Kat Briceno has been smoking marijuana for years but didn’t own a bong until 2017, when they converted an antique vase into a smoking device. (Briceno uses the pronouns they and them.) Mass-market ...

When you step into a thrift store or antique shop, it's easy to overlook some hidden gems. You might feel uncertain about ...

Of all the vintage categories that are out there, among the most difficult to decipher are those from the Far East. Almost every list of the year's most expensive antique transactions will include a ...

Question: About five years ago, I bought a blue glass Fenton vase at a thrift shop. Almost 10-inches high, it is a hand holding a cornucopia decorated with painted flowers. The vase is signed "T.

Appraisal: French Aesthetic Period Vases, ca. 1880, from Vintage Des Moines. In Vintage Des Moines, Andrew Cheney appraises French Aesthetic period vases, ca. 1880. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...

Question: I am writing to see if you can tell me about the purple glass violin with metal bow shown in my photographs. The violin is 9 3/4 inches long and 4 1/2 inches at its widest part. It was ...

DALLAS – Randy Buttram never gave much thought to the two 4½-foot tall ornate vases that graced the elegant main entrance of his grandparents' Oklahoma City mansion and later were displayed around a ...

Despite the global recession, Chinese antiques have been selling for record amounts in recent years. In the market for an antique vase or scroll? Be prepared to spend millions. Here are a few examples ...

When a visitor to a Cambridge museum tripped over his shoelaces he smashed a set of 17th Century Chinese porcelain vases into pieces. Conservators have now pledged to glue them back together, but how?

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