AntiquesQ&A
Showing posts with label Victorian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victorian. Show all posts
Thursday, January 23, 2025

A Place to Hang a Pocket Watch for the Night

›
  QUESTION: Recently, while browsing a local antique show, I came across a dealer with a display of oddly looking little pieces. They didn’t...
Monday, May 6, 2024

Beauty and Strength from Paper

›
  QUESTION: When I think of papier-maché, I remember my days in school art classes soaking strips of paper in a mixture of flour and water f...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Miniature Relief Portraits in Stone

›
  QUESTION: When I was very young, my mother would take me to visit my great grandmother. The first time I saw her she was wearing a beauti...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

The Mark of the Lady of the House

›
  QUESTION: I recently purchased a beautifully crafted device at an antique show. The dealer called it a chatelaine and said that it dated ...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Affordable Italian Majolica

›
  QUESTION: Recently, I’ve fallen in love with Italian majolica pottery. While some consider it garish, I find the colorful motifs upliftin...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.