, the quality of … Read More

It’s In The Cards

June 15, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in May 2011. Remember the packs of sports trading cards from the 1970s and 80s? I recently stumbled across several boxes of them that I thought my son had taken when he bought his first home 12 years ago. But there they were, still in the … Read More