Selling the Common Antique or Collectible So you've gone to the garage sale, and taken a chance on a few nice looking things. Excitedly, thinking your widget must be RARE, you log on to see just how well you...
APRIL'S-ATTIC-TREASURESI am the Thrift Store Queen in my small realm of the world and I am sure there are other Queens of the Treasure or Trash trade out in their own realms digging through dusty boxes that...
I am appalled at the many incorrectly identified pieces of porcelain for sale on eBay and elsewhere. The fakes and frauds are numerous. Don?t be fooled. Many fakes are easy to identify. The Problem It...
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN MAJOLICA A Collector's Guide to Authentication Spotting Reproductions and Fakes What it is, what it isn't, where it came from, and how to recognize it. Where it came from: Majolica...
Estate Sales are a guilty pleasure. I go a few times a month and love to rummage through the past and see how people lived, what they collect and what they loved. It's a history lesson and a small glimpse of...
http://stores.ebay.com/APRILS-ATTIC-TREASURES_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQpZ2QQtZkm ART DECO VERSUS ART NOUVEAU Greetings once again from "THE QUEEN OF THE THRIFT STORES", This little guide is to...
Collectors of antique stoneware pottery or those desiring an antique/vintage look to their large country kitchens inevitably turn to ebay for quality antique/vintage stoneware. There is a fair amount of such...
Nippon china first appeared outside Japan in the late 1800s after the US and Japan began to trade with each other. Americans loved china from Japan (known then as Nippon) A Japanese trader, Ichizaemon...
More fake and misleading items are appearing for sale. New collectors should obtain guidebooks that picture both authentic and reproduction items. Note that RS Prussia factories in Suhl, Germany and Tillowitz...
Hi there, I operate TEA_PAST_TIMES on EBAY and am coming up on my third year of selling vintage and antique china. Over the years, we have done much research and will post a few things here that may help new...