QUESTION: I’ve noticed photographic portrait cards of Civil War soldiers  and other people, some of them famous, at flea markets and anti...

QUESTION: From what period does this chair originate? The legs look quite modern. Is it a modern interpretation of an antique design? ...

QUESTION: I found what looks like a small, shallow, porcelain vase at a fleamarket near my home. It’s almost too short to hold anything ...

QUESTION: My grandmother had a cabinet in her kitchen which she called a “Hoosier.” She told me her mother left it to her and now I have ...

QUESTION: I’ve found a Victorian padlock that I’d like to buy. Does it go back to the mid- 1800's during Queen Victoria's reig...

QUESTION: I have one of those large black rotary telephones. Are those collectible now that we have such advanced technology? ANSW...

QUESTION: I’ve been unpacking some old boxes of things left to me by my father. In one of them I discovered some old stock certificates....

QUESTION: I love antiques and have been collecting them for over 25 years and have so many things that my house is bursting at the seam...

QUESTION: I love to linger at the cases of “smalls” at flea markets and antique shows. In fact, that’s where I first spotted an unusual li...