QUESTION: Before the pandemic, I had been going to antique shows, especially those that featured more primitive pieces. One of the things...

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

This year marks the ninth anniversary of my antiques blog, “Antiques Q &A.” What began as a pastime evolved into weekly answers to hun...

QUESTION: I was recently going through a box of junk that belonged to my grandfather and in it I discovered a silver spoon with the name...

QUESTION: My father used to fly a lot on business, and each time he flew somewhere, he’d keep a souvenir of that flight. Sometimes it was...