Regular monthly columns include news on current exhibitions and art-world events, notes on collecting, and book reviews.
Antiques was founded in 1921 by Homer Eaton Keyes, a noted collector of American glass and a former business manager of Dartmouth College, with its first issue appearing in January 1922.
Listed are some of the good things that the editors promise are coming: Arms, armor, books, bronzes, china, clocks, coins, draperies, etchings, fabrics, furniture, glassware, hardware, jewelry, laces, lamps, medals, paintings, pottery, porcelain, pewter, rugs, samplers, silverware, stamps, tapestries [and] wall coverings."
In a review, Miss Winchester was described as having "made antiques come alive for thousands because of her firm belief that the history of a people can be read in their crafts and arts".
(The Macon Telegraph, 4 February 1968, page 22) In 1962, Winchester edited The Antique Treasury of Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, which was described as a "tour of seven 'living' American museums".