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Fabulous Fakes: Bogus Carousel Horses (4/5/10)
This genuine carousel horse from the Dentzel company and carved by Daniel Muller in 1909, sold for $90,000 at a Sotheby’s sale in 2006. Rather plain examples of the same vintage often sell for more than $5,000, which means there are some who would try to pass off reproductions as the real thing. Wooden carousel horses are the stuff of childhood legend, though most of us alive today have only ever rode on … More >>

The Collector’s Minute: The Wimshurst Machine (3/16/10)
This Wimshurst Machine is an electrostatic device for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883. This old looking reject from a science fiction/monster movie is in fact not the result of the mind of an … More >>

The Collector’s Minute: Fabulous Fakes No. 2 (3/9/10)
An example of a fake Ironware wash basin that started appearing in the late 1980s.Anytime an antique item becomes very collectible, it tends to rise in value to the point it becomes difficult to … More >>






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