eBay Pitfall No.1 - The Shill (Schill)

Buying Safely on eBay This is the first post in a short series we'll do on the eBay pitfalls we identified in an earlier post . Martin a...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to be sold at auction

She's a very special car! You can't sell our lovely car to that nasty man! I'm sorry, children , but I'm afraid I already h...

Buying Antiques on eBay - postscript

I should follow this morning's post by pointing out that there are, actually, some really good and trustworthy people selling on eBay. T...

Can I Buy Antiques on eBay (safely)?

It has to be the number one eBay question we're asked.  Some version of  'Can I buy antiques on eBay?' What people are really as...

Grandma's stuff - Part one

"It will be better if you say it very quickly...." -Maria, regarding bad news, in West Side Story One of the hardest things about ...

Chinese Art Market Woes – Just how secure is this bubble?

"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!" - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol We had hoped that we’d heard the last about the Qian...

A New Twist on Ye Olde Get Rich Quick Scheme

Doncha just love Get Rich Quick! schemes?  They're seductive, aren't they? I especially like the ones that come disguised as someth...

Little girls and money, Part One

A little girl came over to our table at the Wentworth Park antiques markets the other day. Let me rephrase: a mother came over to our table...

"Mommies' Hobbies" translate into cold, hard cash

I'll admit to being way behind the times, and a Forbes post I read this morning shows me that I need to get with the program. In my mind...

What is Art Deco?

A couple of weeks ago, I said that I was going to do a series about design movements. I'll start today with one of the best known: Art D...