“Investment Intelligence” is the Journal of Antiques & Collectibles’ quarterly guide to strategic collecting. In each issue, we spotlight one antiques or collectibles category that shows: This isn’t hype. It’s data-informed collecting backed by market research, dealer insights, and 25…
Glass has always been designed to be admired, wondered at, and collected. Here, you may discover a Club of like-minded enthusiasts, a museum where you can learn more about glass history and see fine examples, and discover a show, auction,…
April 4: Kalamazoo, MIKalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 45th Annual Kalamazoo Bottle & Glass ShowKalamazoo County Fairgrounds – Expo Center2900 Lake April 10-11: Reddick, FLDeland Antique Bottle Show at Turkey CreekTurkey Creek Auction Building15323 NW Gainesville Road352-262-8672oldflabottles@gmail.com April 10-11: Antioch,…
by Vintage Guy Rob www.libraryofvintagethings.com Cobalt blue has always been the showstopper of the glass and ceramic world. Deep, saturated, and endlessly expressive, it’s the color that refuses to fade into the background. For collectors, decorators, and lovers of vintage…
by Barbara Miller Beem Talk about odd: The other day, a headline in the home and design section of my morning paper read, “Embrace stranger things in your space.” What struck me as unusual was not the subject matter but…
by Sloane Middleton Mann There are a million pros and cons to every online platform you list on as a vintage seller. Decision fatigue is real, and we can run ourselves in circles when it comes to deciding where to…
Top Selling Vintage & Antique Categories 2025 Editor’s Note The antiques marketplace continues to evolve as collector preferences shift and new categories gain attention. The following report from the Asheford Institute of Antiques highlights several categories currently seeing strong demand…
by Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. On a quiet Saturday morning at a regional antiques show, a longtime collector paused ata modest display table. Nestled among mid-century ceramics and vintage textiles was a small, hand-thrown bowl made from locally sourced clay.…
by Jessica Kosinski When you think of legendary icons, you might think of anything from your favorite actor to the Egyptian pyramids. What probably doesn’t come to mind immediately is a simple highway, but there’s nothing simple about Route 66.…
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser Recently, as I was going through a large box of very old jewelry that a client had dug out of her attic, I opened this little “brass” trinket box. As I was…
