This Guide will help you buy ORIGINAL Cast Iron Doorstops and Avoid Modern Reproductions! Purchasing a Genuine Antique Cast Iron Boston Terrier Doorstop has become more challenging in the past 30 years. ...
Collecting Cast Iron Banks is Rewarding and Profitable, especially if you know how to spot OLD ORIGINALS and avoid Modern Reproductions coming out of China. The OLDEST Cast Iron Banks were miniature versions...
DON'T BE FOOLED BY SELLERS USING QUESTIONABLE SALES TACTICS - Know What You Are Buying Read Everything BE CAREFUL! ~SOME SO-CALLED ANTIQUE CAST IRON YARD and LAWN ART OFFERED on EBAY is NOT AUTHENTIC nor...
One of the most common questions I get from my customers is why it matters whether a dog is cast iron, versus some other kind of metal, and how you can tell the difference. First of all, I would like to state...
If you found this guide helpful, please click on the link and give it your vote. I see so many metal plates, mugs, pitchers and other pieces of table ware for sale and auction on Ebay marked RWP by the...
1868: Founded as the Novelty Iron Works by Edward H. and Charles Morgan in 1868, conducted business in two small buildings with a staff of ten people. 1874: The company expanded and erected a larger structure...
Quite often I'm asked what the numbers in the rear corner of an Antique Cook Stove/Range actually mean or stand for. Quite simply, in most cases, they pertain to the length of the Firebox (thus usable wood...
I have purchased several hundred brass pieces in the last couple of years and find that almost without exception those marked 'Made in India' are of the highest quality. Candle Stick pieces, for example have...
The Jennings Brothers began their metalwork foundry in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1891 and remained open until the early 1950s. Jennings Brothers produced some of the most finely crafted art metal pieces that...
Caveat Emptor, eBay warns! "Let the buyer BEWARE!" And if it's an amazingly low-priced "rare antique" out of China, you can bet your bippy it probably isn't rare, and it certainly isn't a genuine "antique"....