While some antique furniture is best kept behind velvet ropes in do-not-touch settings, American oak begs to be used. There's nothing froufrou about it; even pieces gussied up in Art Nouveau trappings ...

Learn how to identify valuable pieces and where to find them. Laurey W. Glenn While French antique markets and little shops in the Cotswolds seem to get all the fanfare in the antiquing world, ...

With 2026 bringing the 250th anniversary of the United States, will we see a revival of interest in colonial American furniture? It’s happened with previous anniversaries. The Centennial celebration ...

Antique collecting is more than a weekend pastime for Bob and Susan Detweiler. The Cambria couple has dedicated their entire home to their passion for Early American antiques. Bob, a retired educator ...

According to Brian Bartizek, the main focus of his business, Bartizek’s American Antiques, is New England furniture made before 1860. “We sell at about six shows a year, including Lebanon, Tolland, ...

If the year 2017 affirmed one thing in the auction world, it was that, yes, prices can soar ever higher. A turquoise velvet Jean Royère polar bear sofa sold for over $550,000 in Paris, an Alberto ...

When it comes to vintage furniture pieces passed down through generations, it's easy to convince yourself that everything from that early colonial Windsor chair in the guest room to the intricately ...

There are a few good ways to ruin the original finish on an antique chair, and Karen Keane, CEO of Skinner Inc. in Boston, has seen them all. Karen has examined antique chairs that people have ...