Has checked in a time or 2 over the past few months, notwithstanding the drama recently on the table a few threads down I really don't have...
A Spitler chest is going on the sale block in 2 weeks, I'll be interested to see how that goes. The Spitler family settled in the Shenandoah...
Oh Dear! Sotheby's got tagged selling fake art & are not happy campers. :oops:...
Sold yesterday at Doyle in NYC, Gee Whiz! I've said it before & I'll say again, pottery people are nuts!:confused::eek::p It's Chinese so I am...
At the dawn of the 18th century here there was a fundamental change in who and how furniture was built. Joiners, who had long been the dominant...
Rago Arts and Auction had an Early 20th Century Design sale in May, this lamp set a new world record for a Tiffany lamp at 3.75 million USD....
Knew it was coming, just didn't know when or where, this Jan. 2022 during the Americana Week in NYC at Sotheby's. This guy assembled one of the...
Unreal story here flashed across my FB feed this morning, if true, INCREDIBLE!...
That's Right! It's time for the Americana Shows & Sales in NYC. Browsed the Christies auction first, a lot of pottery, early English Delft,...
Paul Doll estate sale tomorrow at Brunk's in Asheville NC. Odd because he was into Gothic furniture among other things. Brunk isn't sure...
August 25th, 2020 Bill du Pont: Impassioned Collector and Connoisseur by Lita Solis-Cohen 263 0 William “Bill” Kemble du Pont, impassioned and...
An unusually small ( 10-1/2" wide X 7-1/2" deep X 6" high) desk box is up for grabs at Bonhams in Oxford UK this month in their "The Oak Interior"...
One area of antique brown furniture that does not seem to realize that prices are in a free fall is Shaker. I am not sure exactly why this is....
Some auction catalogs never seem to lack for superlatives when describing unique, top-of-the-line historic items. Once in a great while, the...
A John Drissel decorated slide lid box sold yesterday at Pook, from the Linda & Dennis Moyer collection estate sale. Drissel is a somewhat famous...
Yes, I know, not many are aware that June 14th is Flag Day here, It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777...
On MAD recently, I had no clue Colt was involved with wicker furniture and, very high-quality wicker at that! "Most people know that Samuel Colt...
Has a little bidding war in progress on this chest of drawers, there is always one it seems that stands in the path of winning. It's an early...
An important chair is going on the sale block tomorrow at Brunk in Asheville NC. A bullet poof provenance that this chair was built in the Phyfe...
Alrighty then, a chest is coming to market that in the description said "Berks County, Pennsylvania painted pine dower chest, dated 1780,...
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