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Thrift-store fever!
Thrift-store fever!
The adrenalin rush hits before you even pull into the parking lot. There’s no telling what you’re going to find that you didn’t even know you wanted. Such is the life of a thrift store junkie.
You are never too old to dream
You are never too old to dream
At the age when most people are well into their retirement years, Frances Veillette was fulfilling her lifelong dream at 86 of opening her own antiques store.
New partnership
New partnership
Behind the Gavel columnist Wayne Jordan looks at the recent partnership between WorthPoint and the online appraisal company, e-ValueIt.com.
Frazetta's dream-like work
Frazetta's dream-like work
Born in Brooklyn in 1928, Frank Frazetta is widely regarded as the master of modern fantasy art, and his "Egyptian Queen" has set a world record.
Mystery solved
Mystery solved
Rare books from the personal collection of a giant in the New York literary community were the top draws in a recent auction, bringing in tens of thousands more than their pre-sale estimates.

Columns

  • The handmade antiques conundrum

    An acquaintance of mine, visiting in the area for a short time, asked where she could go shopping for some genuine “handmade antiques.” She was referring specifically to furniture. I guess that’s why she directed her...

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Antiques Events

  • Cast your ballot for these valuable political items

    DALLAS — More political items from the most revered, extensive and valuable collection ever assembled are going up for auction in the David and Janice Frent Collection Presidential & Political Americana, Part VI Signature Auction. The...

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Antiques Appraisals

  • Premiums sought by kids of all ages during 1950s

    By Susan Mullikin Q: I read Antique Trader all the time and see people asking about their items and finally decided to see if you may be able to solve the mystery of this club card and...

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Fun & Features

  • Woodstock a first date to remember

    By Paul Kennedy All couples have first dates; some are simply more memorable than others. Meet Kathy and Butch Dukes of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, who pretty much have cornered the market on memorable first...

Fun Features

Antique News

  • Bitters bottles shine brightly

    EAST GREENVILLE, Pa. – Bitters bottles were hot lots at a recent Glass Works Auctions’ Summer Sizzler, with a figural fish bottle being the top seller at $32,760, followed by a Seaworth Bitters Company bottle that...

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Insider Blogs

  • Hobo nickels can be found at all price levels

    In the 1920s and ’30s a nickel would buy a cup of Joe; but for hobos, Bert Wiegand and Bo Hughes, their daedal coins — hobo-hand-carved-nickels were more valuable than the run-of-the-mill-five-cent piece.
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Book Reviews

  • Book Review: Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies & Society
  • Collectors will get hooked on ‘Fly Fishing Treasures’
  • Author pens visual history of American eagle
  • Book Review: The Law (In Plain English) For Collectors
  • Book Review: In Miniature – How Small Things Illuminate the World

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Furniture Studies

  • Unfolding the saga of the Hitchcock Chair Co.

    The Hitchcock Chair Company was an industry leader and innovator in both the 19th and 20th centuries. After a fascinating history, it folded—again—in 2006.
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