From Flea Market Shopping Tips to Yard Sale Bargains: Top 10 Stories of 2021 on Kovels.com

Do you want to know what isn’t selling anymore in the collectibles market? Do you have a personal collection you are thinking of selling? Did you hear about the yard-sale vase that resold for $303,000? Those are just some of the stories on Kovels.com that intrigued our readers. Here is a list of our Top […]

Terry Kovel Honored in “Antique Trader” Magazine: A Lifetime of Antiques and Having Fun

It started with a “mustache cup,” which protected men’s mustaches from getting drenched while sipping coffee or tea, and has evolved into a lifetime of sharing a love and knowledge of antiques. Now, Terry Kovel, 92, has been named the “Grand Dame of Antiques” by Antique Trader magazine. Terry and her late husband Ralph Kovel […]

Antiques, Bombs, Treasure and Collectibles: Top 12 Kovels Articles From 2020

Here is a look at what you, our readers, loved the most in 2020. Included are some of our premium membership articles free for you to enjoy today. 1.  Deadly Discovery Linked to Civil War 2.   The Vocabulary of Marks 3.  More Mark Information; Lesser Known Makers of Costume Jewelry  4.  Silver Marks Identification […]

Enamelists

Enameled metal boxes and plates by artists from the Boston School, Cleveland School of Art and California and Chicago studios in the 1920s through the 1950s are getting top prices in auctions. The marks are small and hard to read, but we have pictured and identified 10 marks used by some of the most frequently […]

Silver Identification Guide

The marks on the bottom of a piece of silver can be an indication of the age, maker, and origin of the piece. This mark is referred to as a “hallmark.” To find Kovels’ silver hallmarks’ database, go to “Look for your mark.” Other articles and marks can be found in” Silver and Other Metals identification guide and […]

California Potteries and Marks

Pottery Location Dates American Pottery Los Angeles, California 1940–1946 Architectural Pottery Los Angeles, California 1950–1971 Batchelder Ceramics Pasadena, California 1936–1951 J. A. Bauer Pottery Los Angeles, California 1909–1962 Marc Bellaire Culver City, California early 1950s–1994 Sascha Brastoff Los Angeles, California 1947–1973 Brayton Laguna Laguna Beach, California 1927–1968 California Faience Berkeley, California 1924–early 1950s (stopped making […]

Twentieth-Century Metal and Jewelry Designers

This table lists by country the maker or factory, location, date, mark, and other information about metal and jewelry designers of the twentieth century. Parentheses enclose the birth and death dates of the artist. Other dates given are approximate working dates of the factory or artist. The names of workers or designers connected with jewelry […]

Silver Plate Quality Marks

A method of electroplating silver was patented in England in 1840. The electrical process involved putting a thin layer of sterling silver onto a base metal, such as copper, nickel silver, a tin alloy or some other metal. Rogers Brothers of Hartford, Conn., made America’s first electroplated silver in 1847. Silver plate made earlier was […]