SEPTEMBER 30, 2021–Known widely as one of the most prominent figures in the history of contemporary American wood turning, Rude Osolnik (1915-2001) led an accomplished career as an artist...

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021–The Walker family served the United States Army and Military for over eight decades. Both father and son achieved the rank of Four Star General; the only time this has...

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021–During the 1970s and 80s, Ray Olivier became passionate about researching, investigating, and acquiring Chinese earthenware and...

Historic preservation was a central part of the lives of Joan and James Loeb, and the collecting of fine American antiques was a natural extension of that passion. Among their many...

Some things are hard to square about Joel E. Finn. He loved speed, but collected with infinite patience. Solitary by nature, he was inseparable from his...

This collection of charts, manuscript maps, and documents descended in the Sever family of Kingston MA. Nicholas Sever (1680-1764) and his son, William (1729-1809) were successful merchants involved in the coastal New England trade and were known to own at least seventeen trading vessels. They shipped primarily wood, plank, staves, and salt fish...