Blue Glass – Azure to Cobalt Glassware of the Depression Era

UAA Team | February 28, 2010

Beautiful blue depression era glass came in every shade from deepest cobalt to transparent azure and it remains one of the most popular colors. Let’s look at the glassware you can enjoy in your home.
Hazel Atlas made deep cobalt blue glass in several depression patterns, notably Moderntone, Aurora, Royal Lace, Newport and New Century.
The gorgeous [...]

Victorian Furniture at Mid Cities and Grapevine Antique Malls

ewmiller | February 27, 2010

Two more antique malls in the north Dallas suburbs were on the agenda today. One constant theme running through them both seemed to be an abundance of Victorian-era furniture. Victorian of course isn’t technically a style, but a time period, yet if there was a style that could be most associated with the Victorian era, [...]

A Visit to the Trinity Antiques District in Dallas

Geo | February 26, 2010

White Elephant Antiques in the Trinity Antiques District

I know of several cities that have “antique districts,” but none seem to have the mass of the Trinity Antiques District in Dallas. A map handed to us at the first stop, a higher-end mall called Lost…antiques, lists more than thirty shops and more than forty points of interest, including UPS and several restaurants. [...]

First Superman Comic Brings $1 Million

Geo | February 22, 2010

It may be a bird or a plane, but it’s no longer pie in the sky. The first Superman comic book has fetched $1 million at auction.
ComicConnect.com sold an extremely rare, top-condition copy of the world’s most coveted comic book for exactly $1,000,000. That figure is more than three times higher than the prior record-holder, [...]

A Gaggle of Interests – Feb 7, 2010

UAA Team | February 7, 2010

In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or have the capability of examining the items in person in some cases. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily in [...]

What’s Behind Hillary?

Geo | February 7, 2010

I’m not sure where Hillary Clinton was for this interview, but I did recognize the porcelain behind her from a recent auction at Sotheby’s. A similar plate from the collection of Elinor Gordon brought $21,250 January 23.
Sotheby’s provided these details:  ”A relatively small number of orange ‘Fitzhugh’ dinner wares appear to survive, and of these some [...]

Poster Show for First-Time Buyers Opens in Feb.

Geo | January 29, 2010

The International Poster Center will offer more than 400 original vintage posters from the latter half of the 20th century in its second Modern Poster Auction. Featuring posters from around the world, this show explores the unbridled creativity that defined graphic advertising from the 1950s onward. All items are on view February 1 – February [...]

Ma Weidu on Collecting Chinese Antiques

Sun | January 28, 2010

Fifty-three-year-old Ma Weidu (or Weidu Ma in western tradition as Ma is his surname) began his collection in the 1980s. At that time, people rarely collected antiques and he just called what he bought “small old items”. The first antique he collected is a porcelain hanging panel, for which he spent 1,600 yuan, or over [...]

The Journey of Antiquing — 6

UAA Team | January 25, 2010

The Right Angle: Fun first, passion second.
Regardless of the economy, the prospects for the antiques business would not look bright without extending its customer base to younger generations. But is there a sure-fire approach?
First of all, I strongly disagree that younger generations would not develop interests in antiques until they grow older. Most of [...]

An Innovative Presentation of Antiques

Sophie Fuller | January 25, 2010

Inside the American Folk Art Museum

I’ve just returned from visiting several of the antique shows during Antiques Week in NY, where I was pleasantly surprised by the American Antiques Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion (see photo at link below). Having believed for some time that the ability to attract a new generation of collectors lies in adapting more modern merchandising [...]