QUESTION: My mother has a cabinet and has been wondering what it is. Whatever you can tell me about it would be grand. ANSWER: Your moth...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a little beaded bag at an antique show. It’s so delicate and finely done. Can you tell me how I might figur...

QUESTION: A friend of mine gave me several circus pennants that she found at a yard sale. She knew that I liked items from the circus an...

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: I recently purchased a box lot of old kitchen gadgets at an estate sale. Some I recognize and others I don’t. What types of gadg...

QUESTION: I recently purchased a lovely handleless cup and saucer at an antique show. The dealer couldn’t tell me much about it except tha...

QUESTION: Way back when, my grandfather owned a 1925 Packard. My father says he loved that car, so much so that he removed the hood ornamen...

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 ...