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Chinese Export Silver: The Silver Category That Eluded Everyone (5/15/13)
Wang Hing Chinese Export TygIt’s not uncommon that I get torn off a strip by antique silver experts for the fact I’m forever extolling … More >>


Chinese Export Silver an Oft-Forgotten yet Significant Antique Silver Category (5/1/13)
lidded Chinese Export Silver centerpiece by Wang HingChinese Export Silver (1785-1940) is a much-forgotten, yet highly significant antique silver category. Early Chinese Export Silver was comprised mostly … More >>


Gold Alert: From Investing in Gold to Buying it over the Counter (5/1/13)
gold-jewelry-design-catalogAs an appraiser often I am asked, “Should I invest in gold?” Let me go over the basics before you … More >>


Rinker on Collectibles: Money, Money, Money—the Obsession with Monetary Value (4/8/13)
Heyne flagonWhen I began my career researching antiques and collectibles in the 1970s, the single question that dominated the collector’s and … More >>


Antiques Auction Forum Podcast: Adrien von Ferscht on Chinese Export Silver (3/1/13)
Adrien von FerschtIn this week’s installment of the Antiques Auction Forum podcast, Martin Willis speaks with Adrien von Ferscht, of Glasgow, Scotland, … More >>


Picasso Plate Expected to be Top Lot at Multi-Estate Auction (2/19/13)
Picasso plateNEW ORLEANS – A silver plate showing an image of a bull’s head by the renowned artist Pablo Picasso and … More >>


Revere Teapot, Martha Washington’s China Highlight Christie’s Americana Week (1/21/13)
revere tea potNEW YORK — A series of American antiques sales, featuring offerings of silver, furniture, folk art, prints, pottery and Chinese … More >>


Selling Your Gold: What You Should Know About the Process (1/16/13)
gold and scalesAs a professional independent appraiser, people have come to me over the years to sell their gold. During the consultation, … More >>


Unloved Antiques: Silver-Plated Souvenir Spoons (8/10/11)
silver-plate spoonsThe next item in this series about unloved antiques is mid-20th century silver-plated souvenir spoons. Most owners of these collections … More >>


Dining with Antiques – Pierced Sterling Serving Pieces (7/5/11)
Gorham LuxembourgWealthy Victorians had a formal, unique serving utensil for almost every kind of food—oysters, asparagus, bone marrow, crackers, fruit preserves, … More >>


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