Morphy Auctions Merges with James D. Julia, Inc.

Jan 28, 2018 | Press Releases

Morphy Auctions has Merged with James D. Julia to be International Leader in Multiple Collecting Categories Denver, Pennsylvania: Effective December 14th, 2017, Dan Morphy of Morphy Auctions, proudly announced that he has successfully merged with the renowned...

This Month in Collecting – January 2018

Jan 1, 2018 | This Month in Collecting

January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing only the slaves in the southern states that were at war with the Union. Of the 48 copies created and signed, 26 are still known to exist. In 2009, one copy was sold by Robert A....

Publishers Message: It’s New Year’s, Have a Ball!

Dec 27, 2017 | Publisher's Message

We accidentally came across this bit of New Year’s history: the Times Square ball drop is 110 years old this year. According to the “official” Times Square website (if it is print and on the internet, it must be true) the first “drop” occurred in 1907 and the...

Fakes I’ve Known by Lew Larason

Dec 27, 2017 | Editorial

An antiques dealer friend generally buys and sells “mid-century” furniture, which doesn’t interest me very much since I was making furniture “back then.” However, she finds some interesting items. Recently, she asked me to re-glue two chairs she had gotten. She told...

The Pâte de Verre of G. Argy-Rousseau

Dec 1, 2017 | Press Releases

One of the more recognizable and influential pâte de verre artists of the Art Nouveau period is G. Argy-Rousseau. Born in France in 1885 to a family of simple farmers, Joseph-Gabriel Rousseau would evolve into an inquisitive engineer, inventor and artist, applying for...

4th Annual Kempton Antique Show

Nov 26, 2017 | Antique Show, Featured Post

The fourth annual one-day Kempton Antique Show was staged on Saturday, October 21 at the Community Recreation Center in Kempton, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. on a mild, mostly sunny day. Inside the building in two rooms were 43...

Publishers Message: What We Are Missing?

Nov 26, 2017 | Publisher's Message

Regular readers of this column may remember one from a few years back, written as I traveled by train from Buffalo to New York City. The gist of that column was that the “backside” of many buildings revealed a little of the past because the “modern updates” were...

Fakes I’ve Known by Lew Larason

Nov 26, 2017 | Editorial

Many antiques dealers, whether selling from their own shop, a co-op or at antiques shows, carry a variety of items in order to appeal to a larger number of potential buyers. Some specialize, but many refer to their merchandise as “a general line.” Some dealers try to...

Fakes I’ve Known by Lew Larason

Oct 31, 2017 | Editorial

It always surprises me when I point out something that’s out of place in a piece of furniture belonging to another person that he has never noticed. I was looking at a one-piece cupboard when I saw something wrong. The piece had two paneled doors below and two in the...

Depression Glass Show in Rochester, N.Y.

Oct 27, 2017 | Antique Show, Featured Post

The Depression Glass Club of Greater Rochester (New York) hosted its 40th annual show on Sept. 16-17 at the Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Eisenhart Auditorium. To broaden the reach of the show to patrons interested in antiques, though not specifically...

Publishers Message: Play It Again, Sam

Oct 24, 2017 | Publisher's Message

OK, Humphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam” in the classic film Casablanca. However, that’s what came to mind when I discovered a unique piece of handwritten music offered for sale in the Ontario Antiques Mall in Canandaigua, New York.  As regular...

Antiques at Kimberton Show – November 18-19, 2017

Oct 22, 2017 | Featured Post

Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kimberton Fire Company, 2276 Kimberton Road, Phoenixville, PA (Located 2 miles south of Phoenixville. Turn off route 113 at blinking light. 70 DEALERS! Admission – $7.00 per person The...