Let me explain. I bought a set of Klipsch computer speakers. They were the best computer speakers I have ever bought. I have heard music like I never have on my computer. I suffer from a large amount of high-end hearing loss due to the chemotherapy and radiation I received to my head and neck […]

The heatwave of summer in Florida has passed and I am hearing reports of colder weather and snow in my former state of residence, Pennsylvania. Winter is here and now that it is a bit cooler, I am hoping I will be able to get out and start shooting more. I have been still working […]

Well in case you haven’t noticed, I have made some serious additions to both the quantity of images to the site and the organization of the galleries. I have had a bit of energy of late and have had the motivation to start scanning my slides and negatives from years ago when I made an […]

Another iconic building in Erie that I grew up being fascinated with along side the Koehler Building was the Union Station located on 14th Street between Peach and Sassafras Streets. It is an Art Deco brick structure that was dedicated in 1927. The building is a combination of brick, and sandstone, with terracotta trim and […]

My father was a hunter in his younger years and was also moderately avid in the hobby of firearms. I remember melting lead with him to cast bullets and I can still see him at the shotgun press reloading shotshells. Dad didn’t have a large collection, but everything in it was of quality. He took […]

I have done many things in my near 60 years on this planet. I have had many different jobs, been involved in many different organizations and owned several different businesses. One of the keys to this for me has always been timing. What I mean is that for me, the easier something came together, the […]

I decided to take a break from writing about antique related items and situations and try something new. When I am not at the store, and have some free time, I read. When I was young, and owned my bookstore, it was science fiction and classics. As I have gotten older, I find that I […]

In the past I have written about staying safe while selling items online. For this column I will be talking about home security. Wait, what? Home security? How does this apply to an article about antiques? Well, I will tell you. Folks who collect antiques and other items spend large amounts of money to purchase […]

We all accumulate too much stuff. Sometimes when you do, the need arises to sell some of it. Well just how do you do that, what’s the best way, and how do you stay safe while doing it? There are several ways to find new homes for your accumulated treasures. If your items are antiques […]

As time marches onward, we are experiencing the loss of more of “The Greatest Generation” each year. Many of these individuals were veterans who served this country proudly and have an amazing storied history to tell of their travels and the battles in which they waged war to secure and preserve the freedoms which we […]