Since "retiring" in 2024, 50% of our AGI is donated to museums and archives to support their collection and preservation programs. Kochan Fine Art & Antiques closed in 2024 with the retirement of its founder. For 25 years, it specialized in important early Americana, notably that relating to early exploration, military and maritime history of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including painting a
nd drawings, artifacts, manuscripts, rare books and ephemera. It actively served and supported a clientele of distinguished private collectors, museums, and research libraries world-wide. The quality and breadth of its well-documented inventory was complimented by an extensive in-house research library and archive, allowing it to assist institutions and private clients in building and refining their collections with confidence. Institutional clients included: Colonial Williamsburg, Historic Deerfield, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Fort Ligonier Assoc., Fort Ticonderoga, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Army Museum (London), The National Museum of the Royal Navy, The National Museum of the US Army, The Osher Map Library, The National Museum of Scotland, The Smithsonian Institution, The Society of the Cincinnati, and the William L. Clements Library.
