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Americana auction offers opportunities for rare acquisitions

By: Antique Trader Staff | August 9, 2018 | Comments 0

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – The Skinner, Inc. Americana auction tradition continues with sales Aug. 12-13 and an online auction ending Aug. 14. The two-day and online Americana sales comprise nearly 1,500 lots of fine American folk art, furniture, ceramics, and maritime antiques. Day 1 of the Americana auction Day 1 kicks off the...

Learn about old furniture forms that have fallen out of use

By: Fred Taylor | June 21, 2018 | Comments 0

Learn about old furniture forms no longer common in modern homes. How to identify a music cabinet, gossip bench, parlor pig, dumbwaiter, wig stand, roller organ, candle box, and more.

Possible made-to-order cabinet may be worth $2,000

By: Antique Trader Staff | June 14, 2018 | Comments 0

The presence and design of escutcheons and height of a cabinet provide clues as to the age of the possible custom furniture, explains Ask the Experts panelist Dr. G. Marchelos, in his assessment of reader's inherited item of furniture.

Language Blunders: Look out for that cheire

By: Fred Taylor | April 28, 2018 | Comments 0

It never ceases to amaze how naming conventions can change the history, identity, and sometimes even the perceived purpose of an object. Furniture Detective Fred Taylor tackle word lingo of furniture in his latest column.

Sleeper: Chinese porcelain bowl flies to 200 times estimate

By: Antique Trader Antiques Auction News | March 29, 2018 | Comments 0

A Chinese green glazed oval footed porcelain bowl commanded 100 times it's high estimate price when it soared to $200,000 during Nye & Company Auctioneers first auction of the year.

Where to find tricky little spaces in older pieces

By: Fred Taylor | March 9, 2018 | Comments 0

Secret compartments and spaces, crafted by furniture makers for generations, are prevalent among variety of examples of antique furniture, explains Furniture Detective Fred Taylor.

Examining furniture with creature features

By: Fred Taylor | February 17, 2018 | Comments 0

There's something enchanting about the 'animalistic' elements that appear in various forms of furniture, don't you think? In his latest column, Furniture Detective Fred Taylor discusses these creature features.

Cropsey picturesque church painting may soar past $200K

By: Antique Trader Antiques Auction News | January 31, 2018 | Comments 0

The painting “Gray’s Elegy at Stoke Poges, Kent” painted by Jasper Francis Cropsey and inspired by a poem penned by Thomas Gray is coming before bidders during Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ 3-Day Winter Auction Feb. 16-18. It enters the sale with an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.

Satirical Russian political painting may top $1M

By: Antique Trader Antiques Auction News | January 18, 2018 | Comments 0

Wartime and political memorabilia, including a satirical Russian painting depicting leaders Stalin, Hilter, and what is said to be Roosevelt, is at the center of Milestone Auctions' Jan. 27 Historic Military & Firearms Auction.

Winter Americana & International auction set for Jan. 27

By: Antique Trader Antiques Auction News | January 12, 2018 | Comments 0

Extensive collections of coin-operated slot machines and trade stimulators, and Oriental rugs, as well as stoneware and redware, are among the headlining objects in Pook & Pook's Jan. 27 auction.

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