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Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

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10 Collectibles NOT Worth Collecting Anymore

Kovels.com is the go-to source for information on antiques and collectibles since 1953. Research your antiques using our FREE price guide.

7 Things You Need to Know Before Shopping a Big Antiques Market

Ever wonder why Joanna Gaines always gets the good stuff? Not anymore.

How to Clean Coins to Make Them More Valuable

You come across a rare 1909 Indian Head Cent, generally worth over $400. But wait it’s very dirty and tarnished. What do you do?

Art & Antiques: Top 10 collectibles for value

My expertise and education allows me to spot valuable objects overlooked by most appraisers. In many homes, I have found $25,000 worth of valuables already overlooked.

Antique caged glass goblets?

So I was at a friends house and he has these awesome antique caged glass goblets. I've tried to do some research on them but can't find anything...

8 Tips for Antique Hunting

Are you looking for that perfect retro piece for your home? Do you have a love of old things, or perhaps even a specific collection of old things? If you answered yes, you might enjoy antique hunting. The Lehigh Valley is a great place for antique hunting, but if you’re going to go out searching …

How to Decorate With Antiques

These easy techniques will keep your home current, while displaying vintage artifacts. Be Bold...

Seeking Antiques? Head to Round Top

Why antiques are having a moment

Does anyone know anything about this antique trunk?

Hello! I recently acquired this cool looking trunk from my father, who's had it sitting in his garage for ages. (As seen in the photos, it...

Guide to Shipping Antiques and Artwork

Many antiques are considered priceless because they are peculiar in design and craftsmanship. Antiques not only possess great historic value, but they also hold great sentimental value as well. Who ships antiques and artwork? Antique galleries Artists Auction houses Beneficiaries…

Auction finds

Hi all. I picked these up at a local auction. I was kinda hopeful someone would be able to identify them (and maybe give a rough value)...

A Beginner's Mini Guide to Buying Antiques

Experience the thrill of the hunt without ignorance ruining the spoils, with this guide to antiquing for novice buyers

Vintage, Retro or Antique?

By Karen S. Murray, ISA How do you describe and identify your collectables and treasures? If you buy a toaster at a flea market, can you call it “vintage”, or just “used”? If you acquire a stunning velvet Elvis portrait, do you view it as “retro” and therefore very valuable? The terms “vintage”, “retro” […]

Are Antique Typewriter's Worth Collecting?

Ever wonder whether that antique typewriter in the attic is worth anything? Read more about antique typing machines and their value to collectors.

Antiques, Vintage, Or Just Old?

Pieces simply being old doesn't make them "antiques." Rarity, quality, condition and provenance are what determine if an item is truly valuable.

Are you an antiques collector…or a hoarder?

A person’s antiques collection is an outward manifestation of memories and milestones. But is there such a thing as going overboard? Are you a hoarder?