Q: My two glass candlesticks belonged to my great-grandmother. They are a transparent greenish yellow color. The base of each is a wide bell shape. From the base, the shaft winds up in a spiral to a wide candleholder on…
Dear Lee, Not many stores sell buggy whips today, and very few sell hoop skirts. Times and technology change, and there are new needs, new products, and new types of stores. Huge wholesale stores like Wal-Mart, men's clothing "warehouses," and…
Top-10 collectibles this year, according to Country Home: Vaseline glass, Swedish furniture, textiles dyed indigo blue, blue and white feather-edge pottery, tramp art, wooden birds, African-American free-form quilts, homemade memoryware, American Indian artifacts, and weathervanes. These are not the Top-10…
Q. I'd like information on the value of these glass candlesticks in the shape of the Eiffel Tower. They're 10 3/4 inches high, and the base is 4 inches square. I was told when I purchased them (for $40) that…
The log cabin was a modest home used as a symbol in many political campaigns. Six U.S. presidents were born in log cabins. In the campaign of 1840 a newspaperman wrote that William Henry Harrison was fit to sit by…