[View Our Listings] Like Nippon, Occupied Japanese objects are increasingly growing in value and collectibles, and more dealers are scrambling to provide these items to their buyers. Identification is simple...
Recognizing an Original Fenton Logos'[View Our Listings] Frank and John Fenton were brothers who founded the Fenton Art Glass Company in 1906 in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. The endeavor was only a decorating store...
McCoy Pottery Recognizing an Original [View Our Listings] This 20th century company is well-known both for its artware and universal lines of tableware, as well as ornamental pieces and down-to-earth pottery...
[View Our Store] McKinley Tariff Act from 1890, law establishing record-high tariffs on many imported items, sponsored by Representative William McKinley, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, the act...
History of Currier Ives Prints and Recognizing an Original [View Our Listings] Nathaniel Currier began his profession in lithography in 1828. At that juncture, he was apprenticed, at the age of 15 years old,...
[View Our Listings] Sam Butcher the artist and creator behind the Precious Moments collection and manufactured by Enesco. The collection illustrates his depiction of the teardrop-eyed children made of...
Authenticating Bakelite Bangles [View Our Listings] Certain characteristic of Bakelite are unmistakable and the collector should become familiar with the weight, feel, and appearance. Confirming whether a...
Chromolithograph [View Our Listings] This was the earliest true multi-color printing technique pioneered by Godefrey Engleman of France, first commercialized in 1830. Previously, colors had been applied by an...
The New Collector [View Our Listings] Acuminating a collection of objects cannot be compiling just by going out haphazardly to acquire antiques. The antique market is enormously complex. The cost of a piece...
[View Our Listings] Salt cellars, sometimes called the salt, open salts or salt dips, they are the serving dishes from which salt was served with miniature spoons. Early salt was coarse and clumped together...