By Laura Chesters The online selling platform for dealers 2Covet.com has expanded during the coronavirus pandemic and has grown its team to 13. Founded in 2019 by dealers Steve Sly and Charles Wallrock (pictured) and marketing specialist Zara Rowe, the firm has also taken over the running The Chelsea Antiques Fair. Fair director Sophie Wood Read More …
By Brenda Yenke CLEVELAND, Ohio — It just so happens that with the return of many antiquing adventures, the Zoar Harvest Fest will span July and August. Yes, that’s right: Saturday, July 31, marks the first day of the celebration, running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Then, the fun will continue from 10 a.m. to Read More …
By Auction Daily NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, July 13, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — This month, leading regional auction house Akiba Antiques will bring one of the world’s largest and rarest collections of Steuben glass items to auction for the first time. The sale will begin at 12:00 PM EDT on July 29th, 2021. Interested bidders can participate online Read More …
By James D. Wolf Jr. Staff Reporter The COVID-19 pandemic was a big influence on Jason Kite’s The Red Barn Firearms when it opened Dec. 21. Before that, he, and his wife, Heather Kite, ran the antique store The Red Barn in Anoka since 2017, in the same building at 2936 U.S. 35 by their Read More …
By John Irwin “It is an extension of our home,” said Jerri Martin, who owns the business along with her husband, Dustin. “We got married very young and I was trying to furnish our home on a budget but still make it warm and inviting,” Jerri said. “I’ve always been creative and would find old Read More …
BY WENDY MILLS CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — The Canandaigua Summer Antique Show makes its return Saturday to the Canandaigua Civic Center, and dealers have lots of antiques to sell after a year of little to no sales due to the pandemic. Sixty-four dealers from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky are busy unpacking and setting up their finest pieces for the Read More …
By Mark Kennedy Chef, cookbook author and TV host Carla Hall has always wondered about an antique wooden highchair her family has long cherished. What is its history? How much is it worth? She finally got answers when PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” visited her Washington, D.C., home. It turns out that the highchair is not hand carved Read More …
By Jonathan Richie fter several years the city of Portage has ownership of the building in disrepair downtown at 114 W. Cook St. The former antiques shop and furniture strip shop had minor repairs done over the last month and the city hopes to get a developer to turn it into a mixed use facility, Read More …
By W.A. Demers NEW HAMPSHIRE — With the general reopening that is occurring across the United States in response to Covid-19 vaccination progress, there is also some good news for show managers, dealers and collectors who were concerned that state regulations would adversely affect plans for the August 8-14 Antiques Week in New Hampshire. With Read More …
By Hada Messia Italian police recovered a stolen Roman statue after off-duty officers noticed it in a Belgian antique shop almost a decade after it was looted from an archeological site, according to authorities. The headless marble statue of a “Togatus,” from the 1st century BC, was stolen by unknown robbers about 10 years ago from Roman Read More …