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Bethlehem Antiques
specializes in casual antiques for you,
and wonderful things for entertaining.


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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

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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


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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.


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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.


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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.

Antique & Vintage Valentines Florida Postcards

"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.


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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


Electric Bike Electric Bike


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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.


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