AntiquesQ&A
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Sunday, February 9, 2025

Brooching the Subject

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  QUESTION: While antiquing on a recent weekend, I came across a shop with a display case full of antique brooches. And while I’ve seen old...
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...
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...
Friday, December 2, 2022

Ruby---The Color of Christmas

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  QUESTION: My mother had a collection of ruby glass that she left to me. She would always display it around the Christmas holidays. To thi...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The Delight of Bristol Blue

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  QUESTION: I recently purchased a piece of what was described as “Bristol Blue” glass through an online antiques auction. I collect antique...
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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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