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What should I do with my fine porcelain dinnerware? I hear this question weekly. The market for ceramics softened across the board due in part to the lack of young …

SB owns a red and white American quilt which belonged to her great-grandmother. Created in the late 19th century it shows the star pattern known as the shooting star, the …

BL sent me a fabulous yellow Steuben glass set, a barware service designed and created in the late 1920s by Frederick Carder (1863-1963). He headed Steuben glass from 1903-1930. BL …

SB sent me photos of a 19th century Quimper ceramic figure. It’s a relief-painted scullery maid, holding a gold-gilded metal cookpot, seated on a gold-gilded metal chair. Such an interesting …

At a flea market JS purchased a small painting on canvas featuring two figures of saints. She never before saw such an unfortunate looking canine, and needed this work!! First, …

Salvador Dali turns 120 years old this Spring. As his lithographs are one of the most appraised material, I present his most viewed work of art: the wrapping for the …

JJ owns a wonderful goose-neck floor lamp, found at the Earl Warren flea market. The base is a naturalistic bronze with a round figure of a lily pad, models of …

Years ago RR inherited a tall ceramic umbrella stand shattered in a recent wildfire. She discovered two shards that, when put together like puzzle pieces, read RN 288102 and RN …

RH sent me a children’s sit-on rocking tin horse that lived in his garage for years. He THINKS it belonged to his mom but he’s not sure. I believe this …

RH owns a Chinese Chinoiserie style coffee table. The top shows a startling scene of ancient Chinese Court life composed of six applied carved semi-precious stone figures. One figure wields …