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…
by Barbara Miller Beem – Images courtesy of Mike Ivankovich I love living in the presence of old things. I consider time cruising the aisles of antique malls and flea markets to be well spent, even though, at this point,…
By Donald-Brian Johnson It’s the mid-1950s. A cozy evening at home. My little sister and I, elbows propped on pillows, have moved in as close as possible to the television set, awaiting the opening credits of The Adventures of Superman.…
by Sloane Middleton Mann Running a vintage shop means juggling dozens of tasks at once. You’re sourcing, cleaning, styling, researching, listing, packing, shipping—and that’s before you even think about marketing. And yet, marketing is what keeps your shop visible, memorable,…
Q: I recently inherited this Civil War sword which has been in an attic for many years. It has been in my family and my grandfather told me it was used by one of our relatives in the Confederate army…
