Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026PUBLISHER’S LETTER Don Sparacin IN CONVERSATIONThe Conservation Problem                  Urvashi Lele, in partnership with The Winter Show THE OBSCURE CONNOISSEURPart III: A portrait of the author as a teenage rare-book collector. Ralph Gardner Jr.Illustrated by Colleen Bayley Harrington IDEASRereading History: Publisher Assouline …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser Artist ProfileOn the cover: Valerie Hegarty ObjectsNostalgia in Motion: How immigrant craftsmen built America’s first amusement rides. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle The Obscure ConnoisseurPart II: In which the writer brandishes his polishing cloth. Ralph Gardner Jr. PerspectivesMitch’s Musings: When old textiles meet …

September/October 2025

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Pieter Estersohn In ConversationLessons from the disaster and subsequent restoration at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, New York. ObjectsThe Birth of the Travel Memento: The Grand Tour began as a way for young men of means to see Europe, and resulted in the invention of …

Magazine July/August 2025

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JULY/AUGUST 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Cara Zimmerman Luminary Infinite Iterations: A tribute to the remarkable Bernard L. Herman. ObjectsBlowin’ in the Wind: On the complex origins of whirligigs, a seaside artform that unfolded from the dying whaling industry. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle PerspectivesMitch’s Musings: A coveted antique shows itself at …

Magazine May/June 2025

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! MAY/JUNE 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Michael Diaz-Griffith Field NotesReading the Room Sarah Archer ObjectsString Theory: Once more familiar than the harpsichord, the salterio is being rediscovered by musicians drawn to its complexity, history, and spellbinding sound. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle PerspectivesA roundtable with the next generation of decorative arts curators, …

Magazine January February 2025

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Thomas Jayne Talking AntiquesExhibitors at New York’s Winter Show describe some of the exceptional offerings they will bring to this year’s edition at the Park Avenue Armory. ExhibitionsPortrait miniature painter John Smart in Missouri, Old Masters on tour from Puerto Rico, Laurene Krasny Brown at Olde …

Magazine November/December 2024

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024Publisher’s Letter Don Sparacin Field NotesRedefining Americana Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingThe American Renaissance at Yale; Alps exploration and Old Masters of Siena at the Met; Mughal arts and crafts in England; A Parisian changemaker in New York; Magic tricks in Iowa; Stormy weather in California and New York; …