MEDHURST & CO.
Fine Images and Documents
Email: medhurstmd@aol.com
Phone: 913-851-8462
Fine Images and Documents
Email: medhurstmd@aol.com
Phone: 913-851-8462
About Us
Linda Mike
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Mike's Bio:
Mike Medhurst started Medhurst & Company in 1985. Mike has been actively buying
and selling antiques for more than 30 years. By the time he was in high school Mike
was serving as an antiques picker for local dealers.
Graduating with a B.S. from Wheaton College in 1981, Mike opened his own antique
business in 1985 and was dealing in historic documents and autographs, primarily
Civil War era. Mike completed his MS from Southern Illinois University in 1990
and by 1992 had become a dealer in Civil War and pre-Civil War images, documents
and autographs.
Medhurst & Company buys and sells images at numerous national Civil War shows
each year. We have the largest inventory of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes
in the Midwest and are well known for selling high quality Civil War images of
every variety. Mike is listed among the reputable and recommended dealers in the
1993 book Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts by noted autograph expert Charles
Hamilton (see page 382).
Many of the top collectors of Civil War and pre-Civil War photography and
documents count us as a valuable source. Images we have sold have been displayed
at several large art museums (Chicago Art Institute, Nelson-Atkins, Library of
Congress etc.) and are a part of many of the nation's top collections.
Our services were a major part of a multi-million dollar purchase made by the
National Park Service. The Park Service also had us complete another appraisal for
them involving a major collection of Civil War material.
Professional memberships include: the Daguerreian Society, and the Universal
Autograph Collector Club (UACC).
Linda:
Mike and Linda met in College. When Nathan came along some years later Linda
took him on as a full time job. At the same time she started describing images,
became our bookkeeper and shipping department. As the business has grown she
now primarily does the shipping for us. So....all those nice compliments I've been
getting about packing...well...they should actually be directed to Linda. Linda makes
trips to the post office several times each week. I'm glad I don't have to deal with
that very often! You are blessed to have Linda packing your images and I'm blessed
every day!
Janette:
Janette is our good friend and for several couple years she has been scanning and
describing images and taking care of Ebay listings as they come along. She's even
dabbled in a little photo restoration. We are quite blessed to have her help. She has
a MA in History from University of Minnesota and is certainly one of the brightest
people we know. By the end of 2008 Janette will become the letter person for us and
she will be describing and transcribing letters. So, look for more letters and
documents on the website in the coming months
Nate:
When Nate is not out making use of his drivers license he can be a pretty darn good
scanner. His spelling needs some work but the titles of his scans I've often found to
be interesting. Nate also helps with other odd jobs around the office and even makes
an occasional trip to a Civil War show to help with the tables.
Mike Medhurst started Medhurst & Company in 1985. Mike has been actively buying
and selling antiques for more than 30 years. By the time he was in high school Mike
was serving as an antiques picker for local dealers.
Graduating with a B.S. from Wheaton College in 1981, Mike opened his own antique
business in 1985 and was dealing in historic documents and autographs, primarily
Civil War era. Mike completed his MS from Southern Illinois University in 1990
and by 1992 had become a dealer in Civil War and pre-Civil War images, documents
and autographs.
Medhurst & Company buys and sells images at numerous national Civil War shows
each year. We have the largest inventory of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes
in the Midwest and are well known for selling high quality Civil War images of
every variety. Mike is listed among the reputable and recommended dealers in the
1993 book Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts by noted autograph expert Charles
Hamilton (see page 382).
Many of the top collectors of Civil War and pre-Civil War photography and
documents count us as a valuable source. Images we have sold have been displayed
at several large art museums (Chicago Art Institute, Nelson-Atkins, Library of
Congress etc.) and are a part of many of the nation's top collections.
Our services were a major part of a multi-million dollar purchase made by the
National Park Service. The Park Service also had us complete another appraisal for
them involving a major collection of Civil War material.
Professional memberships include: the Daguerreian Society, and the Universal
Autograph Collector Club (UACC).
Linda:
Mike and Linda met in College. When Nathan came along some years later Linda
took him on as a full time job. At the same time she started describing images,
became our bookkeeper and shipping department. As the business has grown she
now primarily does the shipping for us. So....all those nice compliments I've been
getting about packing...well...they should actually be directed to Linda. Linda makes
trips to the post office several times each week. I'm glad I don't have to deal with
that very often! You are blessed to have Linda packing your images and I'm blessed
every day!
Janette:
Janette is our good friend and for several couple years she has been scanning and
describing images and taking care of Ebay listings as they come along. She's even
dabbled in a little photo restoration. We are quite blessed to have her help. She has
a MA in History from University of Minnesota and is certainly one of the brightest
people we know. By the end of 2008 Janette will become the letter person for us and
she will be describing and transcribing letters. So, look for more letters and
documents on the website in the coming months
Nate:
When Nate is not out making use of his drivers license he can be a pretty darn good
scanner. His spelling needs some work but the titles of his scans I've often found to
be interesting. Nate also helps with other odd jobs around the office and even makes
an occasional trip to a Civil War show to help with the tables.
Rugby Too!
Click here to read
our interview with
the Antiques
Roadshow
Magazine
our interview with
the Antiques
Roadshow
Magazine