Antique Trader

Nevada has made a habit of reinventing itself. Long before silver transformed Virginia City or neon transformed Las Vegas, Indigenous peoples made their lives across the Great Basin. Later generations came seeking mineral wealth, land, work, entertainment, and sometimes a fresh start, repeatedly reshaping the place that became the Silver State.

A Brief History of the S...

For years, milk glass has been easy to overlook. Once a fixture in china cabinets and on dressing tables, the opaque glassware became so plentiful on the secondary market that even attractive vintage pieces could often be picked up for little more than pocket change.

That may be precisely what makes milk glass worth watching now.

Today’s interiors are movi...

Mercury, right, wearing the leather jacket during his performance. Image: Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd.

Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band Queen and one of rock music’s greatest stars, would have turned 80 on September 5, 2026.

British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son...

One of only 11 known Exeter broadsides of the Declaration of Independence, this example realized $5.687 million at Christie’s in January 2026. Printed by Robert Luist Fowle in Exeter, New Hampshire, the Exeter broadside is among the rarest surviving editions of the Declaration. Image courtesy of Christie’s

Few printed documents are more closely associated with the birth of...

Sitting at the heart of the North American region known as the Great Plains, Nebraska’s frontiers and farmland are home to the long history of the many people who have lived in or traveled through the region and who continue to shape it today.

A Brief History of “Where the West Begins”

People have lived in Nebraska for at least ten thousand years. The region’s Pa...