QUESTION: When I was a kid, I collected flicker rings. I loved the way they produced a flickering image of my favorite super heroes. Trad...

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  QUESTION: My mother loved collecting antique glass. She collected what she liked but didn’t pay too much attention to each piece’s histor...

  QUESTION: I’ve always loved handmade pottery. And looking back over history, it seems to have existed since ancient times. Recently, a fr...

  QUESTION: I was browsing through an antiques mall when I spotted what looked like round glass globe lampshades. The dealer’s booth that c...

  RS Prussia chocolate pot QUESTION: I recently purchased what looks like a porcelain coffee pot. However, it has a decorative spout that h...

  QUESTION: Over the years, I’ve noticed dresser sets at flea markets and antique cooperatives. They seem to be made of some sort of plasti...

  QUESTION: I see the word vintage used a lot on eBay and by antique dealers on Twitter. There doesn’t seem to be any order to it. It seems...