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Old furnishings might be for pies, jellies or sugarSunday, July 11, 2010 @ 4:41AMGo to an antiques show and you might see a pie safe, a jelly cupboard or a sugar chest.

Antiques & Collectibles: How to differentiate cupboardsThursday, July 8, 2010 @ 3:16PMButternut wood was used to make this pie safe in about 1830. The star designs in the punched tin give it added value. It sold this year at Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, N.Y., for $1,955. Photo: Contributed Photo / The News-Times Contributed

Terry Kovel Shares Five Lessons on Collecting and SellingWednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 9:13AMWhen you and I first got interested in antiques and collectibles, we had a head start. I, for one, went with my parents to garage sales and flea markets. And all of us had price guides to tell us what brands were considered "rare," and that provided estimated prices or many brands and models.

Antiques & Collectibles: Milliner's heads now more collectibleFriday, May 28, 2010 @ 8:34PMThis early-20th-century French papier-mache milliner’s head has original paint with some crazing. Her name, “Dorothee,” is written on the front. It sold in March at Garth’s Auctioneers in Delaware, Ohio, for $646. Photo: Contributed Photo / The News-Times Contributed

Toy circus parade is popular with collectorsFriday, May 21, 2010 @ 5:56PMIt took $19,000 to buy this Hubley toy calliope at an RSL auction in Oldwick, N.J. It is in mint condition and has the original box, which adds to the value. Circus toys are very popular.

Terry Kovel: Matt Morgan Pieces Date To Origins Of Art Pottery In U.S.Friday, May 14, 2010 @ 2:24AMArt pottery was first made in the United States by a group of women in Cincinnati who had seen the pottery exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Several groups were making pottery by the 1880s.

Predicting value of item at auction can be difficultSunday, May 9, 2010 @ 5:40AMSometimes it's impossible to find another collectible just like yours, so how can you learn what yours is worth?

Antiques: Pricing the truly uniqueSunday, May 9, 2010 @ 3:03AMQ. Sometimes it is impossible to find another collectible just like yours, so how can you learn what yours is worth? While checking Internet auctions, I came across a strange cast--iron clock shaped like a hatchet stuck in a block of wood. The clock face was in the center of the hatchet blade surr...

Late 19th-, Early 20th-Century Kids Loved Fairylike 'Brownies'Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 7:17PMThe Brownies, drawn by Palmer Cox, are almost unknown to anyone younger than 80 today, but they were favorites of children from 1883 into the 1930s. The Brownies were tiny fairies, all male, who each night cleaned and fixed things for humans, that is, if they weren't exploring or playing tricks.