For Europeans, the “Orient” had long been the source for highly desired and very scarce goods, such as silk and spices. Trade with China a...

My original career path, oh those many years ago, was to become a professional philosopher. I was introduced to the world of antique maps a...

In 1854, a two large territories, Kansas and Nebraska, were created in the previously unorganized lands lying between the Continental Divi...

I was lucky enough to visit Spain this summer and in order to prepare for my trip, I read a history of the country. This history had a fair...

In the 1844 Presidential election there were three candidates. The two main candidates, from the major parties, were James Polk and He...

For many important American leaders of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, there was a ready market for quality, life portrait prints. ...

Along with the regular Antiques Roadshow programs, which show the Roadshow stops from the previous summer, the program has been airing a s...