AntiquesQ&A
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

For My Lady’s Dressing Table

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QUESTION: When I was a little girl back in the early 1950s, I remember my mother’s skirted dressing table with its many glass and silver...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

From Boredom to Art

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QUESTION: I belong to a reenactor group that specializes in Revolutionary War reenactments. Some of the men carry powder horns as part of...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

The Beauty of Ceramic Wall Art

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QUESTION : At a recent antique show I saw a framed ceramic wall plaque that, according to the dealer, Rookwood Pottery had made. I know ...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Bottles, Bottles, and More Bottles

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QUESTION: My father loved to collect old bottles. He would take me and my sister out on bottle hunting expeditions, digging for them ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Sit Back and Get Comfy

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QUESTION: While out antiquing recently I discovered a beautiful sofa that would add a lot of class to my living room. It’s in great shape,...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Gone Fishin'

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QUESTION: My grandad loved to fish. He took me along at a very young age. My job was to carry the bait. The thing I carried it in was gree...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Peace Was the Way

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QUESTION: One of the craziest things I’ve ever done was go to the rock concert at Woodstock back in the summer of 1969. I’ll never forget...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Sweets for the Sweet

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QUESTION: My aunt collected small glass candy containers. Because I always admired them, she gave them to me when she moved to a retireme...
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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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