Tim Luke, a featured appraiser on HGTV’s television show "Cash in the Attic" and antiques expert for JustAnswer.com, tells one lucky Antique Trader subscriber her Ansonia Crystal Palace mantle clock is worth $850. PLUS: The History of Ansonia Clock Co. courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Antique American Clocks.
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We make good on our pledge for more free appraisals for Antique Trader subscribers. This week, Tim Luke, host of HGTV’s “Cash in the Attic,” tackles your favorite finds courtesy of JustAnswer.com.
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The antique dealer population explodes in Mt. Dora, Fla., for Renninger’s Extravaganza weekends, filling the grounds with numbers reaching 900 to 1,000 in the Antique Center grounds alone. The dealers aren’t alone. Shoppers typically number 30,000 to 40,000 throughout the three-day events.
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A remarkable Italian micromosaic artwork depicting the Roman Forum and attributed to Vatican artist Cesare Roccheggiani has emerged from a Florida residence after nearly 90 years of unobtrusive display and will be auctioned on Jan. 30, 2011. The important estate discovery will be offered at Myers Auction Gallery in St. Petersburg as the star attraction in a 500-lot sale of fine European and Asian antiques.
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More than 600 lots of fresh-to-the-market finds from five important estates are coming to sale Jan. 15 by Stevens Auction Company. Furniture by famed artisan J. & J.W. Meeks will include a rosewood rococo laminated pierce-carved sofa in the Stanton Hall pattern and among the decorative accessories is a three-piece Dresden center bowl with figural renderings and flower décor.
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A toy discovered many years ago in a Chicago attic and subsequently passed through the hands of several owners before being sold in an important New Jersey toy auction nearly doubled its pre-auction estimate. The exceptional circa-1909 Marklin tinplate steam-powered boat known as the Priscilla claimed top lot honors at the Nov. 12-14 sale.
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A huge antique auction will be held at the Shelby Co. Fairgrounds in Shelbyville, Ky., on Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. There also will be an auction preview starting at 11:30 a.m. Read More +
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceptional cataloged antique auction featuring more than 500 quality lots will be held Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. (EST), by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s gallery at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. Read More +
MIDDLEBORO, Mass. — On Nov. 7, White’s Auctions will offer a fine selection of antiques and fine art for dealers, collectors, art galleries and decorators, with some 20th century “bling” included for good measure. Read More +
PASADENA, Calif. — Signaling a resurgent market, John Moran Auctioneers’ Sept. 28, 2010, Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction achieved a sell-through rate of 87 percent and earned excellent prices for silver, American art pottery, European glass, and Continental furniture and clocks. Read More +