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 the past 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. So...when you see those
descriptions that are really detailed and use words like
"cute"....you can bet Mike didn't write it and Janette did!
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 the past 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. So...when you see those
descriptions that are really detailed and use words like
"cute"....you can bet Mike didn't write it and Janette did!
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!
