QUESTION: Back in the late 1960s, I made a road trip across the United States, stopping at numerous national parks and monuments. Early o...

  QUESTION: For the past 53 years of our marriage, my wife and I have inherited, purchased and collected a complete household of Victorian ...

  QUESTION: My passion for collecting seems to becoming an obsession. How can I control this? And how can I judge what things are worth col...

  QUESTION: I’ve always wondered how dealers decide on the price of an antique. Sometimes, the prices seem deliberately inflated. And at oth...

  18th-century paper  QUESTION: While touring some historic houses, I’ve often marveled at the beautiful wallpapers on their interior walls...

  QUESTION:   Every time I go into an antique mall, I become overwhelmed by all the items. Booth after booth of what seems like junk. Yet I ...