Do you know what you are selling? Because your customer might not.

chinese burlwood cabinet I am noticing a trend where just about “everyone and anyone” is now selling so called “Chinese antique furniture” ( ... just yesterday (antique reproductions) are falsely labeled as genuine antiques and the real antiques are often completely misclassified. I recently saw an antique Tibetan sideboard cabinet labeled [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 09:27:36
Blog: The specialist guide to...

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What is Gilt?

The term ‘gilt’ is used throughout the world of antiques to describe the finish applied to a variety of items ... mirror reproduction and decoration. If you are buying a piece of restored antique furniture, or maybe ... . For example: ‘gilt mirrors‘, ‘gilt bronze wine coolers’ or ‘antique gilt console table’. Antique [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 11:03:00
Blog: Home and Garden Blog; ...

Smuggled Antiquities Intercepted

Smuggled Antiquities Intercepted From gulfnews.com Smuggled antiques worth $6m seized By Mariam M ... antique dealers who planned to transport it to Switzerland,” said Dr Sabbah Jasem, Head of Sharjah Archaeology Museum. Port officials confiscated more than 23 items dating back to the Roman Helenistic [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 01:02:48
Blog: Chess, Goddess and Ever...

Daryle Lambert: Ebay "Specials" Won't Raise the Sinking Ship

Contact Lists of Collectors and What Items They Want to Buy eBay has sent out several e-mails to their customers announcing "specials" ... or trade magazines such as Antique Trader, Antique Week and Maine Antique Digest might be coming ... of antique and collectible magazines. They often [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 17:28:47
Blog: DARYLE LAMBERT BLOG ON ...

Determining When Antique Furniture Isn't Old

I ran into these photos on Craigslist yesterday as I was looking for a Victorian bed ... , I was not tipped off that the bed wasn't an authentic antique (the seller didn't state one way ... produce. The bed above is missing some things that you would expect from an antique: Age-Appropriate [more...]

Date: 2008-01-30 23:10:07
Blog: Rare Victorian Furnitur...

Antiques Roadshow

Call up PBS and see if they can come appraise two antiques from our pitching staff ... off the phone with Antiques Roadshow and they told him Moyer and Gordon aren't considered "antiques [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 12:12:56
Blog: We Should Be GM's...

A Letter From a Smart Dear Reader

And finally…a letter from a smart Dear Reader: “ I have enjoyed your commentaries from Argentina. “I am a rancher/investor from Colorado ... antique furniture, paintings and other household goods marked down 50% to 75%. Shop owners seemed ... . We are in downtown Manhattan, N.Y. on a medical related trip. This time we are purchasing antique [more...]

Date: 2008-01-21 01:56:15
Blog: The Daily Reckoning Aus...

Candid Camera

Day Five and I am still searching for the Big Wow. I only got through three floors today but did manage to start my Christmas ordering ... of it is one of a kind with antique jewelry parts, chains and rhinestones. Also big, chunky pendants ... his first line of reproductions (and antiques from Belgium) and was nervous if it would be well [more...]

Date: 2008-01-23 16:53:49
Blog: CURIOUS SOFA Diaries...

Groove Is In The Heart

My little spot in the living room. It is where I reside a lot when I'm totally wiped out, rocking my grand daughter, ... all of these items are sitting on came from the Antiques On The Square store. I love it in there. I truly ... Antique store as the desk and the doilies. Back in October I posted its picture in my Flickr set [more...]

Date: 2008-01-31 02:59:18
Blog: Simply Sassy...

Surreal Antique Pendant

This is my very first post to the VAST blog! Hurray! I just thought I would share this little pendant I made last night. An antique optical lens featuring one of my paintings.  The original painting is a 30" x 24 ... . You can check out the listing here.  The rest of my shop features high quality reproductions of my work [more...]

Date: 2008-01-27 15:29:28
Blog: ETSY PRESENTS:VAST - Vi...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune People get hooked with woodworking because so many woodworking ideas exist. It’s challenging, enjoyable and satisfying ... Indian and Art Deco. The World Wide Web is the perfect source of free designs. Wood Finish Plan Antique finishes make any furniture one of a kind. You can actually create an antique finish on any [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 17:13:02
Blog: Real Estate Innovation...

Best little gun shop in Nebraska

On my way out of Ord, I passed(well, almost) a quonset hut converted to a gun shop. Well, a sporting good store, anyway ... , real henry rifles. Some antique rifles so clean the looked like modern reproductions. The cops ... style guns. Black automatic rifles. A handful of military rifles. And more classic and antique lever [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 13:28:31
Blog: Neanderpundit...

Street of nostalgia

Many tourist guidebooks in Vietnam highlight Le Cong Kieu Street as a great place for visitors who enjoy rummaging for one-of-a-kind trinkets or nostalgic items. Le Cong Kieu Street always attracts tourists and antique hunters ... , however, thanks to its bustling flea-market atmosphere. Antique hunters and tourists can find [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 06:52:10
Blog: for ALL to ALL...

Antiques dealer pleads guilty

A former antiques dealer who made regular appearances on the popular PBS television series “Antiques Roadshow” has pleaded guilty to theft charges in Doylestown. Russell Pritchard admitted he sold [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 20:37:39
Blog: phillyBurbs.com Blogs |...

Cosy comforts of a Bed

Tiresome and fatigueful a day requires moments of relaxation which a person finds best in the bed on reaching back home ... look online brings to surface more of such items like divan beds, antique style beds ofcourse ... of subtle quality items competitively priced reasonably is worth going for it. Antique style beds [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 14:29:48
Blog: destination...

New York, NY - Israeli Man Accused of Paris Art Thefts

New York, NY - An Israeli man was charged with stealing more than $1 million worth of art in Paris and trying to sell it in New York ... in Paris beginning in spring 1997. Among items stolen were 200 Japanese antique miniature sculptures, Napoleonic-era pistols valued at about $500,000, a decorative antique silver bowl and 104 bronze [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 14:44:12
Blog: VOS IZ NEIAS: (Yiddish:...

Cookie Jars: Why is Collecting Them So Darn Sweet?

I recently watched the TV show called “30 Rock” and as always, laughed out loud ... collected cookie jars. Years ago, when we got into our first antique mall (renting a booth ... was fading but have recently noticed that some sell for a pretty penny on the net and in the antique malls [more...]

Date: 2008-01-29 08:09:48
Blog: Collectors’ Quest ...

Blake and Antiquity

I’m no Blake scholar ... idiosyncratic mythology in his poems and art, he was in fact a studious follower of traditional ancient ... Mediterranean gift of form which knows how to borrow, as Dante borrowed his theory of the soul [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 13:57:04
Blog: Dreamflesh...

Art and Antiques Dubai Exhibition

Altogether 44 galleries from 13 countries are displaying their prized collections at the ‘Art and Antiques Dubai’ exhibition which opened at Madinat Jumeirah on Thursday. The event will run until Sunday. The event, organised by art dealer Brian Haughton, [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 05:31:07
Blog: Dubai Chronicle...

Stitching and exchnage arrival

Last night I worked on Christmas Quaker. I wonder if there can be too many Quaker things to work on..... nope I don't think so ... is Samplers, either reproductions of antique ones or modern interpretations of antique ones. So whats [more...]

Date: 2008-01-25 05:13:20
Blog: Blacksheep's bit of the...

Super Sunday!

Today is Super Bowl Sunday! I'm not up on who's playing (Pats & Giants), but I do have one question....When did it become such a food holiday? ... Huettel, who is from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He and his wife have an incredible art & antique ... to thinking (that's dangerous -- me thinking). I have a painting of a lizard in my guest bathroom. [more...]

Date: 2008-02-03 15:43:37
Blog: Lowdown From Lois...

Another Trip To Rajasthan. Mandawa 1

| Bookmark Another Trip To Rajasthan. Mandawa 1 Entrance to a shop Walking By Guarding The Fort Inside, ... out. Some of the paintings are classics. They then left them in the hands of caretakers, never to return ... "antique" furniture in Mandawa. Ha! Ha! The furniture is made, and buried in the limey ground for a [more...]

Date: 2008-02-14 00:09:17
Blog: Rajiv's FotoPage - Thro...

Day Trip to Tagaytay

I know I posted an article about Tagaytay before but we just came back from another Tagaytay trip the other day and I knew I had to dedicate another ... with large paintings of flowers standing guard. If you’re a real flower lover, you will have great ... you can marvel at antique items. I think I spotted beautiful white linen somewhere in the back. The [more...]

Date: 2008-02-12 03:35:39
Blog: Froodee | Living.Bloggi...

Foiled again

I had hoped to be able to tell you about my trip to Cambridge  today where my friends Carole and Glenna and I had planned to go antique ... . I know it’s not very vintage looking but I hope she likes it anyway. Creating vintage items seems ... out on a lot of new to me mixed media blogs and loving all the great vintage items these talented [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 01:41:26
Blog: Ruby’s and Roses...

Stamps.

I took my girls with me to the Arizona stamp show. Ancient stamps lined the conference room along with ornate writing on tea-stained envelopes ... , beautiful, antique stamps and brought them home. I have so many ideas for for these treasures ... for the commemorative kind that will make my letters pretty and hopefully someday be art to someone [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 14:12:33
Blog: NieNie...

Adeeni Design Group

Claudia Juestel, principal of Adeeni Design Group, sent us an email with a link to her website filled with beautiful images of her interior design ... Asian pieces are abound in her spaces, which I am so fond of, and she loves to use antique and flea market finds - which is fantastic because as you all know, Jo and I are crazy for anything vintage. [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 21:22:48
Blog: desire to inspire...

Enjoyable Woodworking Ideas For The Novice

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... and classical designs like Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco designs. You may also notice a wide range of free designs online. Wood Finish Plan How about making your furniture look antique? You can make any [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 17:17:39
Blog: ABOUT...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... and traditional designs including Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. You may also find free designs on the Internet. Wood Finish Plan How about making your furniture look antique? You can make [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 10:22:26
Blog: 51735 Web Articles - Yo...

Sayonara January! Hello February!

As I mentioned in a previous post, this month has sped by like a bullet train and so we say goodbye to January until next year... ... ) been painting our bedroom. And I am SO IN LOVE with the color I chose. It's a pale aqua and I can't ... . I have an antique shabby dresser painted white and distressed naturally. :-) When the weather gets warmer [more...]

Date: 2008-02-01 01:05:54
Blog: Gail Schmidt ~ Artist...

Enjoyable Woodworking Ideas For The Novice

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... , American Indian and Art Deco designs. You may also notice a wide range of free designs online. Wood Finish Project How about making your furniture look antique? You can make any piece of woodwork look [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 17:17:09
Blog: » About OneDollarAucti...

My Funny Valentine

Today’s Valentine’s Day. This was supposed to be an exploration of some of the Neil Morris scents, which I find very romantic, ... , a kid-free zone with an antique desk, a reading chair with an ottoman and good lighting, a couple of my favorite paintings (including a charming, third-rate oil of Kuan Yin I bought at a yard sale [more...]

Date: 2008-02-14 01:08:04
Blog: Perfume Posse...

Timeless Treasures

(Welcome to Sally, one of the finalists in our SF Blogger Search. Comment away!) ... is "...because you love vintage home furnishings and gifts with whimsy, comfort and style." That's definitely true, but what really stands out are the collections of antique letters and numbers. Joan [more...]

Date: 2008-02-16 00:15:56
Blog: Apartment Therapy...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... on how to carve out basic and classical designs like Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco designs. You may also notice a wide range of free designs online. Wood Finish Project Antique finishes make any [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 08:46:58
Blog: Spot On Content - Infor...

The art of thrifting...

I've been having a lot of fun working on the "thrifting" chapter of my book. I pretty much exclusively go to estate sales here in Minnesota. If I'm traveling somewhere I sometimes will hit an antique shop or two. I hardly ever go to flea ... with you, along with pictures of some of my favorite thrifted items. The book refers to a flea market [more...]

Date: 2008-01-25 05:45:26
Blog: ArtsyMama...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune People get hooked with woodworking because so many woodworking ideas exist. It’s challenging, enjoyable and satisfying ... to practice on conventional styles such as Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. The World Wide Web ... not incorporate an antique finish? Even if you use a cheap furniture, you can make it look fantastic [more...]

Date: 2008-02-18 11:13:02
Blog: » ABOUT Millionaire Bl...

PHOTOHUNT - Subject : WOODEN

I was spoilt for choice for this week's theme but I've settled to post this favourite WOODEN stool ours that I've bought at Just Anthony's. A reproduction of a Chinese antique wooden stool, I decided to snap this up after bargaining it at S$50. The pair of WOODEN clogs was from a shopping spree at Jonker's Street [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 08:51:58
Blog: the travelling ducks...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... on the field is a good way to practice on conventional styles such as Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. The World Wide Web is the perfect source of free designs. Wood Finish Project Antique [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 17:17:56
Blog: In60Seconds.info - Grea...

Claudia Juestel, principal of Adeeni Design Group, has a website filled with beautiful images of her interior design work ... Asian pieces are abound in her spaces, which I am so fond of, and she loves to use antique and flea market finds - which is fantastic because as you all know, Jo and I are crazy for anything vintage. [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 10:36:14
Blog: desire to inspire...

Patterns

Patterns Do NYT: February 13, 2008, 9:25 pm By Oliver Sacks As a child, I was fascinated by patterns, ... liturgy. And I was fascinated by a pair of antique Chinese cabinets we had in our drawing room ... , in Zapotec architecture, in the bark paintings of Aboriginal artists in Australia, in Acoma pottery, in Swazi [more...]

Date: 2008-02-14 12:53:58
Blog: SEMCIÊNCIA...

Vintage headphone mod

Over at the Steampunk Workshop, Jake inaugurates a new Guest Artist Project feature with the wonderful Molly "Porkshanks" Friedrich as the first artist in residence. Molly shows how to update an antique Cannonball Empire headset with modern headphone innards. Porkshank's Dieselpunk Headphone Mod - Link Related [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 06:00:00
Blog: Daily DIY Network - Sc...

Mottahedeh Dinnerware

Spode has been one of the finest names in quality china since 1770 when Josiah Spode’s factory first opened its doors ... . For over 70 years they have been developing some of the finest antique porcelains available ... programs for authorized reproductions with major museums worldwide. Mottahedeh brings the charm and grace [more...]

Date: 2008-01-08 07:34:15
Blog: Snow by Sig...

Fun Woodworking Ideas For The Beginner

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... such as Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. The World Wide Web is the perfect source of free designs. Wood Finish Plan How about making your furniture look antique? You can make any piece [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 08:45:03
Blog: arts related articles ...

Rare Jewellery and Popular Asian Art To Make its Debut in the Middle East

The launch of ‘Art & Antiques Dubai’, will host premiere showings of rare jewellery collections from Cartier and Harry Winston, among others ... with 17th-20th century Japanese woodblock prints. Popular participating Asian Art dealers include ... from Harry Winston’s 1960’s collection worth USD 600,000 scheduled for display. “The fine art [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 01:15:00
Blog: Buddha & Asian antique...

Day 27

For my ‘thing’ today, I added the pink “laces” and yellow buttons to this small 17 inch square quilt I made for this challenge. The saddle shoes are mine and they are some fifty-three or -four years old now… does that make them antiques or just collectibles? The phrase ‘hocks and who nows’ was my kidspeak way of echoing [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 05:50:44
Blog: Thing-a-day.com...

Exciting Woodworking Ideas For The Learner

by Ann Triune What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding ... and traditional designs including Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. You may also find free designs on the Internet. Wood Finish Plan Antique finishes make any furniture one of a kind [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 10:22:01
Blog: Internet Web Directory ...

Incandescent Sculpture

Incandescent Sculpture Dylan Kehde Roelofs Artist Dylan Kehde Roelofs creates individually handblown incandescent lights that appear antique and thoroughly modern at the same time. Standard pieces are for sale, and he also makes custom lights. When they burn out, he can replace the filaments for you. Link -via Dark Roasted Blend [more...]

Date: 2008-02-04 16:22:46
Blog: Neatorama ...

The Unwanted

The Unwanted Posted by Eric on February 22nd, 2008 The Unwanted (Diablo Publishing - Diablo, Michaels, Romera, Arthur) ... !! When a foolish antique collector reads the inscription on the back of an ancient Chinese amulet ... destructive paths for themselves in the future. Juan Romera’s art overall was very enjoyable [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 16:16:17
Blog: The Pullbox ...

Tequila Roses

Spring is on the way (I wonder what that’s like…living in the tropics doesn’t have much in terms of seasons) ... (4) colors: Antique, Blue, Moss and Sepia A fatpack is also available, but instead contains ... /no transfer. Transfer versions or gift items can be bought from a separate vendor in my main store [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 02:03:23
Blog: The Velvet Room...

Fun Woodworking Ideas For The Beginner

by Ann Triune People get hooked with woodworking because so many woodworking ideas exist. It's challenging, enjoyable and satisfying ... and Art Deco. You may also find free designs on the Internet. Wood Finish Project To make any furniture look unique, why not incorporate an antique finish? Even if you use a cheap furniture, you can make [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 10:24:31
Blog: ABOUT...

Fun Woodworking Ideas For The Beginner

by Ann Triune People get hooked with woodworking because so many woodworking ideas exist. It’s challenging, enjoyable and satisfying ... Celtic, American Indian and Art Deco. You may also find free designs on the Internet. Wood Finish Ideas To make any furniture look unique, why not incorporate an antique finish? Even if you use a cheap [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 10:24:37
Blog: Unique Article Director...

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