AntiquesQ&A
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Real McCoy

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QUESTION: I love to collect cookie jars. I don’t have too many unusual ones in my collection, so you can imagine my joy when I came acros...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Memorabilia From the Golden Age of Flight

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QUESTION:   This watch belonged to my father-in- law. I've looked and looked for a similar one, so I would know how to insure it or even...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Ring the Bells for Bell Pottery

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QUESTION: While out antiquing at a cooperative this past weekend, I came across a beautiful hand-painted, porcelain water pitcher decora...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Blue Chip Beatles

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QUESTION: I loved the Beatles when I was a kid. I had all their albums and even got to see them in concert where I purchased a signed phot...
Monday, May 29, 2017

The King of Glass

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QUESTION: I have a beautiful green glass cordial set that belonged to my great grandmother. It’s been passed down to me. I just love th...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Let the Action Begin

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QUESTION: When I was a kid, my friends and I used to sit on the porch and read comic books. We especially loved those featuring the Super...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Would You Like to Have Tea With My Dollies?

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QUESTION: I have a child’s tea set that once belonged to my grandmother’s mother.  Each piece has an illustration from a nursery rhyme....
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Beat Those Biscuits

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QUESTION: I live in South Carolina, though I’m not a native. Recently, I attended an estate sale at an old farm. Out of all the items f...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The Most Printed Book of All Time

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QUESTION: Last year I purchased an old Bible at a church festival. It’s one of those big Victorian pictorial family ones and seems to ha...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Over the Topp

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QUESTION: When my son was just a young boy back in the 1960s, he seemed to be constantly buying bubble gum. I told him it wasn’t good for ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

The Purity of Milk Glass

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QUESTION: I just purchased a service for eight of milk glass dishes made by Westermoreland Glass of Pennsylvania at an estate sale. The s...
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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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