QUESTION:  My great grandmother left me a beautiful Oriental carpet runner. My grandmother said it is quite old, but I’m not sure by how mu...

QUESTION: An uncle of mine collected Victorian silverware. All the pieces he had—some 400–were from the same pattern, Renaissance. One day...

QUESTION: My mother has a 12-place setting of Rosenthal china that she uses only on holidays and special occasions. I’ve always loved th...

QUESTION: I have two chairs that I’ve been told are Irish Chippendale. Both feature lion mask carvings on the knees of the front legs. A...

QUESTION: I just inherited my mother’s collection of carnival glass. I always admired it while growing up, but she never really told me m...