23 Jul 2008
About.com Antiques
Do Your Antiques Have Provenance?
Appraisers tend to throw the word provenance around pretty freely, and rightfully so. It's an important consideration when valuing antiques and collectibles, including the chair shown here which...
23 Jul 2008 7:30pm GMT
22 Jul 2008
Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News
Parisian Street Scene By The French Artist Henri Victor Lesur (1863-1900) Soars To $14,575 At Multi-Estate Sale Held June 29th By Hal Hunt Auctions
PARISIAN STREET SCENE BY THE FRENCH ARTIST HENRI VICTOR LESUR (1863-1900) SOARS TO $14,575 AT MULTI-ESTATE SALE HELD JUNE 29th BY HAL HUNT AUCTIONS (Northport, Ala.) - A beautiful Parisian street scene with figures, rendered by the French artist Henri Victor Lesur (1863-1900), housed in an ornate frame and measuring 2′ 8″ x 2′ 4″, [...]
22 Jul 2008 8:41pm GMT
Christie’s Holds First Ever Contemporary Design Sale In New York
CHRISTIE'S HOLDS FIRST EVER CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SALE IN NEW YORK Contemporary Design September 8, 2008 New York - On September 8, Christie's will launch its first ever sale dedicated exclusively to works by international contemporary designers. Offering collectors works fresh to the market by some of the most important designers living and working today, the sale will include [...]
22 Jul 2008 8:25pm GMT
21 Jul 2008
Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News
Eldredge Bermingham Is Named Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Eldredge Bermingham Is Named Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Eldredge "Biff" Bermingham has been named the director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City, Panama, effective Sept. 28. Bermingham has been STRI's acting director since March 2007. He joined the institute's scientific staff in 1989 and has served [...]
21 Jul 2008 8:31pm GMT
20 Jul 2008
About.com Antiques
Have You Seen the New Antiques Roadshow Web Site?
Antiques Roadshow updated its Web presence recently, and I'm really liking the result. One of my favorite features is a searchable archive of the appraisals aired on the show....
20 Jul 2008 1:27am GMT
19 Jul 2008
About.com Antiques
Identifying Roseville Reproductions
Is the piece shown here a pricey Roseville ewer, or just another fake? While most Roseville enthusiasts can tell straight away, the inexperienced antiques dealer or novice collector can...
19 Jul 2008 2:49am GMT
22 Jan 2003
Antique-Antiques.com
The Ins and Outs of Online Antique Appraisal -- click for full article
Call it online estimate or something. "Appraisal" means formally establishing a value and the best you can hope for would be an online estimate. A true antique appraisal is a legal document! Antique appraisal is an art and generally performed by an appraiser using "experience" and a "trained eye". So, to be fair, don't expect an appraiser (blinded in an electronic world) to be able to provide you with anything more than an estimate..... more
22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT
Know What an Antique Is! -- click for full article
The definition of antique varies from source to source, product to product and year to year.... more
22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT
Antique Pricing -- click for full article
Thanks to the popularity of programs like Public Television's "Antiques Roadshow" Americans are looking more closely than ever at stuff that, a few years ago, they might have unthinkingly taken to the local charity thrift shop or just tossed into a recycling bin never considering the price or value of an item.... more
22 Jan 2003 7:19pm GMT