ON THE COVER -
December Issue 2007
Victorian Era Santa Claus Trade Cards....by Roy Nuhn
Given away free by merchants, found inside packages and tins of various products, and available through the mails, trade cards were once a major advertising medium. These beautiful miniature chromolithographs were immensely popular with the public, who saved and cherished them in special albums.

How many times have you been asked "Do you know a good ....?" - pick one - electrician, carpenter, plumber, mechanic, dentist, lawyer, furniture repair man. We have all had to search for the right person to help us with our daily lives and finding a good furniture person is perhaps one of the harder tasks in an already difficult environment.

Since it was introduced in 1775 as The Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Danish porcelain with its blue on white decorations has never lost its appeal. The blue fluted pattern has never stopped being made using floral variations.

Sunshine City Show Sparkles...by Carol J. Perry
Tampa Bay show-goers and dealers alike always look forward to the first 'big show of Fall. This year the Sunshine City Show kicked off the season with a big, 3-day, glitzy event at the beautiful Coliseum Ballroom in downtown St.Petersburg.

Classic Furniture Designed Over Decades for Children....
by Robert Reed
In comparative terms most classic furniture of the ages was created for adults and not children. But in historic terms children’s furniture was made in most every style and throughout every important period.

Q. This child’s highchair has been in my family since 1903. Original finish and no tray. I am interested in the history since the carving on The back looks like an old English “court jester”. We think it is oak and would like a value.