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Article Archives

Eastwood Gallery: Built From a Garage Sale
May 20th, 2013
Gustav Stickley's First Magazine Stand
May 12th, 2013
To Sand Or Not To Sand . . . .
May 6th, 2013
The Forest Craft Guild
Apr 15th, 2013
Early Roycroft Copper
Apr 4th, 2013
Buying At Auction: Six Steps
Mar 24th, 2013
Six Helpful Tips for Buying Woodblock Prints
Mar 13th, 2013
Getting the Most Out of an Aerosol Can
Feb 27th, 2013
GPI: A Few Workshop Spots Remain Open
Feb 12th, 2013
Antique Show Etiquette: For Buyers and Sellers
Feb 4th, 2013
Refinished versus Original Finish: What To Do?
Jan 26th, 2013
Should You Buy A Chipped Piece of Art Pottery?
Jan 20th, 2013
Tips For Spotting Refinished Furniture
Jan 14th, 2013
Pewabic Pottery: Detroit's Lasting Contribution to A&C
Jan 8th, 2013
Heintz Art Metal - What You Should Know
Jan 2nd, 2013
The Famous - And Elusive - "GPI Chair"
Dec 17th, 2012
20th Century Design Sale Set For Saturday in Boston
Dec 9th, 2012
Condition Trumps Rarity at Treadway-Toomey Sale
Dec 2nd, 2012
Rarity, Condition and Provenance: Which Will Prevail?
Nov 26th, 2012
A Roycroft American Beauty Vase - And a GPI Honeymoon?
Nov 19th, 2012
Well Crafted, Well Received
Nov 12th, 2012
Book Review: Bay Area Copper, 1900-1950
Nov 4th, 2012
Forbes' Roycroft Collection Nets Solid Gains
Oct 29th, 2012
The Gustav Stickley Furniture Nobody Wants
Oct 22nd, 2012
In The Mood for Metalware
Oct 15th, 2012
Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion
Oct 8th, 2012
Should I Buy Painted Arts & Crafts Furniture?
Oct 2nd, 2012
Small Group Discussions Not So Small Anymore
Sep 24th, 2012
Those Nasty, Nasty Nails
Sep 18th, 2012
Tickling the Royal Ivories: C.R. Ashbee Piano Found
Aug 20th, 2012
Sunset Mountain Pottery That Isn't
Aug 12th, 2012
The Furniture of Charles Limbert
Jul 28th, 2012
Pisgah Forest Pottery
Jul 15th, 2012
FMG Designs: An Unexpected Career Greeted With a Smile
Jul 3rd, 2012
Proper Care for Your Antique Leather
Jun 26th, 2012
10,000 Square Feet of Tile A Year? Only At Motawi
Jun 12th, 2012
Dianne Lee and Her Stained Glass Bungalow
May 29th, 2012
Cold River Furniture - A Closer Look
May 15th, 2012
From Brothers to Partners to Rivals: A Stickley Legacy
May 4th, 2012
New Stickley Book Solves Many Mysteries
Apr 12th, 2012
5 Ways to Spot a Refinished Antique
Mar 19th, 2012
The Morris Chair: An American Arts & Crafts Classic
Feb 27th, 2012
Golden Gumbo - Digging George Ohr's Famed Clay
Feb 6th, 2012
Is It Biltmore Industries or Biltmore Estate?
Jan 22nd, 2012
Making Tough Decisions
Jan 2nd, 2012
How To Double Your Money and Reduce Your Taxes
Dec 13th, 2011
Finding and Defining an Original Finish
Nov 21st, 2011
Hand-Tooled Leather: The Forgotten Collectible
Nov 15th, 2011
Who Made Arts & Crafts Furniture the Longest Time?
Oct 17th, 2011
Make It An Arts & Crafts Stress-Free Holiday
Oct 9th, 2011
Hampshire Pottery: Poor Man's Grueby?
Oct 3rd, 2011
Spotting the Elusive - and Important - Shopmark
Sep 27th, 2011
Roycroft Table Lamps
Sep 20th, 2011
The Ever Popular Rocking Chair
Sep 11th, 2011
The Shopmarks of L. & J.G. Stickley
Sep 5th, 2011
Does Anyone Really "Collect" Dirk Van Erp?
Aug 26th, 2011
"Is That An Arts & Crafts Antique?"
Aug 15th, 2011
Complex, Confusing, Contorted: George Ohr Pottery
Aug 8th, 2011
The Tragic End To Albert Stickley's Life
Jul 24th, 2011
The Bow-Arm Morris Chair
Jul 11th, 2011
Dedham Dinnerware Struggles To Attract New Collectors
Jul 5th, 2011
History Repeating Itself: Arts & Crafts Style
Jun 26th, 2011
Five Key Tips For Tile Collectors
Jun 19th, 2011
Stickley Candlesticks Steal The Show at Rago's Auction
Jun 14th, 2011
Rookwood Auction Reveals Collectors' Whims
Jun 7th, 2011
When It Comes Time To Sell....
May 30th, 2011
Wet Weather Could Not Deter A&C Collectors in Chicago
May 19th, 2011
The Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis
May 9th, 2011
Auction Fever - Catch It!
May 1st, 2011
The Case of the Umbrella Stand Pan: Was Gus Guilty?
Mar 27th, 2011
A Gustav Stickley Umbrella Stand Mystery
Mar 21st, 2011
Motawi Tileworks Announces New Tiffany-Inspired Tiles
Mar 8th, 2011
Ken Forster Identifies "The Other American Art Pottery"
Feb 23rd, 2011
Handel Lamps and the Arts & Crafts Style
Feb 12th, 2011
Is It Morse Code - Or a Secret Roycroft Code?
Jan 13th, 2011
A Suspicious Shopmark Hits a Sour Note
Jan 3rd, 2011
Dodge Silver Extended the Close of Arts & Crafts Era
Dec 17th, 2010
Collectors Find Affordable Arts & Crafts in Chicago
Dec 9th, 2010
Mr. Jarvie's Famous Candlesticks
Sep 20th, 2010
Finding Affordable Arts & Crafts Stained Glass
Aug 30th, 2010
"So, where do you put your chewing gum?"
Aug 4th, 2010
Are Pottery Collectors Simply Too Picky?
Jul 6th, 2010
Where Has All the Roycroft Gone?
Jun 14th, 2010
Forest Craft Guild Remains Elusive, But Rewarding
May 25th, 2010
Van Briggle's Lorelei Vase Still Lures Collectors
May 10th, 2010
Is That A Real Elbert Hubbard Signature?
Apr 14th, 2010
Heintz Metalware Continues To Grow in Popularity
Apr 2nd, 2010
Motawi Tile Marks Robie House Centennial
Mar 3rd, 2010
The Art in Arts & Crafts: Frances Gearhart
Jan 19th, 2010
Why Ephraim?
Jan 7th, 2010
First Roycroft Copper: Crude, But Desirable
Nov 25th, 2009
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