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Tradition carries on at the 57th annual Cedar Rapids Antique Show and Collector’s Fair, set for April 26-28, and featuring jewelry to prints and more. Read More +
Cedar Rapids Antique Show, Collector’s Fair entering 57th year
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Silver Picasso plate may serve up to $50,000 in live and online auction
A silver plate showing an image of a bull’s head by renowned artist Pablo Picasso may earn top lot honors at $50,000 during a March 2-3 multi-estate sale. Read More +
Knowing Your Business: New service safeguards heirlooms’ lore
We keep baby books to record the highlights and special moments of children, we keep photo albums to preserve those events/people and times we don’t want to forget, and some keep journals to preserve the thoughts and memories we experience in our lives. Up and until now there hasn’t been anything like The Heirloom Registry to provide the same record-keeping for heirlooms; but brothers Mike and Dan Hiestand have changed all that. Read More +
Furniture Detective: Wet Worry – Dealing with water damage
Water damage. Two terrible words when paired together, especially if you own antiques. However, your antiques don’t have to become victims of standing water. Read More +
Plan ahead for the Petaluma Antiques Faire
The city of Petaluma, Calif. is building on its rich history to welcome nearly 200 antiques dealers and more than 10,000 shoppers, during its twice yearly antiques fairs. Read More +
Link between Eliel Saarinen and Irwin Furniture Co. dining room set sketchy
Twenty years ago I purchased an unusual Robert W. Irwin Art Deco dining room set which resembles Eliel Saarinen’s design. The link to Eliel Saarinen is tenuous at best. Read More +
Springing for custom pads shields dining table investment
Good quality, custom made table pads are among the best furniture investments you can make. Don’t shortchange yourself trying to make do with sheets, blankets, quilts, mattress pads and cheap table pads. Spring for the good stuff one time and be done with it. Read More +
Mystical and practical: Art and antiques playing vital role in Emerald Isle’s economy
The growing appreciation and international interest in Irish antiques is not lost on many of those who call Ireland home — and who see multiple benefits of a healthy and globally connected antiques sector. As Ireland continues to fight its way back from a devastating recession that has plagued the country for the past three to four years, a strengthening export market for Ireland (with more than 50 percent of exporters reporting growth in 2012) holds promise. Read More +
East Hampton Antiques Show returns this weekend to help historical society
The East Hampton Historical Society announces the return of the East Hampton Antiques Show on Saturday and Sunday, July 21-22, 2012. Read More +
Nearly a dozen porcelain plaques – KPM, Limoges – offered in July 14-15 auction
Three mid-20th century ceramic pitchers by the renowned artist Pablo Picasso are among the nearly 1,400 lots offered at a live and online fine estates auction by Crescent City Auction Gallery of New Orleans. Read More +