Antique Marketplace News
Step into the pulse of the antiques world with Antique Marketplace News—your insider guide to what’s trending, what’s selling, and what collectors are talking about. We bring together expert insights, market highlights, and curated stories for vintage and antique living.
What not to miss on your next visit to The Met
With holiday breaks coming up, there's no better time to visit a museum, many decked out for the winter season. According to a figure released in 2024 by the Institute ...
New Markets for Buying and Selling Antiques and Gathering the Stories with the Goods
by Rob Wolfe of American Pickers The antiques market is an ever-shifting landscape with new market entrants, ever-changing trends on what’s in and what’s out, and new ways of monitoring the ...
Online Antiquing
One of the most beloved aspects of antiquing, collecting, and thrifting is what we collectors call “the hunt”; knowing that your next great find is still out there just waiting ...
5 Collectibles That Could Soar in Value Over the Next 5 Years
Whether you want to earn extra cash, grow your wealth, or diversify your portfolio, investing in collectibles is an exciting and fun alternative to traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, or ...
Collecting Collectoys
by Douglas R. Kelly Louis Marx is never far from my mind. I didn’t know the man, but his company made so many cool and wonderful toys in the 1930s, ...
The Robot Bulldozer, A Flare Product by United Pioneer Company
By Rob Wolfe In the early 1960s people around the world were fascinated with imagining the future that technology could bring. There were many real and Hollywood-created reasons for this ...
Building a 401K Sports Memorabilia Portfolio
This past June, both Barron’s and Kiplinger ran features touting sports collectibles as a winning investment. The Barron’s article, titled “Sports Collectibles Can Be a Winning Investment,” cited a 1952 ...
Summertime Scores
by Douglas R. Kelly Seems to me it doesn’t get much better than going on a summer vacation. This year, with family and job commitments, mine has been limited to ...
Out of This World Toys
by Douglas R. Kelly Science fiction movies made during the 1950s are among life’s greatest pleasures for at least two reasons. One, we didn’t know as much—as individuals or as ...
Olympic Collectibles
On Friday, July 26th, all eyes turned to Paris and the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Over the next 16 days, athletes from 206 countries will participate ...
The Signs of History
by Rob Wolfe of American Pickers I’ve always loved signs. They can tell you so much about the history of a place, an industry, a specific time period, and more ...
Crushing our love of ivory
Elephant ivory has been exported from Africa and Asia for millennia with records going back to the 14th century BCE. During the 18th & 19th centuries, ivory decorative objects were ...
Micro Signage
by Douglas R. Kelly My great friend of many years, Renny Schoonmaker, likes to call these kinds of things “go-with items.” These are the displays, the ads, and the accessories that ...
From Tangible to Digital: The Evolution of Collecting in the Modern Era
By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. Most collectors acquire their treasures through traditional methods – purchasing from dealers or at auctions that specialize in physical items within their areas of interest ...
Where did all the antique sellers go on eBay?
In May of 2021, eBay consolidated its categories, requiring sellers to use Item Specifics (product attributes) to ensure buyers can find their listings. This change required sellers to “abandon perfectly ...
Doing The Rounds
by Douglas R. Kelly If there’s an alternate me in a parallel universe, he may just be a milkman doing his rounds in a Divco milk truck. Not that I’m a ...
What NOT to pass up when thrifting
Shopping at flea markets, garage sales, and thrift shops can be fun and exciting, but it can also be overwhelming when you are confronted with “stuff” everywhere the eye can ...
Entertaining and Decorating with Stretch Glass
by Cal Hackeman, Treasurer, Stretch Glass Society American iridescent stretch glass brings color and excitement to your home entertaining and provides just the perfect splash of color when decorating your ...
Hubley Manufacturing Company
by Douglas R. Kelly Hubleys have been pushing their way onto my radar screen lately. Over the years, I’ve more or less pursued the Pennsylvania-based toy maker’s “Real Toys” series ...
Key Considerations When Investing in Rare Music Memorabilia
by Laurence Carpenter In my time as a professional music memorabilia dealer, I have committed myself to exclusively handling pieces of the utmost provenance and authenticity. This decision was grounded ...
Asheford Institute’s Results Of Decorative Arts Trends For 2023
Every year, the research staff at Asheford Institute of Antiques surveys its community of over 2,470 current students and past graduates who are actively employed or working within the antiques, ...
Turning 100 in 2024
Happy New Year! We hope the passing of 2023 brings you health and happiness in the new year. As collectors, each new year brings the items we love to collect ...
Hedging your bets on collectibles
Although the Journal focuses its editorial on antiques and “antique collectibles,” items in the range of 50 years or older, we often look at what’s “hot” in the collectibles market ...
The T in Tinplate
by Douglas R. Kelly Most people familiar with automotive history know that Henry Ford’s Model T put America on wheels. In fact, the T changed the course of history, being ...
Antique and Vintage Gift Giving
by Charles Snider for Ruby Lane An antique or vintage gift can be one of the most treasured and appreciated gestures for the holidays. An antique or vintage gift is ...
