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...seems to love vintage nowadays but I couldn't find my personal connection to the practice of filling the house with old things. Seeing a friend home recently has changed my mind as few vintage items...
I was thinking recently of all the people that I have met and befriended because of my collections. When I first started I knew no one else that shared my interest and passion but after the first y
... to sell or buy an item online. It can be eBay or it can be through numerous number of different auction houses. If you are a little slow like me you would wait until there is no other way to get th...
...he coins Friday. In addition to the blacksmith's home, the excavation site includes a spa and a large house with heated rooms and colorful mosaics. The dig is expected to last several years. ...
A friend of mine just renovated a house and took out a cast iron bathtub from 1930. Is there any value to it and if so where would one sell it?
... to sell it, contact Southeby's, or Christies, or Phillips, or Swann Galleries to sell it. Other auction houses also ocassionally auction instruments, including Butterfield & Butterfield in S.F. If yo...
When remodeling an old beach house, I found this fire extinguisher inside the walls. It is a Titan CO2, it measures 31.5 in. total length with a 6 in. nozzl, 1.75 in. dia.. It is white with the Tita
...sperware, Dudson, Flow Blue, Staffordshire, Blue & White and many others. Visit us at: http://www.tudorhouse.com/ Sincererly, Kathy Hughes justceramics on eBay...
...rts, but now I am looking for people who simply love collecting this stuff. The more you have around the house, the better. Please e-mail me within the week if you are a Georgia resident who would b...
...ng out about the attached bicycle please. A friend found it while clearing out the loft in his new (old) house. It stands approx 2' high, the seat is wooden. Regards, Steve. (**(((>< Big fish eat Li...
...ust over $3000. Now my auction catalog owner also had a copy of a letter s/he had written to the auction house stating that s/he owned a wooden chicken pretty much identical to the one sold, signature...
...spouse. Sometimes you can pin the date down within months. Or maybe we have a weird notion of fun at our house. Tish (**)))>< Big fish eat Little fish >...
...erybody seems to be calling them the BGT's now? I'm beginning to give up hope of ever moving into this house, between the weather and the workforce it'll see me off. (Thats what happens when you use...
Hi, My boyfriend and I have just bought a house built in 1910. We had a lady over and she commented on the beautiful radiators. she said that they were often sought after by others. we are wondering i
...atent of Nobility. The most rewarding phonecalls of those I made was with the Chief Genealogist at the House of Nobles here in Stockholm. The reaction I got when I described how this document had co...
The Wilderness Park Museum is interested in information on climate control systems. The museum houses and exhibits primarily archaeological collections (stone tools, pottery, baskets, wooden items, an
...ecoming positive forces that contribute to both economic and cultural development, rather than mere storehouses where a few eccentric folks preside over collections in the hope that a few tourists wil...
...man or Congresswoman. Don't allow this to pass! Tell your cyberspace friends! This is urgent! http://www.house.gov/writerep/...
.... As a conservationist I realize wood is acidic, but my furniture has a finish on it. No smoking in this house, either. That's the first question. Next, I need to know how to clean the doilies saf...
The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to keep level funding for the National Endowment for the Arts in the next fiscal year by a vote of 253 in favor to 173 opposed
... what art deco is and can easily recognize it, but has anyone seen a superb example of art deco in court houses?? :-) thanks in advance Signed: Sarah Jane Bodell...
You might also consider getting in touch with the Maritime Museum of British Columbia (28 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC
...moved on through the dark. The seller told me he had stopped and picked through the ruins of an old farm house and had found only this piece under the rubble. Upon getting the little dog home along ...
I am on the board of a historic house museum and have also been a museum professional for the last 15 years. I would like to correspond with staff or board members of historic house museums as a way o
...nterning at my local historical society. My historical society has a small musuem attached to a historic house. The museum is very limited in funds. The historical society employs one person and has s...
...orldwide. He is suspected of committing other thefts and/or frauds at art museums, universities, auction houses, etc. The authorities suggest that museums and collectors of Chinese snuff bottles tha...
Queries for museum-l and caah readers: Is it a standard feature of auction house and art gallery contracts with sellers and artists to reserve the right (whenever possible) to use illustrations of w
...Company, which existed from 1897-1960 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The man who sold it said it came with a house he bought in the fifties. I'm wondering if there's an Art Deco expert out there who can g...
...irthday in July. Anyone with suggestions/advice for the budget-conscious (OTHER than visiting the 'coffeehouses') on the best museum collections, day trips, short overnights, must-sees, good shopping,...
...information about software for collections management. Our site is a local history musuem that presently houses nearly 4,000 artifacts and is growing rapidly. We are ready to buy as soon as I gather i...
...ndex.htm 1 Hitchman Drive, Chipping Norton, OX7 5BG Telephone 01608 645576 MAIN MDA OFFICE - Jupiter House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JD Tel: (+44) 1223 315760 Fax: (+44) 1223 362521...
We are in the VERY early stages of planning a new visitors center building for our historic house site. The building will have both permanent and temp. exhibition spaces and we are starting a search f
...time back, I read a news article that stated that the original Winnie the Pooh and other characters were housed in the New York Public Library...
...in selling to other dealers? I know that ALL dealers sell to other dealers, but I am looking for the warehouse type merchant who has a great deal of stock. If you know of an outstanding auctioneer o...
... counted on one hand (OK slight exaggeration) most appear to deal with late (very late) Vicky and boring household crockery (mostly the boring UK and European stuff) ........... so Charley, Rich, Ralp...
Was it 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse' with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy (sorry can't remember the other actor) ? Slogan - 'If you ain't eatin' Wham, you ain't eatin' ham!!' I always thought it was
...aperweight Society, an archive of auctions,a list of paperweght books as well as a list of Museums which house paperweights. If you have any suggestions or comments please let us know. http://pape...
...za, is located 7 miles fron formidable Pamplona, Spain, 3 miles to the airport, and 2 miles to the Customhouse and Turnpike. Is situated into of the people of Subiza, small village rural without indus...
...a Wisconsin resale permit and sold nothing in California, but I couldn't find a single dealer or auction house that would believe this when I told them. Anyone know of any compilations of the releva...
My mother has a table as described above in mint condition. A guest at an open house told her that the table was a rare antique, and could be worth as much as $20,000. Could anyone provide any infor
...on project on domestic comfort for the McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal. The comfort in the house, the comfort made possible by technology, the different ways to view the comfort, etc... ...
... of specific companies? We are interested in everything from feasibility studies to installation, for in-house and traveling exhibits. In particular, we are curious about the benefits and drawbacks of...
...ough owned by a number of individuals over the years, Van Briggle pottery is still produced today and is housed in the former Colorado Midland Railroad roundhouse. The death mask was molded by Anne....
...ddressed to Barry Szczesny at (I'll be away for a few days.) Andy Finch AAM Government Affairs The House of Representatives is considering a bill to restrict tax-exempt organizations that engage...
... Auto Valve w/lightning bolt on each side of writing, A circle with a W in it which is underlined(Westinghouse I think) and the words Lightning Arrestor......I'm fairly certain WHAT it is (I'm no dumm...
.../exhibitions she should visit. Barbara Palmer Assistant Registrar (Collection Information System) Powerhouse Museum, Sydney...
... won't even be there to hand on the results of our 'stewardship' to the future). Heleanor Feltham Powerhouse Museum...
...st: Can anyone provide names of lighting designers who specialize/know something about lighting historic houses in a safe and appealing way? We have a dozen houses with the usual mish-mash of converte...
I'm currently supervising the packing of the collections at a historic house museum before they are transported to the store rooms at our central museum (prior to massive refurbishment at the house).
I am an Education Department intern working at the Octagon House Museum in Washington, D.C. We are beginning to plan our Christmas events and I am hoping to solicit advice from other historic house mu
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