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Oops, Don’t Break the Antique Glass (4/4/09)

When this happens to an antique with curved glass, it can it be costly to replace and dangerous.

Editor’s Note: Ahh, the beauty of old glass in antiques. Let Fred Taylor guide you on how to refurbish pieces … More >>

Baubles, Bangles & Beads: Collecting Antique Jewelry (3/31/09)

Editor’s Note: There are antiques and collectibles that are utilitarian. There are some that are for beauty’s sake alone. Or … More >>

You Could Be Sitting On A Fortune! (3/26/09)
You could be sitting on a fortune. WorthPoint, the premier site for antiques and collectibles, has launched a new and … More >>

Testing the GoAntiques Waters – Buying a Comic Book Part II (3/26/09)

Our Fighting Forces #158. A week after ordering on GoAntiques, I have my comic and am quite happy. I have my comic in hand and, to my delight, it is in the described condition. I am now going into a collector

About a month ago, I wrote about browsing through GoAntiques, looking at some Bronze-age Jack Kirby war comic (read Testing … More >>

Weaving Through the Do’s and Don’ts of Collecting Oriental Carpets (3/25/09)

Editor’s Note: Whether you think of oriental carpets as art, antiques or collectibles, they are, unquestionably, objects of great beauty … More >>

Folk Art: So Much More than Grandma Moses (3/25/09)

Editor’s note: The charm of folk-art collectibles reaches far beyond rural artists. Learn what folk art really is, and see … More >>

Antique Art Furniture: The Aesthetic Movement (3/23/09)

The desk on the left illustrates the Oriental approach. It is ebonized with gold incising. The desk on the right, in a wood finish, is the Moorish approach to the style with geometric fretwork. Both desks are based on Eastlake’s design principles.

Furniture is sometimes described as being “functional art.” The functioning part is generally obvious. The table has to stand up … More >>

Collectible Book Terminology Part 6 – Recognizing First Editions (3/23/09)

The first illustrated edition of Frankenstein did not appear until 1831. This is the first artist interpretation of the monster.

Vintage books offered for sale by individuals are very often misidentified as first editions. In fact, online auction sites are … More >>

Who Needs People? Who Needs an Online Community? (3/17/09)

If you are one of those people who asks, “Who cares about being in an online community?” or “Why should … More >>

Signaling an Interest in Flare Guns (3/16/09)

Editor’s Note: There are all manner of gun collectibles and antiques. One of the more interesting types is World War … More >>

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