Collector’s Guide

Spring Auction Season Starts With Arts & Crafts Favorites

by Kate Nixon   Good news for Arts and Crafts collectors…the Spring auction season is arriving and a big auction kicks off this weekend! On Sunday, March 10th, Toomey & Co Auctioneers will hold their first auction of the new year…

Conference Reflections

  It’s been a couple of weeks now since the close of the 32nd National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows, so I thought I would use this space to reflect back on this year’s event.   First, I am still amazed each time I see…

Removing Mold Spores

  One of the many downsides of deciding to do a complete “gutting” of the lower level of our 1972 split-level ranch house was the realization that some of our furniture would have to go into a storage unit. We picked the unit carefully…

Caring For Your Fine Art

by Virginia E. Newell The fine art you own is a pleasure and an investment, and a little preventive maintenance will conserve its beauty and value for many years. Conservation is the professional term for preventive maintenance, and implies…

Antiques Show Etiquette

For many of us our first experience as a collector may have been at a local yard sale, craft fair or elbow-punching flea market, but attending a major show requires an awareness of the value of the pieces on display, as well as a sensitivity…

Those Nasty Castors

Among the elements of Victorian furniture that Arts and Crafts designers did not always reject were castors. At first glance, they might seem like a good idea, enabling homeowners to move a heavy piece of furniture by themselves. But closer…

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