The eight Eglinton shields that were the subject of my last post have now been sold at auction in Edinburgh. (No, alas, not to me! I can af...

Lyon & Turnbull, a fine arts auction house, has, among a whole lot of other cool stuff, some remarkable and historic heraldry up for bid...

For this final post on heraldry in the heartland of America, we leave Omaha, Nebraska, and go a few miles south to Topeka, Kansas. I first s...

Over at the on-line version of the Telegraph dated Thursday, September 24, 2009, they're running a quiz, "Coats of arms: Guess the...

For our final "coat of arms" found in Omaha, Nebraska, we go to the arms-like logo of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, as mount...

Okay, we’ve looked at an achievement of fake arms, and at a shield that only held some monogrammatic lettering. Today we take a look at some...

Continuing our survey of some of the heraldry and pseudo-heraldic devices to be found in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, these come from the exter...

I had the opportunity over Labor Day weekend (September 3-5) to attend a conference in Omaha, Nebraska. I was more than happy to go, if only...

A recent op-ed piece by Quentin Letts appeared in the UK’s Daily Mail that discussed heraldry in regard to Lord Sugar of Clapton (formerly ...

Well, sometimes. But sometimes not, too. A quote from Peter Spurrier in our last post said: "Heraldry is traditional; it is also fun, c...