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ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Collectors pay high prices  for ‘Earlyware Relief’ pieces

ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Collectors pay high prices for ‘Earlyware Relief’ pieces

— April 30, 2022

Mettlach, Germany, is a town known for manufacturing beer steins at the Villeroy and Boch factories since about 1842. They made all types of pottery. It started in 1809 when Pierre-Joseph…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Viewing eyeglasses through a collector’s lens

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Viewing eyeglasses through a collector’s lens

    — April 10, 2022

    The earliest use of eyeglasses was recorded about 1300. Rock crystal was shaped and set into round frames to wear and improve clarity. Glasses with temple arms that sit on the ears…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Look online for modern,  contemporary furniture

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Look online for modern, contemporary furniture

    — March 27, 2022

    If you like unusual or unique furniture, try going to online auctions of modern or contemporary furniture. The pictured pair of art moderne chairs sold at a Neal auction in New Orleans…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Early American furniture used  expensive imported material

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Early American furniture used expensive imported material

    — March 13, 2022

    Furniture made in America during its early days sometimes used expensive imported material like mahogany with hardware from Europe. But local woods, like pine, oak, walnut and cedar,…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Sources disagree on origin of whirligigs

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Sources disagree on origin of whirligigs

    — February 19, 2022

    Whirligigs were invented centuries ago. They are both toys and tools, indicators of wind direction and the weather. Sources disagree on where the first were made; it was probably in…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Know the difference between dab and spatter

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Know the difference between dab and spatter

    — April 2, 2022

    It is not easy to identify antique and vintage ceramics, because many were made by small local potteries and not marked. Workmen often moved to another factory but continued to make…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Value of some bottles can be jarring

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: Value of some bottles can be jarring

    — March 20, 2022

    Bottle collecting has been an important pastime since the end of the 19th century, when the first bottle seekers dug up examples in old privy pits, the town dump or a rocky seacoast…

  • ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: St. Patrick’s Day memorabilia available in all price ranges

    ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING: St. Patrick’s Day memorabilia available in all price ranges

    — March 5, 2022

    St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17 in the United States, but collectors found few postcards, greeting cards or objects to collect before 1900. The first St. Patrick’s…

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