Thrift stores are typically stocked with celery vases, an "everyday" cut-crystal antique that is secretly valuable. Here's ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once in a while, you may come across something at the thrift or antique store which you can't quite work out. What was it originally designed ...
Of all the vintage categories that are out there, among the most difficult to decipher are those from the Far East. Almost every list of the year's most expensive antique transactions will include a ...
Part of the fun of collecting is learning something extra about the history of the piece. This fish-shaped vase was sold at a Cowan auction in December 2015. It was described as “a hand-painted ...
Roseville Pottery was founded in Roseville, Ohio, in 1890. A second Roseville plant opened in nearby Zanesville in 1898. Early Roseville pieces were decorated with handwork, including sgraffito ...
Two trends in one: Upcycled antique glassware and marijuana accessories. By Emma Grillo Kat Briceno, 34, has been smoking marijuana for years but didn’t own a bong until 2017, when they converted an ...
DALLAS – Randy Buttram never gave much thought to the two 4½-foot tall ornate vases that graced the elegant main entrance of his grandparents' Oklahoma City mansion and later were displayed around a ...
Three Chinese vases survived through centuries, and a trip halfway around the world. The vases from around 1700 ended up in a museum in Cambridge, England. For the last 40 years, they sat in a window ...
Despite the global recession, Chinese antiques have been selling for record amounts in recent years. In the market for an antique vase or scroll? Be prepared to spend millions. Here are a few examples ...