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See Inside the Storied Collection of Two New Orleans Antique Dealers Before It Heads to Auction

Artnet News

Presented by New Orleans Auction Galleries, the Kevin Stone and Mark Diamond Collection encompasses antique furniture, fine art, and decorative objects. The post See Inside the Storied Collection of Two New Orleans Antique Dealers Before It Heads to Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

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Fontaine’s Auction Gallery Fine & Decorative Arts Auction May 31

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles

The post Fontaine’s Auction Gallery Fine & Decorative Arts Auction May 31 appeared first on The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.

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Antique Pie Crimpers Are Fanciful Slices of History

WorthPoint

Pie crimpers are valued today as decorative kitchen implements and pieces of folk art by collectors who are willing to pay thousands of dollars for the best examples. Leftover parts of whales, like jawbones and teeth, and sometimes even walrus tusks, were used to carve a variety of decorative and utilitarian objects.

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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

Our field requires years of training, and it can be very challenging for someone outside of the appraisal, art, and antique industries to even know where to begin when confronted with the task of taking pictures to send to us. FINE ART: A. GLASS DECORATIVE ITEMS AND TABLEWARE/BARWARE: A.

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Boo! Antique Photos of Early Halloween Costumes

WorthPoint

Some of the most valuable antique Halloween photographs are the earliest ones, such as this 1892 example complete with a Salem witch. While Halloween collectors lust after vintage costumes and antique spooky decorations, some of the scarcest Halloween collectibles are vintage and antique photographs celebrating the holiday.

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Cirencester Park Decorative Home & Salvage Show returns

Antique Collecting

The Cirencester Park Decorative Home & Salvage Show returns to the Bathurst Estate, the ancestral home of 9th Earl Bathurst The post Cirencester Park Decorative Home & Salvage Show returns appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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Decorative dish could make five figures

Antique Collecting

A decorative dish – spotted on a sideboard – could achieve a five-figure sum at auction after turning out to The post Decorative dish could make five figures appeared first on Antique Collecting.