It’s All In the Marks: Pitchers and Plates (3/21/13)
To well-seasoned or novice collectors, determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing if it is … More >>

It’s All In the Marks: Identifying Ceramics and Glass (3/3/13)
To well-seasoned or novice collectors, determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing if it is … More >>

Unloved Antiques: Reproduction Victorian-Era Spyglasses (2/19/13)
The next item in this series of Unloved Antiques is something that causes big problems in the antique and collectibles … More >>

It’s All In the Marks: Dating Royal Copenhagen Figurines (2/14/13)
To well-seasoned or novice collectors, determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing if it is … More >>

The Collector’s Minute: Chinese Military Stamps (2/6/13)
Every now and again I’ll run across an item that does not excite me at first glance. Generally it’s an … More >>

Ask a Worthologist: The Mystery of the Hungarian-Italian Vase (1/23/13)
Ben N. claims to know nothing about antiques; he just buys what he likes and, to date, he’s done very … More >>

Ask a Worthologist: Makers’ Marks and What They Do—or Don’t—Mean (1/22/13)
To collectors, well-seasoned or novice, the subject of determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing … More >>

Unloved Antiques: Great-Great-Grandma’s Spinning Wheels (1/15/13)
The next item in this series of Unloved Antiques is something that once was almost a requirement in any antique … More >>

It’s all in the Marks: Fake Limoges, ‘In the Style Of’ and a Stradivarius Question (1/14/13)
To collectors, well-seasoned or novice, the subject of determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing … More >>

It’s all in the Marks: Kalk’s Crossed-Arrows, ‘Erich Stauffer’ Used in Knockoffs (1/3/13)
To collectors, well-seasoned or novice, the subject of determining a maker or origin of a piece can be very confusing … More >>