AntiquesQ&A
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Buyer Beware

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  Chippendale style dining table and chairs 1930s QUESTION:  I’ve been looking for a new dining table and chairs. But the new ones I’ve seen...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Inauguration Mementos

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  QUESTION: One of my father’s most cherished possessions is a silver presidential inaugural medal produced for the inauguration of Preside...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Links from the Past to the Present

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  QUESTION: My dad was a snappy dresser. When I was a kid, I remember him buttoning up his shirt sleeves with fancy little things which I l...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

The Mysterious Glow of Vaseline Glass

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  QUESTION: My aunt recently died and left me several things, including two beautiful twin yellow-green glass vases. I don’t know much about...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Greetings to the New Year

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  QUESTION:  I collect greeting cards. And recently while searching for some old Christmas cards I could purchase for my collection, I disco...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

And the Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney with Care

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  QUESTION: When I was a kid, I used to get so excited hanging a stocking with my name on it on our stair railing on Christmas Eve. We didn...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The Lifelike Detail of Hutschenreuther Figurines

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  Two Boys and a Bird QUESTION: I love to browse online antique auctions. Recently I came across an incredibly detailed figurine, the descr...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The Art of the Scrapbook

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  QUESTION:  I’ve been into scrapbooking for about two years. Last year I saw several older ones at a local antique show. One was rather pla...
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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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