Once upon a time on the Internet: In 1997 François-Paul Besch founded Collect-Online.Com (now www.CollectOs.com), one of the first Portal Sites for Collectors worldwide.
In April 2008 the well known Collector and Expert of Antique Advertising Arts started his new Internet Project: Collectors@, The Collecting Community.
Although only little more […]

THE first (Shanghai) China Antique and Artwork Exposition opens tomorrow at the Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Center.
Organized by Shanghai Yunzhou Antique City, the four-day event features a high-end display section and previews by auction houses.
The display area has 153 booths selling jade, ink-wash paintings, stone carvings, bronze vessels, antique furniture and gilded Buddhas.
The artworks come […]

(St. Charles, Mo.) - Four important collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – the rare and often colorful decorative glass pieces made mostly in this country between 1876 and 1916 and highly sought after by collectors – will be sold at auction on Saturday, May 31st, at the St. Charles Convention Center, starting at 9:30 […]

Antique dealer Mark Scherzer is selling a large portion of his 300+ pieces of Vaseline Glass at the Historic Burlington Antique and Art Emporium in Burlington City, New Jersey. Collecting for more than 20 years, Mark states, “I love the mystery of the glass and how it glows in the sunlight, but I must downsize.”
Created […]

Flamingo Eventz is very pleased to announce the return and revitalization of the only antique Book and Paper Shows in Westchester - now at a fabulous new location - the newly built, luxurious DoubleTree Hotel, in Tarrytown, New York.
“The dealers want this show and the customers want this show, and they want it in Tarrytown […]

The Czech Collectors Association (CCA) is dedicated to the Austrian, Bohemian and Czechoslovakian Decorative Arts. Its mission is to foster the collection, research and appreciation of the Decorative Arts from the years 1850 - 1940. The CCA will hold its next convention June 12 through 15 in Nashville, Tennessee. Come join collectors of all ages […]

Nippon collectors and dealers from all over the United States, Canada and Japan will be meeting for their 27th annual convention at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio, (just outside Columbus) July 31 through August 2. Educational programs and seminars are planned for both veteran collectors and beginners.
The convention fee includes dinner on Thursday and […]

The largest antique & collectible market in California will be held on Sunday, May 18th at Long Beach Veterans Stadium featuring over 800 dealers.
Architectural items, shabby chic, metro, modern and retro, dining room sets, china, posters, fine art, pottery, oak , rattan, mahogany, mission style and pine furniture, antique toys, country store collectibles, china cabinets, […]

April 25, 2008–I was one of those kids who couldn’t get enough of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. In fact, when I got a set of Dale Evans cut-outs complete with all her fringed garb, I played with them until the cardboard fell apart in my hands.
Talk about loyalty and a walk down memory […]

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com - Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American Indian and Ethnographic Art on Saturday, May 10th at 10:00 a.m. in its Boston gallery. According to Douglas Deihl, director of Skinner’s American Indian and Ethnographic Art department, […]