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Dealers Look to Vintage Markets to Reach New Customers

While the antiques industry seems to be in a contraction mode with fewer shows and lower…
A Conversation with Norman Schaut

Advertising man and legendary antique show promoter Norman Schaut took some time out today to talk…
Life Insurance Exec Portraits from Smithsonian being offered through Pook & Pook

Scrolling through the upcoming auctions last night on LiveAuctioneers, I noticed several portraits being offered were…
Boomers, Baked Goods and the Brooklyn Flea

A living organism, a vintage market for America’s biggest city, a feeder for Manhattan Antique shows,…
Mad Men Finds Are Part of the Top Vintage Finds for Fall at Randolph Street Fashion Expo

Thanks to the hit TV series Mad Men the ’60s are back and fans of the…
When Antiques Were Expected

In an episode of the third season of Mad Men, Betty Draper has an interior decorator…
Second Growth Furniture

I spotted this ad yesterday for “Colonial work tables.” As this early 20th Century ad has…
Winterthur Conference Skips Forward A Century

Perhaps Henry Francis Du Pont would find it odd, but a new program at his Delaware…