Kovels’ September 2022 newsletter features Fraktur, French provincial furniture, British ceramics, coffee mills and modern design, all with photos and prices ...

Sometimes a vintage or antique item is so unusual it's hard to figure out what it represents or how it was used. At a recent Morphy auction in Pennsylvania, an item was offered as a "Halloween foot ...

Two-toned glass where one color shades into the other was fashionable in the late 19th to early 20th century. It started with amberina, which shades from red to amber and was made by reheating part of ...

What is "cold-painted bronze"? The term is used online to describe colorful bronze or spelter figures, but almost no one explains what it means. One online forum offers dozens of answers, all wrong, ...

Our booklet “Kovels’ A Diary: How to Sell, Settle, and Profit from a Collector’s Estate” will also help you decide where and how to sell. Furniture and other items that are worth $1,000 or more ...

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel [email protected] Nov 8, 2025 Nov 8, 2025 Collectors seek out military antiques to preserve veterans’ stories and honor historic heroes. Civil War drums are some ...

Can you put a price on memories? This memory jug sold for $1,125 at Slotin Folk Art Auction. Memory jugs like this one, with decorative items embedded into the surface, ...

Kovels’ October 2022 newsletter features Star Wars figures, Ralph Lauren furniture, Delft pottery, Shaker items and Italian lamps, all with photos and prices ...