AGS Advertising Grading, Authentication Service Launches

The need for accurate authentication and grading has led a group of prominent experts in the field of antique advertising to launch a new company known as Authentication & Grading Services, or AGS. AGS’s principals include Dan Morris, founder of the Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia in Georgia, and John Mihovetz, known throughout the automobilia […]

New 2021 Prices Added to Kovels’ Online Price Guide!

Kovels’ online price guide has just gotten even bigger and better! More than 12,000 new prices and 3,000 photos of antiques and collectibles have been added to Kovels’ already comprehensive online price guide. Collectors will find prices of furniture, toys, pottery, porcelain, all kinds of glass, clothing, purses and so much more. Need a guide […]

Kovels’ New Price Book Hits Two No. 1 Spots on Amazon

Hot off the presses — and a hit! The 54th edition of the perennially popular Kovels’ Antiques’ & Collectibles Price Guide by Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel has climbed to No. 1 in Amazon sales in two categories: “New Releases in Americana Antiques & Collectibles” and “New Releases in Antiques Care & Reference.” The latest […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 48 No. 2 – October 2021

Halloween Collectibles … Pottery by Edwin & Mary Scheier … Japanese Inros … Goldscheider Wall Masks … TV & Movie Props … Market Report on Collectible Sneakers … Marks on Victorian Furniture … Collector’s Gallery … Prices    

New 2022 Edition of Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide Ready to Hit Book Stands

The 54th edition of the perennially popular Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide by Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel will be available nationwide on September 28th and is available for pre-order online at Kovels.com. With more tips, more marks, and more prices than any other price guide on the market, Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 48 No. 1 – September 2021

Vintage Barbie Dolls … Mocha Pottery … Midcentury Scandinavian Furniture … Vintage Oil Cans … European Ceramics … On the Road in Cleveland … Marks on European Porcelain … Collector’s Gallery … Prices

September 2021 Prices

ADVERTISING Tape measure, Abbott’s Ice Cream, image of woman wearing bonnet & apron carrying tray, celluloid, round, 1/2 x 1 3/4 in., $120 Sign, Squibb Drug Co.’s Milk of Magnesia Dental Cream, “Can’t start too early to check acid-decay,” mother & child putting dental cream on toothbrush, cardboard, 1920s, 11 x 21 in., $285 Door […]

On the Road — Cleveland: The Best Kept Secret

Mickey Wolfson, founder of the The Wolfsonian museum in Miami Beach and collector extraordinaire, visited Cleveland and returned home an enthusiastic admirer of all the city has to offer, calling it an “imperial” city. Mickey is a world traveler and acquired and donated over 80,000 objects to his namesake museum The Wolfsonian — FIU.  With […]

Pottery

Do not put water in a pottery container with an unglazed interior. The water will be absorbed and eventually stain the container.    

Tips for Dispensing a Collector’s Estate 

Dear Lee, No one warns you that the hardest part of a death, funeral and burial can come weeks later, after all the family and visitors are gone and you are responsible for jobs like emptying an apartment and making sure the heirs divide the belongings without a misunderstanding. Most people have some idea how the money, house and […]