Antiques Board

In December a friend was helping out by doing appraisals at one of those free, walk-in appraisal sessions. A lady comes to him with a thick old album in nice condition. Each page had four frames,...

I'll link to where I stole this from, but its 'style' of webpage does readability no favours.

Channeling your inner "Divvy", or how to build a business on "Sleepers"...

As antiques dealers,...

Hi,
Here is a Sherwood Birmingham oil lamp I picked up - from the shape of the font I'm wondering if this would have fit into a wall bracket? The font is 5" in height, lamp including chimney is 16" in height.

This site has rapidly become one of my favorites......

http://mashable.com/2015/02/19/before-photoshop/

Since there are so many interested in old photos here, thought you all might find this interesting.

http://mashable.com/2015/02/28/oliv...Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

Maybe we can have an on-going finds thread here instead of a weekly one. If it gets too unwieldly, we can start a new one or go to a different format. Finds do not need to be antique.

Show us what you found!

Anyone ever seen one of these before?
I have been looking for 10 years for one like it with no luck.
Only thing i could find out is that it is a very old drugstore syrup Dispenser
Marked on the glass " C & H Bottle Dispenser "
I have seen some other dispensers by this company; but, they were newer than
this one. Nothing even close to the age of this one.
Measures approx. 14 1/2" tall
The white ball feet appear to be glass.
Silver ?
Any idea on value ??
thanks

Story is mostly about LA's Dutch Chocolate Shop but talks about some others.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/...as_centuryold_batchelder_tile_masterpiece.php

Latest find. Antiques fair in town.

Le Maire of Paris theater glasses. Engraved: "Xmas, 1885"

130 years ago, someone got themselves one hell of a nice Christmas present!!

First picture is of my Grandfather, with his team of horses, breaking sod in Tony, Wisconsin, 1928.

Second picture was taken in June 1929. Grandfather is 'plowing' the garden with my father riding the huge, white horse.

Sadly, my Grandfather lost his farm during The Great Depression.