It's Friday the 13th - Third One This Year!
on Nov 13, 2009 in friday the 13th It's Baaackkk! The 3rd Friday the 13th this year!Here are some "Friday the 13th" info-tidbits from Wikipedia: The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia [say that 10 times fast -- yikes!]The 13th day of the month is slightly more l...

ANTIQUES + GREEN + SOCIAL NETWORKING = A VERY GOOD THING!
on Nov 13, 2009 in social networking heirs inheritance antiques greenspot ancestors green Social networking -- everyone's doing it, right? But is everyone doing it RIGHT? And "Going green" -- everyone's doing that, too. Here's the big question: Who is combining these multiple concepts -- green and social networking with antiques collectin...

Time to Start Collecting Antiques? New Book Will Help You
on Nov 9, 2009 in collecting antiques book Here's a new book about collecting antiques as an investor, titled HISTORY'S JACKPOT. Sounds interesting -- you can read the 1st chapter here. Author Craig Gottlieb has an easy-to-read friendly style, and seems to know the biz. From just reading the...

Findlay Antique Bottle Club - A Good Read
on Nov 8, 2009 in blog findlay bottle club bottle show I've been very busy with the Findlay Antique Bottle Club's website of late -- here are a few of the blog posts I've written over there, starting with the report on our recent bottle show: Read the report and see all the show pix.---------------------...

All About Depression Glass - Webinar
on Nov 2, 2009 in collectorsweekly.com collecting webinar collectors weekly antiques antique trader depression glass ellen schroy Have you got some Depression Glass items that you inherited? Or just want to know more about Depression Glass?Antique Trader is putting on a webinar (online seminar) this Thursday -- all about collecting and identifying Depression Glass. " Once a po...

Happy Halloween
on Oct 31, 2009 in halloween postcard Ms. Dow Antiques Blog 'Tique Talk is published by msdowantiques.comThanks for reading my blog! --Marianne Dow...

All Aboard! Railroad History Books - Lots of Old Pix
on Oct 28, 2009 in postcards cable cars railroad arcadia publishing trolley streetcars photos history subway postcard book Arcadia Publishing is one of my faves, as you know. Here's just one more reason why -- look at these great books about railroad, trolley, streetcar and subways -- and they are all illustrated with such wonderful vintage photos and postcards. They hav...

Art Nouveau Really Nouveau - 20th Century Design Auction
on Oct 28, 2009 in art nouveau chair heritage auctions claude lalanne Isn't this the most beautiful Art Nouveau Chair?!!!! I am madly in love with it -- and believe it or not, it is not an antique -- it was made in 2000 by CLAUDE LALANNE. I just had to share it with you. It is going to be in Heritage Auctions (ha.com)...

Marmotinto - Folk Art Art in a Bottle
on Oct 24, 2009 in clemens bottles sand art wes cowan folk art marmotinto The artist who created these beautiful bottles in the late 1800's was Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) of McGregor, Iowa, who was a deaf-mute. The Victorian-era craft is called MARMOTINTO, and Clemens was the undisputed master. The sand is tightly packed,...

Collectors Weekly - October's New Categories
on Oct 23, 2009 in collectorsweekly.com collectors weekly Cool collector's resource site COLLECTORS WEEKLY has added a slew of new categories, interviews, articles, and ebay-watch features. The site just keeps growing, and getting better. Their latest update info: Click for CATEGORIES LIST[My note: Here's a...