I bought this terrific little carved dog plaque at the Round Lake Antique Show a couple of years ago. I saw him in the showcase of a dealer that I know – a really nice guy who always has an interesting, high-quality small items. I spotted him on Friday, as we were all [...]

Once again, Steve took the camera to the shop last week, and took a bunch of pictures for you.  He snapped Tandem discoveries as well as great stuff from our shop partners Tom Jardas, New Scotland Antiques and Metropolis.  It’s a random assortment, and (as always) not representative of everything there is to see at [...]

As we prepare for the Schoharie Antique show, and the kick-off of our 2010 show season, I want to rerun a post from a year ago.  Following are my tips for enjoying an antique show, whether you are a seasoned antiquer or a newbie to the game .
1.  Bring cash.
Many antique show dealers do not [...]

Did you know that the days of the month in 1915 and 2010 are the same?  See – today is Sunday Feb. 28, and the 28th of Feb. in 1915 was Sunday too.  It’s the little things that make me happy.

Last year Steven’s dad bought a bunch of great old paper (early automobile advertising, catalogs, [...]

This little guy used to be part of a lovely, fancy, high end collection.  Now he lives in our house, but if he considers it a come-down he doesn’t make a fuss about it.  Several years ago there was an on-site auction just a mile or so from Steven’s family home.  This is noteworthy because [...]

Steven spent yesterday in the shop, and remembered to take the camera with him!  Yay!  As always, this is in no way meant to represent our entire inventory.  Its just the things that took his fancy as he walked around.  Some of these items are ours and some belong to our partners in the shop.  [...]

I’ve alluded before to the fact that we love dog things – paintings, figures, folk art.  So I’m thinking it would be fun to feature one of our dogs here on the blog each week.  (A blog dog — say that 3 times fast!) It will be interesting to see how many weeks it will [...]

This is a story about a pitcher, a vase, and how Steven and I learn new things.
Years ago – 7 or 8 I think – we picked up this funky blue ceramic pitcher.  We thought it was kind of cool, and kind of gross, and probably damaged (had it been in a fire? we wondered)  [...]

The other day Steven and I went to Cooperstown to hang out with our old friend Bob Graham.  He is an antiques dealer and lighting designer, and I wrote about him here last year.  We delivered some merchandise that Bob bought from us after seeing it here on TA&D (ah, it’s working!)  Our afternoon together [...]

We are getting organized to travel home from North Carolina.  I took a break from packing and took a bunch of pictures of the antiques we bought while we were here.  We found some wonderful things (in addition to the giant H of the last post) including mid-century lamps, Blenko glass, cool industrial, mercury glass, [...]