A Halloween Nightmare on Elm Street
Trick-or-treaters blanketed the town, darting like bats through the night air from one house to the next. It was manic and magnificent. Until one false step ruined everything.
Collecting 101
An informative collection of articles and columns curated to enhance your collecting experience. Learn how to effectively run an antiques business from Wayne Jordan, discover proper care and preservation of your antiques, take a master class in antique appraising from the experts at the Asheford Institute of Antiques, and much more. Class is now in session.
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Miriam Haskell: Costume Jewelry of the Stars
With creative partner Frank Hess, Miriam Haskell designed affordable costume jewelry pieces promoted by some of Hollywood's biggest names. Her vintage items are eagerly collected for good reason.
Storm Protection Advice For Your Collection
Professional advice on how to keep your collection safe before and after Mother Nature unleashes her fury.
Victorian Fashions Celebrate Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
The color orange was much maligned by Victorians when it came to fashion, but these gowns beautifully showcase this autumn shade.
Lessons Learned from Grandma
Shirley Curry, an 84-year-old gamer and YouTube celebrity with more than 900,000 subscribers, shows us how to conquer the unknown in life -- and how to stay sweet in the process.
How to Sell Your Collection
Advice from a lifelong collector on steps to take to sell your collection, make some money and live to collect another day.
Stickley Brothers Style
Exploring the furniture styles of arguably the most famous furniture makers in American history.
Tour Henry Ford Museum
Innovation takes flight at The Henry Ford Museum, the brainchild of American industrialist and Michigan native Henry Ford, who founded Ford Motor Company in 1901. Ford started his museum largely based on the idea of learning by doing.
How to Identify Antique Enamels
Distinguishing champlevé, cloisonné, niello, guilloché, taille d’epergne, plique-à-jour and more.
To Preserve and Protect
April Hann Lanford is the Principal of Artifact, a Chicago firm specializing in the preservation and protection of works of art and historical artifacts. Her story is one of curiosity and passion.
When Wheeled-Fortune Smiles
A miracle of biblical proportions lands a 12-year-old kid the coolest bike ever -- a Huffy Dragster III, decked out in all its muscle-bike splendor.
Growing Up Star Wars
When you're a kid, Star Wars meant cool costumes for Halloween, toy lightsabers for Christmas and grappling with the notion that your life was somehow shaped forever by an epic story.
How to Identify Juliana Jewelry
Made by DeLizza & Elster, Juliana Jewelry offers distinct characteristics that savvy costume jewelry shoppers can learn to spot.
The Vanderbilt Ball of 1883
Alva Vanderbilt's extravagant costume party rocked the world of New York's upper crust and socially elite.
A Poolside View of Summer
Life is good when covert swims under the cover of night keep the Dog Days of Summer at bay.