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- Honesty is my first priority.
- Twenty years experience in the museum and antique business.
- First hour of consultation is free.
- Will trade hourly rate for antiques.
How much it is worth? Real auction results from
- eBay
- Sotheby’s and Christie’s
- We buy farmhouse furniture, quilts, blue decorated stoneware, redware, old baskets, folk art, fraktur, hand-forged iron, English china, antique holiday decorations, and Empire furnishings.
- We can help you sell other items valued over $250.
We can run an antique & collectible sale at your location
- Advertise
- Price items and negotiate with customers
- Clean up
The Dining Room
Using family silver is a great
way to remember loved ones on special occasions. My grandmother's pattern was "Grosvenor," by
Community Plate. Once you know the pattern name, it's easy to collect on eBay.
Piece Types from Replacements.com
Pattern Guide from AsYouLikeItSilverShop.com
Patterns in Silverplate from SilverPattern.com
Silverplate Flatware A-K from SilverCollect.com
Silverplate Flatware L-Z from SilverCollect.com
Rogers Bros Patterns from SilverCollecting.com
Rogers Brothers from Past & Present
English Pottery & Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (established 1743)
Royal Crown Derby (1750)
If you love all things Asian, you'll love their famous "Imari" pattern. Imari is striking in
midnight blue and coral.
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (1759)
Transferware (1760)
Use Transferware for everyday dining. Mix six patterned dinner plates with
six plain. I like to use warm colors for fall & winter, and cool
for spring & summer.
Spode (1776)
Spode blue transfer patterns include "Blue Willow," "Tower," and "Italian."
Thomas Minton: Famous Potters of Stoke-on-Trent (1793)
Davenport (1794)
Mason's Ironstone (1796)
Shelley (1925)
I collect Shelley trios for a dessert service my grandmother started. A trio consists
of a tea cup, saucer and dessert (salad) plate. It's easy to put together a dessert service when
you mix and match trios.
Family collections are priceless. They bring back memories each time they are used, and
I use mine often.
Can't say enough about Corner Cupboards. Every dining room should have this space-saver, for
a perfect combination of display and storage.
The Living Room
Antique and vintage furniture of good design, quality and condition tends to
appreciate in value. Reusing antiques is also good for our planet. For example, mahogany from the
tropics became endangered by the end of the 1700s.
Christie's American Furniture Collecting Guide
Use a linen press for attractive hidden storage. The top is a wonderful place to
display a collection or seasonal items.
A blanket chest also makes a great coffee table with secret storage for CDs, DVDs, magazines,
family history, toys, or scrapbooks.
American Folk Art Museum
Pennsylvania German Fraktur
A damaged cotton quilt can be made into a set of pillows. Small quilts can be hung as art, by
basting a muslin sleeve for a dowel rod on the back.
The Kitchen
Holiday Postcards Cheer Up Your Refrigerator ~ Attach magnets to the back of
postcards with an acid-free glue stick. If you change your mind, the glue can be carefully removed with a wet artist's paintbrush.
"On Pottery in Colonial America," by Julia Smith
Blue decorated or redware crocks are perfect for kitchen tools on the countertop.
Weitsman Stoneware Collection, New York
State Museum
"American Redware," by Greg K. Kramer and
Lester P. Breininger, Jr.
The Family Room
Add your favorite toys to a corner of a family room or
attic. You'll smile every time you go in there.
Vintage Barbie & Friends Dolls 1959-1976
If your Barbies are long gone, use the pictures on the Barbie Reference (above), and you'll
know what to search for on eBay.com Mattel also
reproduces their early dolls on
Barbie Collector.com
GI Joe Action Figures in the 1960s
The Bedroom
American Quilts and Coverlets
Store antique quilts in
acid-free lidded boxes, cushioned with acid-free tissue. These boxes keep the
sunlight out, can breathe, and eliminate contact with wood, which can darken cloth. Fold
lines can become weak, so refold periodically.
When on display, beware of direct sunlight. Also, use unbleached muslin or
acid-free mat board under old fabrics to protect from acidic or oily surfaces.
"Dower Chest Commands Attention at Skinner," by Rosemary McKittrick
An antique dower or blanket chest can be used to store
out-of-season modern quilts and coverlets, while doing double duty as a television stand.
Pennsylvania German Schrank
This linen press or armoire is used for folded clothing and linen storage. Houses of the 18th
Century had no closets. Use in the traditional way in a bedroom or bath.
Honesty is my first priority, with 20 years experience in the museum and antiques field.
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