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.

New Markets for Buying and Selling Antiques and Gathering the Stories with the Goods

Rob Wolfe on Vintage Computer Screen
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

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

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

The Ford Delivery Wagon was the only model in the series that came with die-cast wheel hubs rather than tinplate.
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

Robot Bulldozer
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

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

Tootsietoy’s pre-war bus looks like it stepped right out of a classic 1930s Frank Capra movie.
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

Bantam released the book version of Forbidden Planet when the movie debuted in 1956.
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

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

The Flying Crow sign
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

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

Could it be any more British? Wardie’s wonderful miniature newsstand sported great period 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

Rare "Golden Ape" Doodle NFT Sells For $1.1 Million on January 5, 2022, to the buyer and NFT collector Pranksy. Doodle #6914—which features one-of-a-kind gold ape traits—is just one of Pranksy’s 71 Doodles within his collection of over 30,000 NFTs as of the date of this purchase.
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?

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

Wyandotte’s Sunshine Dairy van.
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

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

The gold-encrusted Blue Trumpet Stretch Console Set brings this idea to a different level – a bit more formal yet too beautiful not to have on display. This version was made by Central Glass Works in the early 1900s. It is for sale at www.carnivalglass.com for $175.
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

The Packard taxi is straight out of a 1940s film noir.
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

Elton John’s piano sold at Heritage Auctions for just under $1 million Laurence Carpenter Rock Solid Investments
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

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

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

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

Great period artwork graced the Bing Model T boxes, this one for the Touring Car.
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

Diamond Victorian Stickpin of a dog’s head for sale on Rubylane.com for $19,352
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 ...

What to look forward to in 2024

What to look forward to in 2024
Each New Year is marked by change and defined by trends. As we wrap up our editorial year for 2023, we can’t help but look forward, which next year is ...