Americana
James Buchanan campaign banner, 1856, is the world's most valuable campaign flag, selling for $275,000 at auction.
Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Learn the latest about the hobby of collecting Americana. In this section, we provide compelling articles, news and tips.
Identifying Antique Furniture Styles
Learn about the sometimes subtle differences in various styles of furniture, and some history about them too!
The Button Quietly Speaks Volumes
Want to get your point across without a rant? Try a button. Please.
Buttons They Stand Behind
From the rarest of the rare to everybody's favorite cartoon beagle, pin-back button experts and authors Ted Hake and Christen Carter share some of their favorite buttons.
Celebrating Pin-Back Buttons
Long before social media became the most popular platform for self-expression, there was the humble pin-back button. After 125 years the button – as political statement, punch line, conversation piece and souvenir – remains a pint-sized dynamo.
Button Power: 125 Years of Saying It With Buttons
A bright and visually captivating new book, with the help of more than 1,500 images of pin-back buttons, captures the big and small moments that define us as a country.
Presidential Election Posters
Election posters have evolved into slick marketing tools. But if you look at the evolution of campaign posters you'll see early efforts were far more clunky than clever.
Hateful Things
David Pilgrim and the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia use objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice
Collecting Antique Lawn Sprinklers
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as homes spread outward from the inner city, lawns came into vogue. To keep those green spaces green, all sorts of different lawn sprinklers were developed.
Classic Shooting Gallery Targets
Legendary collection of vintage shooting gallery targets takes center stage at Soulis Auctions in September. Early collectors Richard and Valerie Tucker embraced the targets, calling them 'iron as art.'
Tour Henry Ford Museum
Innovation takes flight at The Henry Ford Museum, the brainchild of American industrialist and Michigan native Henry Ford, who founded Ford Motor Company in 1901. Ford started his museum largely based on the idea of learning by doing.
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Ferris State University's museum shines light on the darkness that surrounds race relations in America, using objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice.
New Year's Baby Hitching to War
Sale of acclaimed illustrator Joseph Christian Leyendecker's 1943 war-time classic gives birth to a heartwarming story at Heritage Auctions event.
John Margolies' Roadside Attractions
Architecture and design critic John Margolies spent nearly 40 years driving across the US, photographing the changing landscape of roadside attractions.
Celebrate the Fourth of July with Patriotic Collectibles
From Fourth of July postcards to Uncle Sam dolls, Ruby Lane has hundreds of patriotic antiques and collectibles.
