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Deadline looming for 2018 Favorite Finds Contest

Jerome B. Secor ‘Freedman’s’ mechanical bank
Featured

Freedman’s Bank stashes away $130K during toy auction

milk glass collectors convention
Glass & Ceramics

Milk glass collectors meeting in September

Nakara vase
Antiques

Wave Crest collection selling without reserve

A pair of needlepoint pillows with bird designs, rope trim, dark tan cotton backing and a wool, needlepoint front with two different birds perched on branches. Includes two pillow inserts. $1,050.
Auctions

Unwanted items may end with surprising sales results

Scarce Toppie the Elephant lunch box.
Antiques

Collectibles Wanted: Collectors looking to buy

Exhibit 1: Reproduction, soft rust that comes off on your hand.
Americana

Real vs Repro: How to spot original cast iron fire marks

My Little Dolls co-founder Jennifer Moyer, left, lives in Pasadena, Maryland, while her mother, co-founder Cheryl Hoiler, lives in Virginia. Photo courtesy My Little Dolls
Dolls

Dolly spa freshens old, tired dolls

A great aunt’s 1930s composition Shirley Temple arrived loose and with no hair. Photo courtesy Jill Alvord, Jack and Jill Doll Hospital
Dolls

Doll Repair: Expert tips and insider knowledge

Union Soda Works (Tombstone, Ariz.) medium aqua bottle, clean and sparkling, with an applied top, some whittle, no pontil and a little lip damage in the back (est. $700-$1,500).
Auctions

Americana auction offers more than 2,000 lots

This chair is virtually identical to the chair the reader asked about – same style, same maker, same patent date, same condition. It sold for just under $500. The reader was not happy with that.
Furniture Styles

Disappointing furniture appraisals - You can't win 'em all

Collectibles

The Buck Stops Here: House hunting with downsizing in mind

Vintage Tupperware Wonder Bowl from the 1950s
Feature Stories

Vintage Tupperware is making a comeback with collectors

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Collecting 101

How to jump-start your Small Business Saturday

Royal Vienna ewer
Auctions

Bidders pursue blue RS Prussia porcelain

Fine Art

Diamond rings, oil paintings share headliner space

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Storied Treasures & Finds

2018 Favorite Finds Contest Rules

French cameo glass vase
Fine Art

Fine, decorative art auction reveals modest estimates

Antoinette Rahn
Features

Antique Trader editor sends a fond farewell

Masters flag
Articles

Masters flags flying high among golf collectibles

Violin collection
Featured

Bidders can have their pick of violins Aug. 11-12

Pictured are some of the lots featured in this sale (Photo courtesy Pook & Pook and Noel Barrett)
Featured

Online-only auction offers toys ‘for the child in all of us’

Davey Crockett Bowie knife
Militaria

‘Unrivaled’ militaria, firearms sale slated for September