QUESTION: My mother used to smoke, and she assembled a collection of antique cigarette cases. She began with one she found at a flea market...

  QUESTION: My family is German by descent. And being so, my grandfather assembled a collection of German beer steins . He left them to me....

  QUESTION: My dad was a snappy dresser. When I was a kid, I remember him buttoning up his shirt sleeves with fancy little things which I l...

QUESTION: My mom loved collecting odd pieces of old china. She died recently and now I have her collection. Among the many pieces are som...

QUESTION:  This lamp has been in the family for reportedly over 100 years. It does not have a signature of any kind. The lighting fixtur...

QUESTION:  My grandmother gave me this item from the 1939 New York World’s Fair,  which I am guessing is a jewelry box. It had been in he...