Q & A with Harry Rinker: Thorens Music Box, H. L. Leonard Bamboo Fly Rod (5/20/13)
QUESTION: I have a Thorens music box and a dozen 4 ½-inch metal disc records, one of which is “A … More >>

Who Watches ‘Mad Men’ Just to Check out the Cool Furnishings? I Do! (5/9/13)
I am guilty of this and I am sure many others out there are as well! My wife enjoys the … More >>

Wendt Painting Tops Multi-Estate Fine Art, Antiquities Sale (4/17/13)
GENESEO, N.Y. — An original oil-on-canvas painting by renowned American artist William Wendt (1865-1946) titled “Patriarchs of the Grove” sold … More >>

Massive Estate of ‘The Antiques Lady’ of Eupora, Miss., to be Auctioned (4/1/13)
EUPORA, Miss. – The massive and prodigious estate of Ms. Earlene S. Bowen, known affectionately as “the Antiques Lady” until … More >>

Antique Lighting to Shine in First of Three Big Fontaine’s Auction Gallery Sales (3/14/13)
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An auction featuring more than 400 quality lots of antique furniture, Arts & Crafts items, antique lighting—by … More >>

Auction Report: Meeks Parlor Suite Tops Bidding in Clock, Furnishings Sale (3/6/13)
ABERDEEN, Miss. — A gorgeous four-piece laminated rosewood Rococo parlor suite by renowned 19th-century American furniture maker J. & J.W. Meeks … More >>

Fine Art, Clocks and Oddities to Cross Block in Multi-Estate Auction (2/5/13)
ABERDEEN, Miss. — The collections of at least two major estates will head to auction this month, including a set … 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 >>

Ask A Worthologist Question: ‘Bronze’ Cherub Lamps (9/19/11)
Jeremy T. has a pair of “bronze” lamps that he picked up at a garage sale last year, but never … More >>

Ask A Worthologist Question: Victorian Student Lamps (11/8/10)
  As reward for helping some friends pack for a move, Susan M. received what she believed to be a Victorian … More >>