Yesterday, while waiting around for the football games, i snagged this spice cabinet at a little country auction house in Mass, English, I'd guess...
Examination [ATTACH] I found the Bartram Family joiner chest over drawers in a corner on the balcony at Pook & Pook, Inc. It did not rate the...
Christopher Storb has written an interesting post on a anonymous english joiner who operated in Philadelphia in the 1st quarter of the 18th...
From Lost Art Press blog post yesterday, a blog dedicated to handmade American furniture both now and in the long ago past. I like the sign as...
In keeping with my annual box pilgrimage, have my eye on this box at Pook, coming up in 2 days, this friday. Supposed to be American, supposed to...
I never understood how some bird decoys could be so expensive until i read this article in MAD yesterday, most of the better examples are in...
Interesting table, i have seen slate top american tables before but not like this. American or English do you think? Late 18th century, maple....
I don't mess with fine art at all and this little story on MAD offers an excellent excuse why i don't, it's just to complicated for old dad with...
This past June at McInnis there was a pilgrim century (1620-1720) blanket chest for sale, it was missing it's lid, lock, glove box and drawer,...
I was researching on that thread when some drama broke out! and when i got back it had been LOCKED! :dead: In any event, Komo was close to ID and...
A "Friesian" carved valuables box is coming to market this month that is probably American, I would guess New York, 1st quarter 18th century that...
This metal rolling cart with two oak trays garnered $472. A matching cart, in slightly rougher condition but still exuding the popular industrial...
This is Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. She may be the earliest born person ever captured on camera [ATTACH]
Born in Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England on the 5th of June 1718, Thomas Chippendale Senior became Britain’s most iconic, some...
This rolled across my twitter feed this morning The amber bear amulet was found in 1887 in a peat bog near Slupsk,Poland. When the figure was...
This just came across my Twitter feed, never seen anything like it. Seems pretty risque for 18th century to me but I am not a jewelry person. The...
Skinner had their spring sale last month and it offered a broad scope of American objects, everything from furniture, folk art, jugs,...
Hilarious essay by Hollie Davis on MAD https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/heirloom-without-an-heir-hollie-davis-and-andrew-richmond/6883
Speaking of stone tools in another thread, here are some new tools that ran across my twitter feed today, 2 robots assemble an IKEA chair in a few...
Not too long ago, archaeologist Rengert Elburg found something that convinced him that “Stone Age sophistication” is not a contradiction in terms....
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