QUESTION: My parents bought a bedroom set when they got married. They kept it all their married life. Now that they’ve both passed on, it’...

QUESTION: I have some pieces of kind of folksy pottery sitting on a shelf in my kitchen. My mother, who had given them to me, said they be...

QUESTION: My mother saved every map she and my dad collected on their many road trips. Some of these go back as far as just after World Wa...

QUESTION: Every Christmas since I can remember, our family has got out an old tine train set that belonged to my grandfather and set it ...

QUESTION: My mom has had an unusual sculpture in her garden for some years now. It’s a cast-iron rooster that looks like it may have been ...

QUESTION: I was digging around in my mother’s attic the other day and discovered a flat box containing two very beautiful fans. I imagine...

QUESTION: I’m looking for information about a chair that belongs to my sister. What can you tell me about it and who might be the maker? ...

QUESTION: Every year at Thanksgiving, I bring out a set of eight sparkling pink glasses that used to be belong to my great-grandmother. ...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a scrapbook full of brightly colored cards displaying advertisements for various products. Can you tell m...

QUESTION: I collect teapots. Recently, I purchased a small one on which is hand-painted a saying, “Actions speak louder than words,” with ...

QUESTION: I recently purchased what looks like a porcelain coffee pot. However, it has a decorative spout that has what seems like a bridg...

QUESTION: Recently, I was going through an old trunk in my grandmother’s attic and discovered several beautiful old lace tablecloths. On...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a box lot at a country auction. In it I discovered a piece of oil cloth on which seems to be drawn a game...

QUESTION: My grandfather left me his collection of match safes. All I know about them is that they held matches to keep them dry. Some o...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a box of glass insulators, like the kind used on telephone and electric poles. A couple of little white spe...

QUESTION: I was going through some old boxes of junk and discovered an old transistor radio among the items I had as a kid.  The words “Bo...

QUESTION: I just purchased an unusual antique cane that has a concealed metal rod that lifts up out of the handle. Can you tell me what th...