QUESTION: For years I also collected antiquities. Now I have a particular passion of writing boxes or old English boxes. I enjoy to restor...

QUESTION: My mother collected Statue of Liberty memorabilia for a long time. She began when she was only a teenager with a little statu...

QUESTION: I’ve loved Valentine’s Day ever since I was in the first grade and my new best friend gave me a valentine card at our class’s pa...

QUESTION:  Hi, my father, who is 93, has a chest his grandfather brought over from Sweden. I'm pretty sure its a Biedermeier. It has ...

QUESTION: Ever since I was a child playing in the sand at the seashore, I’ve loved seashells. I started collecting them and eventually b...

QUESTION: I recently have become interested in possibly collecting ladies’ compacts. I see them at flea markets all the time and the pri...

QUESTION: I love to browse the small items found in showcases at antique coops and at flea markets. Recently, I came across a matchsafe w...

QUESTION: My father was a fireman for most of his life. During that time he acquired a modest collection of firehouse memorabilia. When h...

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:  This lamp has been in the family for reportedly over 100 years. It does not have a signature of any kind. The lighting fixtur...