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Vote for the 2019 Antique Trader NPCW postcard
Vote for the 2019 Antique Trader NPCW postcard
This year Antique Trader is noting the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the “Great Social Experiment” - The 18th Amendment - on its NPCW postcard. Help us choose which one to use!
Griswold advertising Pups
Collectors chase cast iron advertising Pups
The Griswold Manufacturing Company along with many other businesses used advertising Pups as promotional giveaways in the early to mid-1900s. These days, collectors are actively pursuing the pricey Pups.
Americana: The material culture of America's past
Americana: The material culture of America's past
The collecting field of historical Americana is so diverse that entering it with confidence can prove daunting. But expert guidance is only a click away.
Clean lines of Scandinavian design fit modern lifestyle
Clean lines of Scandinavian design fit modern lifestyle
Scandinavian design came of age, however, in mid-century after World War II, when millions of veterans began building families and fanning out to suburbia.
Guide to identifying whiskey flasks
Guide to identifying whiskey flasks
Whiskey flasks have a wide variety of shapes, styles, sizes, and colors. This guide from Mike Polak will help you determine what you have.
Funko Pop! collecting
Funko creates Pop!s for all collector tastes
Imagine high-end professionals with small, whimsical pop culture figurines on their desks. The figurines of choice: Funko Pop!

Columns

  • antique shop space

    Effective retail space – Getting antique shop density right

    Your customers resemble Goldilocks, in that they want a shopping experience that’s “just right”: not too crowded with either merchandise or people.
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Antiques Events

  • Perfume Bottle Association planning gala in Chicago

    Hundreds of perfume bottle and vintage vanity collectors will gather May 2 in Itasca, Illinois, to celebrate and appreciate perfume bottles.
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Antiques Appraisals

  • Tiffany Studios leaded glass lamp shade.

    Antiques Appraisals: Tiffany lamp shade valued at $25,000

    During a recent appraisal trip, Dr. Anthony Cavo had the pleasure to identify and appraise a Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass Tulip Lamp Shade.
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Fun & Features

  • Chad Erichsen

    Facebook Auctions: Social media sales get results

    The typical methods of buying antiques - local auctions, antique stores and eBay - are excellent. Buying through Facebook auctions is exciting, too.
Fun Features

Antique News

  • Smith Miller truck

    Pilot’s collections offered in Aviation Memorabilia Auction

    Captain William B. White spent a lifetime collecting many different antique and vintage items. Come April 5, the pilot's collections begin to cross the auction block.
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Insider Blogs

  • Tiffany Spider table lamp

    Tiffany lamps: How to tell real from fake

    If you’re keen to source a genuine Tiffany lamp for your home or art collection, you need to know your stuff. Here are ten clues to tell a real Tiffany lamp from a fake one.
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Book Reviews

  • Antique Trader writer pens classic Hollywood book
  • Americana: The material culture of America’s past
  • Guides to American furniture periods prove valuable
  • ‘Historic Houses’ packed with inspirational Christmas decor
  • Book surveys collection of Gettysburg’s war relics

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Furniture Studies

  • Cleaning furniture with mineral oil

    Furniture care facts & fallacies on the web

    When I go looking on the internet for information on furniture, sometimes I am appalled at the amount of incomplete, misleading, inaccurate or just plain dead wrong information I come across.
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