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Auctioneers share top selling antique & vintage trends in 2024

Asheford Institute of Antiques, an internationally recognized and industry-accredited instructional curriculum involving the study of antiques, vintage items, collectibles, estate ...

Saluting one of the first snow globes: the Eiffel Tower, recreated in a souvenir snow globe from the Paris resort, Las Vegas.

Let it Snow! Those Sensational Snow Globes

by Donald-Brian Johnson “Rosebud …” And with that muttered word, the classic movie Citizen Kane opens. As publisher Charles Foster ...

Red Indian Motor Oils sign, $48,100, Miller & Miller

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall A rare Canadian ...

The Original 1976 Department 56 Snow Village. In 1976, Department 56 introduced a series of six hand-painted, ceramic buildings.

Department 56 Collectible Villages

by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher “One Christmas evening, a group of friends set off to enjoy a dinner of celebration at ...

Don’t become robo-gifter. Make it a reflection of you.

The Gift of You: How Reflecting Your Own Identity Creates Closer Bonds

By Shirley M. Mueller, MD The study “Give a Piece of You: Gifts That Reflect Givers Promote Closeness” challenged my ...

Bob Dylan handwritten lyrics, $25,000, RR Auction

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall Singer Bob Dylan’s ...

Chinese dragon robe, $16,380, Michaan’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer's premium by Ken Hall A Chinese Imperial ...

Your Tools For Better Online Searching: What’s In Your Toolbox?

by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor When scrambling online to search for information on your antique/vintage/collectible item, the key to success ...

Holiday Shopping Guide 2024

Happy Holidays! Working on your holiday gift-giving list? This year, rather than purchasing a mass-produced plastic toy, a high-priced piece ...

Happy Holiday Traditions

Holidays not only celebrate our culture and religion but bring generations of family and friends to the table. For these ...

A limited-edition Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama yellow and black monogram leather pumpkin bag

Louis Vuitton handbag, $151,200, Christie’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyerﾒs premium by Ken Hall A limited-edition Louis ...

Online Resources To Turn To When Antiquing

by Judy Gonyeau, managing editor You’re at a vintage or antique show/shop/sale/auction and you just came across something you want ...

September 1994 Oasis USA concert poster.

The Resurgence of Oasis: A New Era for Music Memorabilia Collectors

by Laurence Carpenter In recent months, the music world has been abuzz with news of an Oasis reunion. This long-anticipated ...

Steinway & Sons ebonized upright piano, $5,440, Roland Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A circa 1958 ...

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 ...

Collecting, Life Satisfaction, and Personality Traits

by Shirley M. Mueller, MD Insights from a Big Five Analysis: Mõttus et al. (2024) In a study by Mõttus et ...

Panamint basket, $2,835, Michaan’s

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A Native American ...

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 ...

Online Platforms that are Transforming The Antiques Marketplace

By Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher While most of us are familiar with or accustomed to sites such as eBay, which pioneered ...

American artist Joseph Wright painted this likeness of Washington after the Commander in Chief had finally secured American independence. General Washington sat for the portrait at his headquarters in Rocky Hill, New Jersey, in the fall of 1783, just before he traveled south to resign his command.

The National Images of George Washington, a Reluctant Portrait Sitter

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher In his day, and even today thanks to portraits painted while he was alive along with ...

Jonah and the Whale bank, $312,500, RSL Auction Co.

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A Jonah and ...

Online Antiquing

One of the most beloved aspects of antiquing, collecting, and thrifting is what we collectors call “the hunt”; knowing that ...

Captain America Comics #1,ﾠ$172,221, Hake’s Auctionsﾠ

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A copy of ...

In the throes of the Rodney King riots in 1992, Nehemiah Cisneros’ family store for Black collectibles in Inglewood was razed. Black illustrated books and Golliwog dolls salvaged from the ashes wound up on the shelves and in the closets of Cisneros’ childhood bedroom, ambivalent and uncanny reminders of both violence and resistance. “As the lifeless doll eyes of racially exploitative faces stared back at me while [I was] trying to fall asleep, I formed an atypical relationship with trauma; trauma became my guardian angel,” the artist said. photo: Control Gallery in Los Angeles

Black Americana

By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher When we use the word “Americana” to identify an item associated with the culture and history of ...

Gold Rush-era pants, $16,875, Holabird Western

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A circa 1875-1880 ...