...interest in her seemingly bland and old fashioned lifestyle. I hadn't yet learned about any of the exciting things that had happened during her lifetime and hadn't actually developed an interest in antiques yet either. However, I'm not sure if my grandmother would have had the patience to enlighten me on the glories of the past anyway. I was a child who definetly spoke my mind and asked all sorts...

Every time I think I've seen it all, I learn something new. This time it was about "secret companions" - the 17th and 18th century equivalent of today's cardboard cutouts. You can read about this interesting...reference; however, he's got one epaulette on his right shoulder. From the cut of the coat I'd date this to the mid-18th century, but I'm not an expert. Any idea who this elegant gentleman might be

... Finally emboldened to action by the imminent danger that Josh was posing to the nearby artifacts of the Life in a Colonial-Era Farmhouse display, I dropped my touring guide and rushed to defend the antiques.      "Hey! Josh! Josh, those aren't even nunchucks! Those are—"      But I never got to explain to Josh and the other fourth graders that his nunchucks were, in fact, just...

Ever since I watched this horribly scary episode of Little House on the Prairie when I was about 7 or 8, and people died in a house fire, I've had this horrible phobia of old things and house fires. Antiques. Old phones, stoves, architecture. It all freaks me out, because I think about how many deaths the items have been exposed to, and that it's totally going to go up in flames. Irrational? Oh totally...

Notes for this week's CBC column... Ed Willett has been exploring the recesses of the house that has been in his wife’s family for 70 years...and this week has uncovered shocking news: people in the... This one still hasn’t been opened. Bell’s Scotch Whiskey is still being made, but not the 20-year-old Royal Reserve. I think it’s the perfect toast for this house, and everyone who’s lived in it.

Antiquated Dreams is currently selling! One beautiful hand-painted cup and saucer from occupied Japan! This made of real porcelain; you can see the light shine through it! Starting price on eBay is $15, bidding ends on the 15th of October! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=270283725310 E-mail idunkle@yahoo.com for more information.

I have just out a lovely cup and saucer on eBay and I'm hoping it will sell at a reasonable price. I am afraid I may have paid a shade too much for it, but at the time had not realized the significance...from that, they are in almost mint condition. the Schumann plates are in perfect condition and they are such a lovely pattern. I will be posting a picture or two of the sets as they go up for auction

  №2/2007. Тема номера «Время декора. Искусство, вещи, персонажи» Авторы | Кто есть кто? Стивен Каллоуэй , историк, музейщик, знаток стилей прошлого столетия: отрывки...декор XVIII века – «французские бумажки» и стуковые рельефы, наборный паркет с изысканном рисунке. Об уникальном памятнике в интервью рассказывает директор музея-усадьбы Геннадий Вдовин.

...деле рассчитываю на критику, чтобы поисправлять ошибки, т.к. моя работа должна дать представление об этом журнале. Дальше будет ооооооооооооооочень много букаф. Журнал «Антиквариат / Antiques » учрежден издательским домом «ОВА-Пресс» в 2004 г., выходит в качестве приложения к журналу «ИНТЕРЬЕР+ДИЗАЙН». Название журнала На обложке журнала и в медиа-ките название обозначено...