These lots are ones auctioneers don’t want you to know about: deals, steals and cheap antiques. An 86-inch high two-piece breakfront bookcase for $350? Yes, please! Read More +
Cheap Antiques: Steals, deals and the ones that got away
Tag Archives: Cheap Antiques
Affordable Antiquities: For less than $200 collectors are buying 2,000 years of human history
Samaritan oil lamp, 4th century A.D. found in Israel. length: 10 cm, $250. Courtesy of Trionfo Jerusalem by Melody Amsel-Arielli Collectors often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on rare, museum-quality antiquities. Small, abundantly found pieces, however, are often very affordable. … Read More +
More than 20,000 vintage casino chips found under parking lot
Here’s a fascinating story out of Carson City, Nev., this week as members of the Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club are still finding (and now selling) vintage chips from the Travelodge Casino, closed since 1979. Stopping for a … Read More +
FREE 12-page download: Your Guide to Captain America Collectibles & Comics
With Captain America: The First Avenger opening in theaters this Friday, folks are unearthing many Cap collectibles and wondering what they have and, more importantly, what it’s worth. In this free color download, we and our friends at Comics Buyer’s … Read More +
Chicago’s Randolph Street Market antiques show plans June 25-26 do over
Antiques show promoters have to roll with the punches. Besides having to work with hundreds of exhibitors they also have to make an event smooth and enjoyable for thousands of attendees. Hold your event outside and all bets are off. … Read More +
Your instant (affordable) antiques collection awaits in the famed Thornsjo trove at James D. Julia
Everything on my desk stops when a new auction catalog arrives via snail mail. Tucked inside the latest 240 pager from James D. Julia’s May 5 Advertising, Toy & Doll sale is the Barbara Thornsjo collection. Thornsjo (1928-2010) spent 70 … Read More +
American Indian artifacts hoard up for auction
I just got an Antique Trader auction alert from ProxiBid and Iron Horse Auctions this morning. Of course I had to go check out what was available in this online sale. (Iron Horse Auctions is AuctionZip auctioneer #8405.) (I just … Read More +
Welcome to Antique Trader’s Picker’s List – your want ad for antiques & retro vintage collectibles
I wrote an article on my own collecting interests (“What’s on Tap,” Antique Trader, Nov. 25, 2009) and received a number of contacts from readers with Knapstein brewery items and stories. It’s great to know there are still wonderful items … Read More +
Indy Ad Show experiences another ownership change
INDIANAPOLIS — Bruce and Donna Weir have assumed full responsibility of the Indy Ad Show from partners Doug and Sandra Moore. The Indy Antique Advertising Show is held twice each year at the Indianapolis Fairgrounds. Run by B&D Promotions, the … Read More +
Antique Trader partners with JustAnswer.com for free antiques appraisals
This year will be a year of partnerships for Antique Trader. Here are just a few of the groups we’re working with to help promote collecting clubs, events and newcomers. Antique Trader partners with JustAnswer.com Starting with the Feb. 16 … Read More +