Vintage and Antique Menorahs
Chanukah Americana: One Family's Search for the Perfect Menorah
By Ben Marks — We are pleased to report that at long last, the “War on Christmas” is over. All it took was a small forest of flocked fir Christmas trees lining the halls of the White House. “Growing up and raising kids in New York City, Christmas is pretty overwhelming,” David Moore told me the other day over the phone, when the venture capitalist, investor, and entrepreneur had a few rare moments to chat between meetings. “Not in a bad way,” he adds. “I love the Christmas season. But between Rockefeller...
Antique Oil Lamps and Chimneys
By Maribeth Keane — My grandparents were antique collectors all their lives, their whole house was furnished in antiques. They had a lot of oil lamps and I suppose that’s where I got my first interest. I’ve always had more of an interest in the glass lampshades than the lamps but it kind of just evolved into lamp collecting instead of glass, and not pattern glass per say, just colored glass. I started out collecting miniature lamps and built up a collection of maybe forty, nothing high end, just mid range...