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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
Kitschy and Collectible — The 1950s TV Lamp
This column first appeared in March 2013. With the war years behind her and the hope of good times to come, America headed into the 1950s. A new spirit of optimism and a zeal for material comforts prevailed. The average household income was $2,992, gas was 27 cents a gallon, … Read More
A Family Tradition
This column first appeared in September 2011. I remember when my husband gave our son Sean his first pocket knife the Christmas he was twelve. “This Case knife was carried by my grandpa, then my dad, and I have carried it for thirty years” he told him. “Now it is … Read More
Button It Up!
This column first appeared in August 2011. It is one of little things that we never take much note of, but how many times a day do we rely on the efficiency of the tiny little disc we call a button? Unlike many collectibles that take years to become established, … Read More
In The Garden
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