Clever Anglo-Japanese table made around 1880
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A table has four legs and a flat top – except when it is designed by a clever cabinetmaker. Freeman’s Auction in Philadelphia sold an unusual rosewood ... Continue Reading →
Iron clown head sells for a lot
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Part of the fun of bidding at auctions is seeing unusual, and perhaps useless, antiques selling for a lot of money. A very noticeable iron head of a clown with ... Continue Reading →
Victorian cabinet loses value
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The furniture you select for your first house is usually furniture that is as old as the house. A new modern house probably has lots of windows, high ceilings, ... Continue Reading →
Galoshes ad a collectible bargain
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Ever wonder when rubber boots replaced shoes on rainy days? Hessian soldiers wore leather boots, and Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, decided boots ... Continue Reading →
Wallace Nutting tavern table copied from earlier piece
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Although antique dealers tell us early 1900s oak furniture doesn’t sell – average Chippendale pieces are not wanted and fancy French designs of the past ... Continue Reading →
Famous French artist created faience figurines
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Emile Galle was a famous artist, a leader of the Art Nouveau movement in France in the mid-1800s. He started his art while working at his father’s furniture ... Continue Reading →
George Hunzinger designed ‘Modern Gothic’ daybed
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George Hunzinger (1835-1898) was born in Germany and trained as a cabinetmaker. In 1855, he emigrated to the United States and started making his own style of ... Continue Reading →
Ivory pie crimper made in 1800s
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Old tools can be hard to identify because many are no longer used. A carved ivory leg with a little wheel at the top looks like it might be a toy or a drawing ... Continue Reading →
Dough box may have belonged to great-grandmother
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Your great-grandmother may have used this antique box in her kitchen, but not many of us use it today since there are newer, faster ways to get the same result. ... Continue Reading →
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