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Buying Antiques
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Antique Purchasing Poll Results
It's been almost two days since I put up the poll on antique purchasing and the response distribution has stayed relatively the same since the early votes so I thought I'd share the results thus far. It seems that 50% of
Are You Tempering Your Antique Purchases In This Economic Downturn?
I had to resist signing a check and handing it over the the dealer who was displaying this birdseye Maple bedroom suite. I am in need of a bedroom set badly and my wife reminds me regularly about the bare mattress in one
What Are Your Favorite Antique Stores?
A recent purchase of mine is the music cabinet pictured above and below. It is one of several finds that I've made at Stoudt's Antique Mall in Adamstown, PA. You gotta love an antique mall with 700 dealers and a brewery/
Questionable Antique Descriptions
I thought that I'd share a personal experience of an example of the problem with online antique descriptions. This scenario happens to involve a dealer, but I won't isolate dealers as the only individuals capable of misl