QUESTION: As the holidays approach, I get out my Oneida silver flatware and polish it up for another joyous season. Beginning with Than...

QUESTION: Every year at Thanksgiving, I bring out a set of eight sparkling pink glasses that used to be belong to my great-grandmother. Th...

QUESTION: I have a Chippendale mahogany bookcase/secretary that is missing a finial. Do you have any idea where I can locate one? ANSW...

QUESTION:   I have several pieces of antique furniture that need some tender loving care, but I’m not sure how to go about it. Can you ...

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...