- ‘Grand Tour’ items typically good quality
- November 15, 2009
- The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the “Grand Tour” of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste.
- Toys top sellers on collector circuit
- November 8, 2009
- Although the news media is always telling us about the bad economy, there are some bright spots in the antiques world.
- Recycling has a long history in collectibles
- November 1, 2009
- Recycling and reusing is not a new idea.
- Ghoulish pieces attract collectors
- October 25, 2009
- Skeletons are invited guests at our celebration of Halloween, the Mexican holiday called “Day of the Dead” and a few other ghoulish events.
- Rare fountains stump collectors
- October 18, 2009
- Some antiques are so rare and strange that they are classed as “what’s its” by collectors.
- Hard pillows once the norm
- October 11, 2009
- Do you like hard pillows or soft pillows? It might depend on where you grew up.
- Decor can double as disguise
- October 4, 2009
- Decorators used to try to hide a phonograph or radio because it did not match the rest of the room’s decor. They still worry about how to hide a stereo or television, but attractive speakers and flat screens have made technology less intrusive. The early 1900s room had to hold a record player with a large horn. Soon horns were made more decorative with painted designs.
- ‘Sewing spool’ furniture considered folk art
- September 27, 2009
- Recycling isn’t a new idea. Our ancestors reused bits of cloth for quilts, made clothing out of flour bags, and used old cigar boxes to make chip-carved picture frames and boxes. Their rule was “waste not, want not,” so it’s not surprising that the bare wooden spools left after thread was used seemed too practical to ignore.
- Older costume jewelry made to last
- September 20, 2009
- Costume jewelry is among the best-selling collectibles in the United States today.
- Even experts can be fooled by fake collectibles
- September 13, 2009
- Ever been fooled by a fake or fantasy collectible? It can happen to anyone, even experts. Two Ohr pottery vases recently were withdrawn from a sale at Sotheby’s, the prominent New York auction gallery. The assumption of most observers is that the vases were spotted as fakes before the sale began. Experts say that George Ohr (1857-1918), a potter from Biloxi, Miss., claimed he never made two pieces that were identical. The vases in the sale were the same except for their glazes.
- Collectors prize carnival dolls
- September 6, 2009
- Twentieth-century iron toys and tin toys have been collected for generations, and many books and articles have been written about the toys and their makers.
- U.S. heroes adorn home fabrics
- August 30, 2009
- Many different drapery fabrics and bed coverings were decorated with pictures of the famous men of the day.
- Salt, pepper shakers affordable collectibles
- August 23, 2009
- Looking for an inexpensive, colorful collectible? Look for pottery and porcelain salt and pepper shakers that you can display and use. Figural ceramic salt and pepper shakers are easy to find. In “Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide,” they are listed at $6 to $200. At yard sales, you can find much lower prices.
- Glass forged into unique collectible
- August 16, 2009
- Paperweights are popular and often expensive collectibles.
- Slanted desktops appealed to teachers
- August 9, 2009
- Schoolteachers — or, as they were called in the early 19th century, schoolmasters — stood in front of the class at a special schoolmaster’s desk.
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