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(Young Collectors)A Job Worth Doing
The Young Collector
In Hollie’s first post-college job, she was a collection agent in a large urban area. She was not of the kind who works in a call center but of the variety who walks up to the apartment door and says, “I need to get $53 today or we’re ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Chain of Thought
The Young Collector
We are a household obsessed with the food chain. Much of the conversation around the breakfast table involves predator and prey, from krill to squid to sperm whales (in the knowledge food chain, dinosaurs have apparently fallen prey to marine life), with discussions about who eats whom and ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Risky Business
The Young Collector
Last summer (oh, maybe we should just pause here for a few welcome minutes to think about summer), we talked about mistakes and recovering from them, but the reality is that the antiques business carries with it inherent risks. With risk comes that pesky concept everyone seems to ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Movin' On Up
The Young Collector
Over the years this space has served not only to document our lives in and our view of the antiques trade but by necessity, to a degree, our personal lives as well. (At Cowan’s we used to joke about having T-shirts made that read, “The auction business is ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Another Pro-Choice Debate
The Young Collector
Once upon a time, we wrote about how corrosive the concept of convenience is, how we unwittingly give up important, often intangible things in exchange for tangible, often inconsequential things. Nowhere is this more apparent, at least to us this time of year, than holiday shopping. Hollie faces ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Gifts That Keep On Giving
The Young Collector
Ah, the season of gifting is upon us. Hooray, some of you are thinking. What fun. We’re sorry. We’ll try to make this as painless as possible, which is going to take some work because gift giving has, for many people, become a painful, protracted process that leaves ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)School's in Session
The Young Collector
After 120 years our house seems to have come full circle. As of this fall it is once again a schoolhouse. Nora, who just turned five, has started kindergarten at home. (Just in case the house itself wasn’t evidence enough that we never do anything the easy way.) ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Historical Accommodations
The Young Collector
Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has “a penchant for rescuing cast-offs…[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,” according to the online statement from Ferrin Contemporary, taking “fragments” ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)We Must Be Mistaken
The Young Collector
In 2001 the University of Michigan Health System launched a new program, and a study to track the results followed. The idea was simple. Healthcare workers were encouraged to report any mistakes or errors and were given a step-by-step guide to navigating that process, from telling families and ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Prioritizing Change
The Young Collector
We all know about opinions. As the old saying goes, opinions are like dirty socks. Everyone has them, and they all stink. Turns out, we seem to feel the same about priorities, which makes sense because priorities are a more visible reflection of opinions, opinions in action, if ... (Read More)
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