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Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

Do You Own Silver-Plated or Pure Silver Items? This Online Encyclopedia Helps You Identify them Fast

Did you just inherit a pair of silver salad serving spoons from your grandmother? Or did you just acquire a large quantity of older silver or silver-plated cutlery? No matter how few or how many silver items you own, you probably have a lot of questions on your mind. Yes, the pieces that you own are

Attic Insulation Not up to Snuff? Here’s How to Tell

More Than 52,800 Roofs ReplacedYou don’t see it very often and you wouldn’t otherwise know it’s there, but attic insulation plays a key role in your DeKalb home’s health, energy efficiency and your comfort. Aside from climbing into your blazing hot attic, there are other ways to tell if your attic insulation isn’t performingSigns That Your Insulation Has Lost Its MusterTemperature differential between…

How to Deal With a Pawn Shop

A pawn shop can be a good place to get a few extra dollars if you need a loan or a quick sale. Pawn shops typically allow you to either sell an item outright, or place the item in the temporary care of the store in exchange for a cash...

Finding Treasure: A Quick Guide to Antique Appraisal

Could that old vase in your attic be valuable? We talked to a local appraiser to find out.

Why antiques are having a moment

Antiques: Look before you toss

Ever wonder what antiques are hiding in your house? There are many antiques, art pieces and collectibles that have significant value which many people

Protecting Your Antiques in Storage

If you're hoping your antique possessions will one day be worth big money, here are some tips on how to care for them in storage.

'Antiques Roadshow:' See A Whale Tooth Worth More Than $150K

On 'Antiques Roadshow,' a Fred Myrick scrimshaw whale tooth got a price tag that would probably put the tooth fairy in a lot of debt.

How much for this jar of marbles? [Antiques market]

On April 7, in our Antiques Market piece, we featured the pending auction of a jar of more than 2,000 vintage and antique marbles. Now we know how much someone

Are you an antiques collector…or a hoarder?

A person’s antiques collection is an outward manifestation of memories and milestones. But is there such a thing as going overboard? Are you a hoarder?

3 Shipping Secrets for Antiques

Discover shipping tips to help get your valuable antiques to their destination in one piece. Get shipping secrets museum professionals use

10 Unexpected Ways to Incorporate Heirlooms & Antiques into Your Home

Prolific style author and design anthropologist Susan Sully shares her 10 tips for bringing new purpose to your heirlooms and antiques.

6 Easy Ways To Fill Your Home With Antiques

From the new French website that's chock with rattan to the London dealers to know

The Art of Mixing Antiques

This week is the start of a new series discussing the topic of mixing antiques. “How do you put together a collection that gives the impression you have collected for a lifetime yet still loo…