Antiques and collectibles dealers who were blinded by the light of the Internet revolution and traded in their brick-and-mortar spaces at shops and malls for online selling via auction are slowly returning to the very places they bolted from around the turn of the millennium.

As a child I read every comic book printed, but I never collected them in spite of my mania for accumulating everything from pebbles to paper napkins. No doubt some rare early issues went through my hands, but the deal with my dad was: Read and return.

On April 23, Shirley Temple will turn 80. It is hard to believe that so many years have passed since many of us enjoyed seeing this talented child with the head full of curls dance across the silver screen.

Antiques expert Barbara Eash answers Antique Trader reader questions about their antiques.

Since the earliest known paintings are the remarkably lifelike figures of animals discovered deep inside the prehistoric caverns of France, wildlife art can claim a pedigree considerably longer than portraiture, the still life or any other subject matter available to artists.

Antique Trader experts answer reader questions about their antique treasures.

Antique Trader editor Eric Bradley answers reader questions about their antiques, regarding history and value.

Recently, an unusual artifact came into the gallery for restoration and framing. A work on paper, it was neither an etching nor lithograph but a boldly inscribed, black ink affirmation in Chinese calligraphy.

When you think of the top American toymakers today, names like Mattel, Hasbro, and Jakks Pacific come to mind. But during the prewar and postwar era, one toy manufacturer stood tall above the rest—Louis Marx and Co.