The go-to source for expert antiques and collectibles information.
The go-to source for expert antiques and collectibles information.
Kovels’ March 2021 newsletter features tin windup toys, Japanese woodblock prints, Roycroft furnishings, Scandinavian ceramics, and vintage advertising signs, all with photos and prices.
Old advertising signs and displays have long been popular, especially those with trademark characters like this 1950s wooden sign of Reddy Kilowatt. Find more details and prices.
Did the FBI dig up a cache of lost Civil War gold worth about $400 million from a remote Pennsylvania forest nearly three years ago? It is suspected that the site might have held a lost consignment of gold being transported by the Union Army during the Civil War from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Philadelphia. It is a mystery, but one that may be on its way to being solved.
Q: These two apothecary jars have been in my family for over 90 years. They came from my grandfather’s hardware store n Flanagan, Illinois. I’m 88 years old and remember seeing them when I was a child. With the lids on they are 26 inches tall. The bases are 7 inches wide and they weigh 9 1/2 lbs. each. There are several chips and cracks around the tops where the lids fit in. They have no identifying marks. Do they have value?
Kovels Antiques, Inc., was founded by Ralph and Terry Kovel. Hailed as “the duke and duchess of the antiques world,” they have written more than 100 books and special reports about collecting. Their bylined column is the longest-running syndicated weekly column in the country, distributed to more than 150 newspapers. Their guides include the annual Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, which has sold over 4 million copies since its first edition.
