Chicora Antiques, Inc.

10/30/2026

10/30/2026

Chicora Antiques, LLC. C. Lyman McCallum,Jr. 803.834.9198.

10/21/2026

Fun facts about Lyman: I vividly remember going to a party at Tradd Newton‘s house on lower meeting Street one evening in Charleston with my girlfriend at the time Paige Goldberg. Tradd’s father, Buzzy, owned the Piggly Wiggly corporation. I had taken a bottle of Stolichnaya vodka to the party to inbibe in.At some point during the party my girlfriend Paige and I decided to take a hot bubble bath with the bottle of vodka. I consume the majority of it and after a while I decided it was time to go back to my dormitory on Wentworth Street. I got on my bike and started heading north, when I hit the intersection of Meeting and Broad street gravity and the vodka suddenly hit and I toppled over on the bike and I virtually skidded through the entire section of Meeting and Broad Street on the left side of my face. Inertia! I managed to get back on the bike. I had nearly made it back to my dormitory when I was intercepted by two members of the campus police who looked at my bloody face and had to virtually carry me back to my dormitory room. The next morning at 7 o’clock I received a phone call from the head of the campus police who said he wanted to see me in his office at 8 AM; it was not a very friendly meeting. He told me and no one certain terms that if I didn’t shape up for the first semester, I would be expelled immediately. I somehow managed to graduate in 1990 with honors.

10/21/2026

The Historic Charleston Foundation’s freshly appointed interns standing in front of The Francis R. Edmunds Center, 108 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, shortly after Hurricane Hugo, September the 21st, 1989. Those smiles on the interns would not last long at all. Tasks delegated to us were: to photograph, document, and record any damage to all historic dwellings south of the crosstown. And we were required to walk it. I am shown on the very right next to Nancy. The photo was taken well-before I discovered carbohydrates. Jon, you were a super mentor to me and an excellent teacher. I well-remember attending the three-hour classes that you taught at “Citadel Mall”, as post-hurricane classroom space was so limited on the peninsula. Incidentally, I still have my dog eared copy of the George C.Rogers, Jr. book entitled “Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys”. I am so thankful that we have remained fast friends since 1989. I will be in touch very soon! Best regards, C. Lyman McCallum, Jr./Chicora Antiques, L.L.C. {803} 834-9198.
PS: Jon, we had an absolute ball of a time!
We all loved the experience. I particularly loved being taught archival standards, proper documentation and techniques, I will state this: early on it became abundantly clear to the interns that we were NOT welcome in some upper-peninsular neighborhoods. Many areas we documented were near the cross-town. I had my “flack-jacket” on stand-by. C.L.M.

10/21/2026

My very first meeting with Dr. Frank Horton was at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, shortly after I had graduated from the college of Charleston in 1990. I was just 21 and was researching Charleston neoclassical dining chairs while in the basement of the museum.  I happened to notice an elderly gentleman in a custodial suit sweeping the floors. He had a crew cut, and looked like a janitor to me.  I didn’t think too much of it at the time. After a few hours and a lot of research, a secretary of the museum approach me and said that Dr. Horton would like to take me to lunch.  I was stunned and extremely excited.  I was quite surprised when the same elderly gentleman who I thought was a janitor approached me and said “Lyman, my name is Frank Horton. Would you like to have lunch with me?” I replied “of course.” He then asked very softly, “Would “Wendy’s’ hamburgers suit you? “. I respond great. We then both walked to the parking lot and jumped in his Volkswagen Beetle and drove to get a burger and some fries. We spent about two hours together, sharing stories about southern furniture and decorative arts. He was absolutely amazing. I’ll never forget the experience. Brad Rauschenberg I’m sorry I copied your files without asking first. Chalk it up to being naive and inexperienced.

10/20/2026

A very fine Charleston, South Carolina Neoclassical mahogany and inlaid Pembroke table, about 1800, with the original Chinese brass bale pulls and leather bound brass casters. This table was previously on loan to the Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting Street, where it was displayed on the second floor withdrawing room (see last photograph). The table has an extensive single Charleston family history of ownership. The floral inlays at the top of each leg stile are very diistinctive and were most likely made by the cabinetshop that produced the table, rather than by an inlay specialist working in the city of Charleston itself or being imported from another urban area, such as Baltimore or New York City. Immaculate untouched condition exhibiting no repairs and a very old finish. Sold to a private collection by C. Lyman McCallum, Jr. d/b/a Chicora Antiques, LLC. Charleston, South Carolina. 803.834.9198.

10/20/2026

While I was working for Spoleto Festival USA, I was privileged to be chosen as proffer assistant by Gian Carlo Menotti’s for his production of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” a comical farce and lotsa fun. It was performed in the Dock Street Theatre on Church Street in Charleston. Rehearsals became insane because ghosts from decades past kept interrupting our efforts. The first theatre production on the site occurred around 1736. I lived just across the street at the time. After rehearsals, I had Gian Carlo ( Jacomo) to my house and made crab cakes with salad for us both for a delightful 🥘 dinner and lively conversation with ample w**e 🍷.

10/15/2026

Daddy Lyman just made spaghetti with three cheeses -Parmesan, Romano and extra sharp cheddar with half a grilled hot Italian sausage and sautéed chicken with garlic …