Welcome to Medium Rare Maps.
Bought my first map in 1972.
Bought several more antique maps thereafter.
Sold my first map in 1976
Opened a bricks and mortar shop in downtown Chicago in 1983
Moved to Chicago’s North Shore in 1990
Turned over shop to my wife in 1990
Bought and sold maps for the next 32 years.
Wife retired and closed shop in 2014
Opened website in 2022. Started listing the first of several thousand maps.
The love of maps and prints has unlocked a world of learning and enjoyment for me. Hope you derive similar benefits!