It's Memorial Day weekend and time to show off the American flag. Flags will be flying in front yards, businesses and public spaces. Why not hunt for an old or antique flag? They are fairly common at flea markets, antiques stores and auctions. Some are rarer and more valuable than others. This flag sold for a high-flying $256,500 at a recent auction in ... Read More
The Top 20 antiques and collectibles searches on Kovels.com during April show collector interest in banks, pressed glass and Goebel. Antique enthusiasts have been busy researching:
Whether her home is a retro time capsule or just sprinkled with some midcentury modern pieces, she'll appreciate this Mother and Child figurine. It was designed in the 1950s by Lisa Larson for the Swedish Gustavsberg factory and sold for $472 at a Stephenson's auction in ... Read More
The first week in May marks National Postcard Week. Think of postcards as emails or text messages that took days or weeks to send. Don't toss that shoebox of old postcards you found in grandma's attic—they tell stories about the past and some can be valuable. This vintage postcard sold for $15 at Lyn Knight ... Read More
A bidder at a Virginia auction couldn’t pass up this scalloped Fenton carnival glass bowl for the bargain price of $67. We spotlight the variety, history and wide range of pric... Read More
This elegant boudoir safe was up on such a pedestal at a Pennsylvania auction that $5,700 was needed to lock it down. The fitted interior of the 1870s safe secured ... Read More
Do you pine for an itty-bitty Victorian dollhouse bedroom suite? A bid of $560 at a California auction nailed down this elegant five-piece German dollhouse set designed for the French mark... Read More
The best seat in the house sold for $47,200 at a North Carolina auction. Repaired but extremely rare, this 18th-century Chinese Chippendale armchair is attributed to a topnotch Charleston, S.C., ... Read More
Cats sell, and so do vintage picture postcards. So the charming cats drawn by British artist Louis Wain (1860-1939) and reproduced on early 1900s postcards are collector favo... Read More
Part of a 20-year collection of Peter Max psychedelic posters, buttons, greeting cards, jewelry, clothing, dishes, bags and more sold for prices that matched or topped presale ... Read More