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Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, opening October 23 at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
BOSTON, MA – Around 1919, a young art student visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the first time, and ...
Final Weeks to see Gisela McDaniel’s First Solo Museum Exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art – On View through November 16, 2025
Gisela McDaniel, Prima, Nieta, Nåna: Pasifika Bailadora, 2021 Oil on panel, found object, sound, 45 x 32 x 6 in. © Gisela ...
Restoring an Antique Apothecary Cabinet: From Candy Shop Display to Showpiece: a Step-by-Step Guide
By Amy from 2ndlife.furniture.restoration on YouTube Before After Have you ever wondered how to restore antique furniture and bring it ...
Decorative Arts Trust Prize for Excellence and Innovation Awarded to The Digital Porcelain Rooms Project
Media, PA — The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Prize for Excellence and Innovation will ...
Hubley Cast Iron Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Parcel-Post Sidecar and a Raymond Loewy Colonial Model 700 Mephisto Bakelite Globe Tube Radio
by Jessica Kosinski $1,275 (Bids 63, Bidders 21) RARE Large Antique Hubley Cast Iron Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Parcel-Post Sidecar. Marked Harley ...
Denver Art Museum and Nigerian Government Mark 50-Year Partnership in Repatriation and Cultural Collaboration
DENVER, CO – The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is proud to announce the successful continuation of its long-standing relationship with ...
The Springfield Museums Announces a Season of Spells and Spectacle: Witch Panic!, Spellbound, Moonlight Magic & Halloween at the Museums
SPRINGFIELD, MA — This fall, the Springfield Museums invites visitors to explore the intersection of history, folklore, science, and family ...
Retro Meets Timeless: Inside the World of Mid-Century Modern
By Rob Wolfe of American Pickers Walk into any stylish home today, flip through Instagram, or browse a trendy furniture ...
Holt-Howard Pixieware: The Best Guide with Prices and Tips
By Yasmina Greco, Crazy4Me, Reprinted with permission Pixieware from Holt-Howard, Davar, Lefton, and Lipper & Mann There are remarkable individuals ...
Why Mid-Century Modern Captured America
By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. In the mid-1950s, the United States experienced the emergence of a design movement that would ...
Horror Soundtracks and Four Color Comics
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn One of the things many horror fans enjoy in fright flicks is the spooky ...
Packard: Ask the Man Who Owns One
by Douglas R. Kelly During my senior year of high school, I worked in the mailroom of a non-profit sports ...
The Civil War Collector
by John Sexton Q: I inherited my great-great-grandfathers sword and his Civil War discharge and I’m interested in knowing what ...
Madison Modern: Century House Pottery
by Donald-Brian Johnson During the 1940s and ‘50s, most ceramics and pottery firms were based on the West Coast. Two ...
A Steamboat’s Signature: The Nameboard of the Delta Queen
By Jessica Rickman, Certified Personal Property Appraiser Recently, I attended The Nashville Show, a prominent annual antiques show in Middle ...
The Timeless Draw of Mid-Century Modern Furniture
by Jessica Kosinski The phrase "Mid-Century Modern" most often refers to goods produced in the middle of the 20th century ...
Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose
by Barbara Miller Beem If you could see me right now, you’d find me hunched over a laptop. I’m in ...
October 2025: Mid-Century Modern
Prefer to read offline? Download the October Journal of Antiques using the link below Download the October issue here to ...
Social Media is Not Your Product Catalog
by Sloane Middleton Mann Let’s be honest: posting product photos on Instagram isn’t a marketing strategy. It’s a hope and ...
‘Art & Music on the Bluff’ to Celebrate Houston Museum of Decorative Arts Restoration – Oct. 8
CHATTANOOGA, TN –– The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts will host ‘Art & Music on the Bluff’ on Wednesday, October ...
Dress worn in Pirates, $18,750, Potter & Potter
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Farby Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium The “Elizabeth” gold dress worn ...
1917 Babe Ruth baseball card, $244,000, Heritage Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Farby Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium A rare Babe Ruth baseball ...
Two Lincoln-signed documents, $18.1 million, Sotheby’s
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Farby Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium Two Lincoln-signed docs, $18.1 million, ...
Sapphire and diamond ring, $25,600, Crescent City Auction
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Farby Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium A lady’s platinum ring, featuring ...
Princess Diana floral dress, $508,000, Julien’s Auctions
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Farby Ken HallAll prices include the buyer’s premium A Bellville Sassoon floral day ...
