By Maribeth Keane and Bonnie Monte

Andrew Hollingsworth, a Chicago dealer of fine Scandinavian furniture and the author of “Danish Modern,” talks about the roots of Danish Modern design, its evolution, some of its best-known practitioners, and the reason why the chair is such of symbol of the aesthetic. Hollingsworth can be contacted via his website, andrewhollingsworth.com.

I grew up with antiques, mostly English, and I’ve lived around the world and traveled a lot as well. Art had always been a passion of mine. Then I discovered furniture when I was living in Switzerland. I saw a set of Danish …

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By Maribeth Keane and Brad Quinn

As the metals curator at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, Janine Skerry takes care of one of the top collections of English 18th-century silver in America. In this interview, she discusses Paul Revere and other American Colonial-era silversmiths, early owners such as Henry Wetherburn, and the various processes and technologies used to make silver pliable enough to form objects.

My interest in silver started when I was a child. One of my earliest memories was opening either my mother or father’s jewelry box and using a magnifying glass to look at all the …

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By Maribeth Keane and Brad Quinn (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2010)

An expert on Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Art Nouveau decorative arts, Arlie Sulka joined the staff of Lillian Nassau in New York in 1980 and is now its owner and managing director. She has also appeared for 12 seasons as a regular appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow.” In November, 2010 Lillian Nassau LLC will publish its second book on Tiffany written by Tiffany scholar Martin Eidelberg. Sulka can be contacted via lilliannassau.com.

When I was an art history major in college, there were very few programs that had a concentration in …

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By Maribeth Keane and Brad Quinn (Copyright Collectors Weekly 2010)

Nationally recognized appraiser Reyne Haines is known as a specialist in Art Nouveau glass and Tiffany, but she has also just written “Vintage Wristwatches,” a book that focuses on one of her many other passions. In this interview Haines explains how the predominance of men’s timepieces makes it relatively easy and inexpensive to put together a good collection of watches designed for ladies. Haines can be contacted via www.reynehaines.com.

I was living in New York and helping my landlord get some things together for a local garage sale. As I …

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By Ben Marks

About a month or two ago, at a meeting of The Rock Poster Society, an all-volunteer San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit devoted to rock-poster art, I met a really nice guy named Pete and his equally charming wife, Pam. I was the new member at that meeting, so I was paying especially close attention in order to get up to speed on the club’s business, but my ears really perked up when Pam casually mentioned that everyone should be sure to …

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Here’s a quick preview of The Brimfield Antiques Show, which begins next week. To share your experiences at this amazing antiques event, please use the Comments box below.

In September 1959, an auctioneer in Brimfield, Massachusetts, opened his backyard to 67 exhibitors and launched Gordon Reid’s Famous Antiques Show. Reid’s neighbors gradually caught on to the idea—today, The Brimfield Antiques Show is the largest open-air antiques market in the world.

Held three times a year (May 11-16, July 13-18, and September 7-12 in 2010, rain or shine), the event covers more than 20 fields over a mile-long stretch on both sides of …

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