AntiquesQ&A
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Setting the Thanksgiving Table

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QUESTION: As the holidays approach, I get out my Oneida silver flatware and polish it up for another joyous season. Beginning with Than...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Fall is Cranberry Season

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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...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Locating Parts for Antique Furniture

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QUESTION: I have a Chippendale mahogany bookcase/secretary that is missing a finial. Do you have any idea where I can locate one? ANSW...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Preservation vs. Conservation

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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 ...
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

Little Portraits

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QUESTION: I’ve noticed photographic portrait cards of Civil War soldiers  and other people, some of them famous, at flea markets and anti...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A Taste of Elegance

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QUESTION: From what period does this chair originate? The legs look quite modern. Is it a modern interpretation of an antique design? ...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Tobacco Behind Closed Doors

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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 ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

The Ultimate All-in-One

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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 ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The Great Padlock Mystery

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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...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Calling Mr. Watson

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