But even in its earliest years, The Magazine Antiques began to fulfill the editor's prophesy that it would broaden to embrace not only the entire nation, but Europe as well. From its beginning as a small, black-and-white magazine to its heyday in the 1970's and 80's, Keyes' monthly lived up to the editor's goals.
January 1922 (48 pages) and January 1988 (322 pages)
Its pages were filled not only with the writings of some of the most important scholars in the field, but with advertisements from many of the world's finest antiques shops. The Boston firm of Shreve, Crump, and Low occupied the back cover of the magazine from the beginning through the twentieth century.
Shreve's back page ad in the March 1941 issue. For $425, we'll take the highboy!
This preeminence has guaranteed a steady stream of writings on all aspects of antiques and collecting and has made back issues essential components of most research. We refer to the magazine frequently for background data and for specific information on forms and genres. Full runs of TMA frequently sell for several thousand dollars at auction. The run suffers greatly from the lack of a comprehensive index. although those indexes which were published periodically are helpful, despite their inconsistent organization.
