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Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Geometrics in Indian Mosaic

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  QUESTION: Recently, as I was browsing the tables at a local garage sale, I came across a unique box covered with tiny bits of stone in in...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

A Little Box Named After the Roman Goddess of Fire

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  QUESTION:  A few months ago, I was out antiquing and came across several little silver boxes in an antique shop. They didn’t seem to have ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Collecting Antique Furniture for Beginners

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  QUESTION: I really admire the workmanship and beauty of antique furniture, but I live on a budget, so collecting it seems to be out of my...
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 ...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Seeing the World in Almost 3-D

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  QUESTION: When I was a kid in the 1950s, I received a View-Master stereoscope for Christmas. It came with several reels of photos, plus I...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Anyone for Tea and Cake?

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  QUESTION:  Ever since I was a little girl having tea parties for myself and my dollies, I’ve loved little cups and saucers. One of my gran...
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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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