Phil Holcomb was born in upstate
New York and raised on Long
Island. He was an avid sailor and a tuba player through high
school and college. He served in the US Air
Force for 10 years and subsequently spent some 25 years working
overseas
in the Middle East and Asia with the United
Nations (see
Phil's Bio for a history of his travels).
Phil's parents were serious
antiquarians and collectors of
early American and English antiques. Apparently, Phil was also
bitten
by the "collector bug" and over the years amassed a
goodly quantity of tribal oriental rugs, a major collection of
brass musical instruments and various
antiques
and odd relics,.
When Phil retired from the UN in
1999, and returned to the US he was suddenly
faced
with the very real problem of fitting all of these "treasures"
into
his home. Therfore, wherever there is
any room, a tribal carpet has been laid down, or an antique displayed.
The brass musical instruments are arranged in a
mini museum. However, as there is not enough floor and wall space to
display everything -
we created this "cyber museum" with "Galleries" to share our "neat
stuff" with anyone who may be interested!!
For
Oriental Carpet Addicts: click on Carpet Gallery
In the Carpet Gallery,
we have included links to some informative papers on tribal
carpet design and
identification.
For Brass
Musical Instrument Collectors: To see a
selection of Phil's Old and Odd brass horns, please visit the
Brass
Instrument Gallery
For
Antiquarians: to
view
various antiques and oddities, visit
the Antiques
& Relics Gallery
