Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of Oct. 2, 2011Antiques sometimes remind us that Grandma’s home remedies are still the best. In 2004 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of leeches by doctors. Beginning in 200 B.C., medical doctors used leeches to cure a fever. They thought the red color of the face and the fever was caused by too much blood. […]
D.A. Folsom to sell 100-year collection of antiques, art from Sisters of Mercy on June 26PORTLAND, Maine – An untouched antiques and art collection accumulated over 100 years by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas will be auctioned by D.A. Folsom Auction Service on June 26, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. A second session, on June 27, will be for in-house bidders only, at the historic Motherhouse on […]