AntiquesQ&A
Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Up to Snuff

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  QUESTION: I’ve been fascinated by antique snuff boxes for some time. Most are a bit above my budget, but I’d like to purchase one or two s...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

What's All the Fanfare?

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  QUESTION: I was digging around in my mother’s attic the other day and discovered a flat box containing two very beautiful fans. I imagine...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Who's for a Game of Cards?

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  QUESTION: Recently, while browsing though an antique shop, I came across two tables. Both had fold-over tops. One seemed like it was from ...
Friday, November 10, 2023

The Descendant of the Laptop

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  QUESTION: On one of my first trips to England, I enjoyed antiquing as I traveled the countryside. In a shop in the Cotswolds, I discovere...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

On the Lamm

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  QUESTION: My grandmother has been collecting fancy cups and saucers for several decades. Some in her collection are simple in design, but...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Antique Air Fresheners

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  QUESTION: Recently, my father died. For as long as I can remember, my father gave a small ceramic fantasy-like cottage pride of place. My...
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Bob Brooke
Writing has been my life and my work for the last 30 years. During that time, I've had the opportunity to explore a variety of subjects, researching many of them on travels to over 70 countries. I’ve also been an avid collector of antiques and collectibles and specialize in writing about antiques. My antiques articles have appeared in many antiques and consumer publications, including British Heritage, AntiqueWeek, American Antiquities Journal, and Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine. I have also published two books on antiques, How to Start Your Own Antiques Business in Your Home and Recognizing and Refinishing Antiques for Pleasure and Profit, both from Globe Pequot Press. Throughout my writing career, I've produced nearly 4,000 articles and 15 books. I write non-fiction because I feel that fact is infinitely more interesting than fiction. However, in one of my latest books, Shipwrecks and Buried Treasure: The Outer Banks from Globe Pequot Press, I crossed the boundary between nonfiction and fiction, writing an historical narrative of the harrowing disasters in the seas off North Carolina.
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