Santa Fe, Aug. 19. — Designed for luxury, the “Empress of Britain” was a giant ocean liner full of seagoing splendor and surprises as she prepared for her inaugural launch on June 11, 1930.
Decorated by artists of the British Royal Academy, the ship was an interesting mix of cross-cultural tradition and art deco glamour. […]

DOYLESTOWN, PA, - An authentic anastatic facsimile of the original handwritten 1776 Declaration of Independence has been rescued from obscurity by Tom Lingenfelter of Bucks County, PA. Lingenfelter, historian and President of the Heritage Collectors’ Society, said the copy provides definitive evidence of how the original Declaration was damaged.
The little-known anastatic process, patented and used […]

Santa Fe, Aug. 10 — Standing vigil outside tobacco shops in towns and villages all over America in the 19th century was Samuel A. Robb’s cigar store Indians.
Like barber shop poles, these silent fixtures, fashioned mostly out of white pine from the odds-and-ends of ship spars or recycled railroad ties–are the art work […]

The 54th antique paper show, is all about memorable items and documents, nostalgia, postcards, rare books, photography, movie star posters and old collectibles. This extravaganza is scheduled two days, August 23 and 24, at the XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
Considered the largest show of its kind in the Northeast, Papermania Plus boasts the finest grouping of […]

The Historical Society of Ocean Grove invites you to its 19th Annual Ocean Grove Summer Postcards, Antiques, Collectibles & Jersey Shore Memorabilia Show on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at the Auditorium Pavilion and surrounding grounds directly across from the Great Auditorium.
Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
This popular summer event […]

Antique Trader, America’s Antiques & Collectibles Marketplace, has launched the Antique Trader Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes.
Participants in the Antique Trader Treasure Hunt sweepstakes will have the chance of winning antiques- and collectibles-related prizes; prizes have already been selected for the remainder of 2008 and early 2009.
The initial prize that will be awarded is a Royal Doulton […]

SAN FRANCISCO - Art.com Inc., a leading authority in wall décor and the world’s largest online retailer of posters, prints and framed art, today announced that the company will move its West Coast framing operations headquarters from Oakland, CA, to an expanded, 48,000 square-foot facility in Hayward, CA. The move south will enable Art.com Inc. […]

Antique dealers from across the Mid-Atlantic region will gather along Historic Cold Spring Village’s shady, shell-paved lanes on Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10, rain or shine. The Village is located near Cape May, New Jersey. The Antique Show will be open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 […]

ATLANTA - WorthPoint Corporation has named Michael Slicker, owner of Lighthouse Books in St. Petersburg, Florida, to its team of Worthologists — men and women with expertise in and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles.
Michael has been in the antiquarian book business for more than 35 years. The owner of Lighthouse Books in St. […]

The sale will be preceded the evening before, September 12th at 6:30 PM, by a special event and private auction preview at the Salem Waterfront Hotel. It will be our ninth pre-auction event. It will feature Midori Oka, Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the Salem’s Peabody/Essex Museum who will present a lecture on “Myths […]