Alrighty then! An interesting piece of early American furniture is up for grabs later today. The sale title describes this as a "sugar chest" and...
That's right kids! It's time for the Americana shows/sales in New York City! Where everybody & anybody who is into americana is located this week....
About time! Question is, will anyone use/heed it? I dunno but, worth a shot I'd say. Nothing beat a try but failure! :cigar:
Interesting article by Lisa Minardi ( scholar on pennsylvania german objects) on fake Fraktur. Curiously, I don't think i have ever seen a thread...
Picked this up today, european, late 18th C. I don't think it's English because of the hinges, they look Germanic to me but, that covers A LOT of...
OK, it ain't American, it ain't 17th or even 18th century either but, it does have original paint that is very attractive. The door hardware is...
So says everyone including myself from time to time. Last month there was a Virginia C. 1760 walnut tea table for sale at a small auction house...
A Crosman paint decorated pine box is up for grabs at Skinner in a couple weeks, I expect there will be a lot of interest even though box is in...
The White House has some of the best examples of furniture in the nation, not only American but European furniture as well, it's really a...
A "sunflower" (now believed to be a Marigold) chest is up for grabs this Saturday, I'd say it's a period chest and it appears to be all there with...
When it was owned by Edgar Allan Poe for about a year before he was forced to give it to creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding....
"This is like buying a dusty Van Gogh at a garage sale, then tossing the canvas into the trash because you only wanted the frame for your clown...
For nearly three centuries, a cupid hid in the background of Johannes Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window." However, the gradual...
"Medieval church door in Gloucestershire believed to be the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's entrance to Moria" I don't know if that's true or not...
A University of Bristol academic has succeeded where countless cryptographers, linguistics scholars and computer programs have failed—by cracking...
P Revere coffee pot, 1.85 million [ATTACH] Short video of Revere silver for sale, get out your pocket book, a spoon sold for 24k recently...
A Spitler chest is up for grabs tomorrow at Cowan's, it's in poor condition, the paint is faded, feet are missing ( Base replaced upon a similar...
Interesting article in MAD this month about how auction house handles post sale items. I like it as it allows a second bite of the apple to...
Last in a series by MAD, this one on clocks, and what happens sometimes to collections that are donated to institutions/ museums. It's not a...
Checking in while waiting for my item at the Americana sales in NYC and these 2 little guys caused quite a stir...
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