Research on Antiques & Collectibles

• VICTORIANA & ANTIQUE VICTORIAN FURNITURE in AMERICA
• THE FOLK ART COLLECTION OF STEWART GREGORY: A pioneer collector of American toys and decoys, weather vanes and whirligigs, portraits and painted furniture.
• ANTONIO GAUDI: Art Nouveau or Surrealistic Fantasy?
• SHINGLE HOUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: How a roof’s Architectural style can be used to match the environment
• NEWPORT FURNITURE: A historical perspective into Antique Blockfront Furniture and other curios in Newport, RI
• AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS IN AN OLD-FASHIONED HOUSE: Each year the Octagon House, a mansion in Washington, D.C., is turned out as it might have been in 1801
• SECOND EMPIRE FRENCH ANTIQUE FURNITURE & ART: A time for Napoleonic redemption
• 19thC JAPANESE EXPORT FURNITURE
• ANTIQUE AMERICAN SLAB TABLES OF THE 19th CENTURY
• ENGLISH FURNITURE IN WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
• AMERICAN FURNITURE IN WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
• ANTIQUE FRENCH FURNITURE STYLES
• THE FORGOTTEN ARTS & CRAFTS OF COLONIAL LOUISIANA
• EARLY SPANISH & MEXICAN INFLUENCES ON CALIFORNIA: A Historical Perspective
• ANTIQUE AMERICAN GAMING TABLES
• THE ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS OF THE WHITE HOUSE
• ANTIQUE UPHOLSTERED WINDSOR CHAIRS
• PHILADELPHIA'S ORNAMENTAL CAST IRON

• CARE, CLEANING and CONSERVATION METHODS for ANTQUE METAL WARE: Useful tips in restoring Antique Lamps, Clocks, Ormolu, Spelter, Bronze etc
• SILVER & SILVERPLATE DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA: A Period of transition from High Art to Status Symbol
• SILVER & SHEFFIELD (Rolled) SILVER PLATE: What it is and how it begun
• LADIES’ COMPACTS: Yesterday’s useful Jewelry, now a desirable Collectible
• FRENCH ART DECO METALWORK: JEAN DESPRES & CLAUDIUS LINOSSIER
• WRISTWATCHES: How a practical evolution of the Fob Watch is still a timeless collectible
• STICKPINS or STICK PINS: Jewelry for Men
• MOSES HAYS AND PAUL REVERE SILVER
• AMERICAN DECORATED ANTIQUE TINWARE
• THE MYSTERY OF IGL SILVER
• THE SILVER OF HESTER BATEMAN
• ANTIQUE HORNBILL JEWELRY
• ANTIQUE SILVER, SILVERPLATE, BRONZES AND OTHER METALS IN WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
• ANTIQUE WALL SCONCES, CANDLESTICKS, CHANDELIERS AND OTHER LIGHTING DEVICES IN WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
• FRENCH-STYLE AMERICAN SILVER OF THE 16th - 18th CENTURIES
• SAMUEL CASEY ANTIQUE SILVER COFFEEPOTS
• 18th CENTURY ENGLISH ENAMELS
• ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER WITH CHINESE INFLUENCE

• ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS: A fine mix of fantasy, ingenuity and art that produced the most useful 18th & 19thC devices that paved the way for a better life
• THE GRAMOPHONE: A story of pioneering marketing, a dog and the famous 'His Master's Voice' logo
• MARITIME & SHIPS FIGUREHEADS
• MARITIME FOLK ART: Scrimshaws, Walrus Tasks, Sperm Whale Teeth and other marine body parts as Art
• TIME AND MAN – FROM ANTIKYTHERA TO BANJO CLOCKS
• THE LEGEND OF SIMON WILLARD AND HIS CLOCKS
• WOOD CLOCKS OF 19thC AMERICA

• TAPESTRIES: A historical perspective of styles and techniques
• ANTIQUE CLOTHING: Tips for Collectors and Dealers
• CARING and PRESERVING of ANTIQUE CLOTHING
• ANTIQUE RUGS: Care and Repair tips for Collectors
• ANTIQUE SAMPLERS: Collecting Tips 
• ANTIQUE TEXTILES IN WILLIAMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
• CLASSICAL DESIGNS ON FRENCH COTTON TEXTILES
• CHINTZ DESIGNS ON ANTIQUE TEXTILES

• RARE BOOKS COLLECTING: For Profit or for Fun?
• BOOKENDS: A collectible to complement any Rare Book Set
• COCA-COLA: The Trademark’s Legal History and some refreshing Trivia

• ANTIQUE TOYS, GAMES & DOLLS: From Imports to Domestic Mass Production – some history
• ANTIQUE TOY SOLDIERS & MINIATURES: For serious play only, please!
• ANTIQUE MECHANIZED DOLLS (AUTOMATA): The right mix of Beauty and Science

• CURRIER & IVES 'EXPRESS TRAIN' AND LEGAL TENDER

• JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: The legend and the real person
• AMERICAN PAINTERS IN THE 19thC
• THE LOVE STORY OF TWO EARLY 19thC AMERICAN MINIATURES
• EQUESTRIAN AND SPORTS PAINTING IN THE 19thC
• MARITIME PAINTINGS OF THE 19thC
• MARK CATESBY: Another Audubon?
• HENRY LEWIS AND HIS VIEWS OF WESTERN SCENERY
• ANTIQUE PAINTINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON MARK

MILITARIA, US CIVIL WAR, OLD & COLLECTIBLE FIREARMS:

• CHARLEVILLE MUSKETS AND ANTIQUE AMERICAN FIREARMS
• JACOB DICKERT, A LANCASTER GUNSMITH
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSKETS