Expert Insights
Expert Insights is your gateway to the wisdom of the antiques industry’s most respected voices. Gain invaluable knowledge from esteemed conservators, historians, seasoned dealers, and expert appraisers. This section offers practical tips and engaging behind-the-scenes stories. As you uncover their rich narratives, elevate your understanding and appreciation for these treasures.
Colorful Chemistry
Exploring Antique Technologies By Kary Pardy Glass is blown, pressed, molded, and patterned, but sometimes the most stunning features come from within. Spanning almost all colors of the rainbow, the ...
The Big Dawgs of Salvage
An interview with Mile Whiteside of Black Dog Architectural Salvage If one man's junk is another man's treasure, than Robert Kulp and Mike Whiteside, co-founders of Black Dog Architectural Salvage ...
An Actual Living Legend: Russ Heath
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Artist Russ Heath has plied his craft from comic books to fine art across the decades. Virtually any student of comic book history can ...
Clockpunk – It's All In The Details
Rescue & Restore In the days before the Industrial Revolution, even the smallest of watch parts were carefully hand-crafted for structure and balance, then hand-finished and configured with precision to ...
Collecting in the Big League
Advice for the Investor Collector from Marshall Fogel In an interview with JOA Publisher Maxine Carter-Lome, Marshall Fogel offers serious collectors advice for building a major league baseball collection In ...
Buying and Selling at Auction Does Require Some Work
Buying and Selling at Auction Does Require Some Work The Antique Jewelry Marketplace by Edward Lewand Buying and selling at auction requires an understanding and knowledge of the process, the ...
The Antique Jewelry Marketplace – City of Silver and Gold from Tiffany to Cartier
The Antique Jewelry Marketplace - City of Silver and Gold from Tiffany to Cartier By Ulysses Grant Dietz, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, the Newark Museum City of ...
Buying and Selling – Valuing Old Style Cut Diamonds
Buying and Selling – Valuing Old Style Cut Diamonds The Antique Jewelry Marketplace by Edward Lewand (w/guest contributors) Over the last 20 years or so, old style “antique cut” or ...
Buying and Selling Jewelry On-line
Buying and Selling Jewelry On-line By Edward Lewand For the past year I have noticed more and more people are buying and selling on the internet. Even my wife sells ...
The Buy, the Sell, the Public
The Buy, the Sell, the Public So Much to Learn, So Much to Teach By Edward Lewand So as a dealer you go out to a call on an estate ...
Profile of Silent Film Collector Ben Model
Profile of Silent Film Collector Ben Model By Phil Hall There are few people who enjoy a greater degree of expertise on silent films than Ben Model. The New York ...
The Best of Ed Welch: The Business of Selling Your Collection
The Best of Ed Welch: The Business of Selling Your Collection The Business of Doing Business By Ed Welch You do not own your collection. You paid for it with ...
The Celebrity Collector: Tim Matheson
The Celebrity Collector: Tim Matheson Best Known as Ladies’ Man Eric “Otter” Stratton in National Lampoon’s Animal House, Collects Disney Animation Cels By Ken Hall The veteran actor also owns ...
The Business of Doing Business: The Price Structure of the Antiques Trade
The Business of Doing Business in Antiques By Ed Welch The price structure of the antiques trade. The antiques trade, as a whole, can be divided into ten levels based ...
Marshall Fogel's Tips on Collecting Baseball Memorabilia
Marshall Fogel's Tips on Collecting Baseball Memorabilia The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2012 The February 2012 article in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles entitled “Baseball, A ...
Midnight in Paris: An Antique Textile Dealer's Passion
Midnight in Paris: An Antique Textile Dealer's Passion - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2012 By Frank Ames Before I begin my story about the Kashmir shawl, let ...
How Accurate are Appraisals?
How Accurate are Appraisals? - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - December 2004 By Ed Welch The appraisal process is not well understood by the ...
Antique Marketplace Structure: Flea Market Trade, Pickers, Wholesale Dealers, and More
Antique Marketplace Structure, The Business of Doing Business in Antiques, The Journal of Arts and Collectibles - November 2002 Antique Marketplace Structure The business of the antique trade takes place ...
Antique Clocks: Time to Buy? …Tips & Trends for Dealers & Collectors
Antique Clocks: time to Buy? Tips and Trends for Dealers and Collectors - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - September 2002 By Jeff Savage A sea of pretty faces, ...
Top Ten Points to Value in American Indian Art
Top Ten Points to Value in American Indian Art by Gregory Schaaf, Ph.D. People often ask, "What should I consider when buying American Indian art?" My first advice is: "Buy ...
