Celebrate Earth Day 2022 With A Collectors’ Garden

Let’s call this week’s Earth Day — Friday, April 22 — what it really is: a national celebration of collectors! Antiques and collectibles are the ultimate examples of recycling. Collectors know that it is better to save and use already existing furniture, clothes, jewelry and other items than to throw them away. Earth Day was […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles June 2021 Newsletter Now Available

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles newsletter is available as a print subscription, or as a digital version that is included in the Kovels Knowledge and Kovels All Access memberships. Start your Kovels Knowledge Free Trial now or login. Kovels’ June 2021 newsletter features antique garden décor, Wrigley’s Gum advertising, historical blue Staffordshire china, tramp art, and vintage […]

Garden Sculpture

A garden sculpture should be mounted at least 18 inches above the ground. It should be cleaned to keep off moss and algae.        

Antique Garden Décor Selling Well

“Outdoor rooms” are getting new attention lately. Antique garden statuary, urns, fountains and wrought-iron benches sold well in a recent auction. Highest price was $16,250 for a nearly 10-foot-tall, English stone urn with decorative detail sitting on a pedestal base in the sale by Hindman’s of West Palm Beach. Many early and mid-20th century wrought-iron […]

Vintage Holiday Gift Ideas for Collectors

It’s not too late to buy holiday gifts for your collector friends. Terry Kovel suggests fun and useful vintage gifts. Collectors like the unusual, the historic, the durable, and like to “think outside the box.” 1) Look for a gift that will create memories. Consider the blue glass Shirley Temple set that was free with […]