antiques

Winter Antiques Debut on Park Avenue

by Jane Freiman, Posted Jan 22nd 2010

From a Tiffany chandelier to small-scale sculpture, animals-loving collectors will find much to admire.

Spotted: Julie & Julia's Framed Handkerchiefs

by Erin Loechner, Posted Dec 2nd 2009

Follow Secret Source to learn about home and garden secret shopping spots. Fans of vintage design will love this collectibles shop.

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Top 8 Signature Vintage Collectibles for Your Home

by Suzanne and Lauren McGrath, Posted Oct 28th 2009

We at Good Bones, Great Pieces believe that buying even just one vintage piece can give any home a sense of history and warmth that no furniture store could ever reproduce. In many cases, you can even save money, particularly on decorative objects.

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Buying Antiques: Expert Secrets for Spotting a "Find"

by Laura Fenton, Posted Oct 26th 2009

I recently had the privilege to chat with Carol Prisant, author of the upcoming Good, Better, Best: Trade Secrets for Spotting a "Find," a book which started out as a column of the same name that Carol wrote for House Beautiful. Carol is also the author of both Antiques Roadshow encyclopedias, a professional appraiser, a former antiques dealer (she started dealing when she was 25) and the American editor of The World of Interiors, which is to say, the woman knows a thing or two (or maybe two hundred) about shopping for vintage and antique goods.

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Barbra Streisand Raises a Half-Million Selling Her Old Stuff

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 21st 2009

Barbra Streisand's recent auction of more than 500 personal items at Julien's Auctions raised just over $573k for the Streisand Foundation, a nonprofit that supports environmental and women's health programs.

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Barbra Streisand Puts Her Antiques Up for Auction

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 16th 2009

Make room for Barbra Streisand, or her antiques, that is. The design-loving diva is auctioning off about 500 pieces from her personal collection of antiques and collectibles. Did you know she was so into interior design? Me neither. (She's writing a book about decorating her Malibu home.) The auction will take place October 17th and 18th at Julien's Auctions and will benefit the Streisand Foundation, a nonprofit that supports environmental and women's health programs.

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Let's Go Antiquing...Online! Top Sites + Buying Tips

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 16th 2009

Antiquing typically involves getting up extra early, driving out to the antique flea markets, or spending the day wandering the downtown streets of the little town near your resort while on vacation. But let's be real: it's the age of the Internet and when I want an antique chair for my living room, I want it now!

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Meet Anthropologie's Head Shopper

by Laura Fenton, Posted Oct 2nd 2009

This month the Sundance Channel will debut Man Shops Globe, a television show that follows Keith Johnson, buyer-at-large for Anthropologie on his journeys around the globe in search of beautiful objects. Anthropologie and Sundance threw a party on Tuesday night at the Anthropologie store in Rockefeller Center to celebrate the venture.

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