“It’s an honor to be expanding The Flea to a second location with the stature and history of the Brooklyn Bridge,” said Brooklyn Flea Co-Founder Jonathan Butler. “In these tumultuous economic times, it’s also particularly gratifying to create another opportunity for the hundreds of small businesses in the Flea family to continue to grow.”

Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:03:17 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [2]

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

Monday, May 18, 2009 7:26:14 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

Sunday, May 17, 2009 7:21:58 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]

Collectors, consignors and the curious alike can now get the inside scoop on hot lots coming down the pipe at Heritage Auction Galleries, along with insight, interviews and commentary from Heritage Auction Galleries staff at the company’s recently launched blog at www.HeritageAuctions.Blogspot.com. Posts are added each weekday.
 
With three full months under its belt, the blog has already proven a hotspot for a wide cross-sampling of the Heritage audience. Principal writing duties for the blog are held down by staff writer Noah Fleisher, who joined the company in September of 2008.
 
Noah made a name for himself in the antiques and collectibles market as a writer and an editor for a variety of publications, including Antique Trader, New England Antiques Journal and Northeast Journal of Antiques and Art. He has written several articles for digital publication Style Century Magazine, and also penned the Style Century blog, StyleWire, from May 2008 to January 2009. Noah is also the author of the forthcoming Warman’s Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide to Mid-Century Modern Furniture, due out this summer.
 
“Heritage is an amazing place to work, with so much great stuff coming in and out on a regular basis that no one could possibly take in the total history and value that the company represents,” he said. “With my past as a writer and an editor I can’t help but want to explore the things going on here. In my work as the staff copywriter I also have access to all 26 departments in the company, the people who work in them and the singular items that routinely come up for auction. It’s a natural fit.”
 
The blog also features regular Coin Monday posts from numismatic cataloger John Dale Beety, a young numismatist of note with a flair for making the often mystifying world of coin collecting accessible and interesting to any collector. Other Heritage employees have been enlisted and will be contributing from time to time as the rare and valuable collectibles that cross their desks call for.
 
"The response has been great," said Fleisher. "Heritage has insisted that the voice of the blog be independent, which is a great thing to hear as a writer. That lets us choose our subjects and write about them freely. At heart we're just collectors talking about things that we'd love to have."
 
The blog is updated daily. Recent postings have covered the sale of an exceedingly rare 1932 Freaks movie poster, the consignment of the Charles Martignette Estate – the finest collection of illustration art to ever reach the market, a trove of rare sporting memorabilia related to legend/pariah “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, a mid-nineteenth century gold ingot coming up for auction in April, a copy of a very rare Showcase#4 comic, the book that started comics’ Silver Age, and much more.

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

Friday, May 15, 2009 8:47:53 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]

Here's a peek at the cover:

As you can see, this week we have features on farm collectibles and vintage lighters. And, we have a bonus feature on Zippo lighters!

Click on the magazine cover to go to www.antiquetrader.com and read these great antiques and collectibles features and much, much more.

Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:01:25 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [2]

As of June 16, eBay sellers will be able to offer up to five items per 30 day period without paying listing fees, which usually run from 10 cents to $4. They will still have to pay a fee for items sold: a flat 8.75 percent of the sale price ($20 max fee).

If a seller exceeds the five item limit, standard fees apply. The new occasional-seller price structure doesn't apply to fixed-price listings.

Will any of you take advantage of this offer and list a few items each month, paying the 8.75 percent "commission" if your item sells?

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:27:10 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]

This is kind of exciting ... a good way to develop "new" antiques enthusiasts ...

Washington, DC-based antiques show producer Armacost Antiques Shows today announced a new contest, “Brighten Your Home with Antiques.”

Anyone may enter the contest by posting a comment on the firm’s blog at AntiquesShows.blogspot.com before 12 midnight ET on July 1, 2009. One winner will be chosen at random to receive a mid-19th Century English candlestick made of hammered brass (properly called a “chamber stick” by collectors). The number of times an individual may enter is unlimited and no purchase is necessary. The winner will be announced July 4 on the firm’s blog and elsewhere.

Brighten Your Home with Antiques.

Our contest celebrates the fact that antiques are an affordable and earth-friendly way to add brilliance to any home. We chose this time to offer the contest, because young couples who want to brighten their homes with antiques have an unusual buying opportunity, thanks to the bargains that prevail Antiques are for everyone, not just the rich Lots of great antique chests, tables and chairs are being sold today for under $1,000, affordable to young people furnishing a home. And innumerable pieces are available in the $500 range that can be displayed in homes as objects of art—small carved and painted wooden figures, pottery, candlesticks, clocks, quilts, samplers, boxes and baskets. I will always buy this bureau back from you, if you want to put the money toward another piece. And in four or five years, I can probably give you back your full purchase price.

“Our contest celebrates the fact that antiques are an affordable and earth-friendly way to add brilliance to any home,” says Bob James, president, Armacost Antiques Shows.

In recent months, recession-driven price-cuts have put antiques dealers’ inventories within reach of even moderate earners. “We chose this time to offer the contest, because young couples who want to brighten their homes with antiques have an unusual buying opportunity, thanks to the bargains that prevail,” James says.

“Antiques are for everyone, not just the rich,” says Dave Krashes, director of the Princeton, MA-based organization Every Collector Add a Collector. “Lots of great antique chests, tables and chairs are being sold today for under $1,000, affordable to young people furnishing a home. And innumerable pieces are available in the $500 range that can be displayed in homes as objects of art—small carved and painted wooden figures, pottery, candlesticks, clocks, quilts, samplers, boxes and baskets.”

For more information on Armacost shows, visit http://www.armacostantiquesshows.com.

Monday, May 11, 2009 11:01:01 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]

Last week we had features on militaria, transferware, and Disneyana (did you know it all started with Mickey?) ...

Here's a peek at the cover for all of you who are not subscribers and haven't seen it yet:

Monday, May 11, 2009 10:47:51 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [1]

Lots of good features in this week's Antique Trader. Check them out at www.antiquetrader.com when you get the chance ...

Friday, May 08, 2009 8:41:05 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0]