Pricing Guides & Dictionary of Makers Marks for Antiques & Collectibles

IS MY PORCELAIN FIGURINE REAL MEISSEN? You are right that your lovely porcelain figurine is in the Meissen st read more...

DECIPHERING ROYAL WORCESTER DATING SYSTEM ON MY PORCELAIN VASE Royal Worcester has used a unique system of marks and date codes on po read more...

LIMOGES AND BEEHIVE MARKS ON THE SAME ANTIQUE PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLATE Your exceptionally beautiful antique porcelain display portrait plate read more...

MARKS ON ROYAL DOULTON FIGURAL MUG This mark on your Large Parson Brown mug was used with slight variatio read more...

ANTIQUE JAPANESE KAKIEMON PLATE FROM ARITA A Kakiemon-style plate from the Meiji period (1868–1912) refers to Jap read more...

HOW TO IDENTIFY MARKS ON A BLUE WILLOW CHINA DINNERWARE Blue Willow china has been produced by many manufacturers since the la read more...

HUTSCHENREUTHER GERMAN PORCELAIN MARKS & IDENTIFICATION Hutschenreuther, a renowned German porcelain manufacturer, was founded read more...

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAL ANTIQUE AND RECENT CHINESE MARKS ON PORCELAIN Distinguishing antique Chinese marks from modern reproductions require read more...

MEANING OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS ON THE BOTTOM OF CHINA The numbers and letters found on the bottom of chinaware pieces can in read more...

IDENTIFYING A RARE STUDIO POTTERY SIGNATURE Identifying a rare studio pottery signature requires examining several read more...

IDENTIFYING TIFFANY & CO. STERLING SILVER MARKS Tiffany & Co. has used distinct sterling silver hallmarks since the mi read more...

HOW TO IDENTIFY GEORG JENSEN SILVER JEWELRY Georg Jensen, the renowned Danish silversmith, has used distinct hallm read more...

IDENTIFYING ANTIQUE ENGLISH STERLING FLATWARE Antique English sterling flatware is highly collectible and can be ide read more...

HOW TO IDENTIFY AMERICAN PEWTER FROM THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES Identifying American pewter from the 18th and 19th centuries requires read more...

DATING AMERICAN COIN SILVER To determine the age of American Coin Silver marks involves looking cl read more...

MEANING OF SILVERPLATE MARKINGS LIKE EPNS Silverplate markings, such as EPNS (Electro Plated Nickel Silver), ind read more...

MAKERS’ MARKS IDENTIFICATION ON MEXICAN SILVER Identifying makers’ marks on Mexican silver can be a bit tricky, as se read more...

HOW TO IDENTIFY ART NOUVEAU SILVER Identifying Art Nouveau silver pieces involves recognizing certain des read more...

HOW TO IDENTIFY RARE AND COLLECTIBLE NATIVE AMERICAN SILVER JEWELRY HALLMARKS Identifying rare and collectible Native American silver jewelry hallma read more...

MEANING OF GOLD JEWELRY MARKED ‘GF’ OR ‘GOLD-FILLED’ Gold jewelry marked "GF" or "Gold-Filled" indicates that the piece is read more...

APPRAISING ANTIQUE FURNITURE DEPENDING ON STYLE OR PERIOD Appraising antique furniture based on style or period involves conside read more...

SIGNIFICANCE OF CONDITION OF ANTIQUE TOYS AND DOLLS TO DETERMINE VALUE The condition of antique toys and dolls plays a crucial role in determ read more...

APPRAISING VINTAGE WATCHES Appraising vintage watches involves considering several factors that c read more...

WHY IS MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE SO VALUABLE Mid-Century Modern furniture is highly valuable due to a combination o read more...

HOW VALUABLE IS MY VINTAGE AUTOMOBILIA COLLECTION The value of your vintage automobilia collection depends on several fa read more...

DATING AND EVALUATING ANTIQUE PORCELAIN DOLLS Dating and evaluating porcelain dolls requires an understanding of key read more...

ANTIQUE TANTALUS IN A VENEERED WOOD BOX I know it isn’t easy to know what to call this type of tantalus, so af read more...

VALUE OF TIFFANY LAMP Please use our Text Search for "Tiffany lamp" and view hundreds of exa read more...

VALUE OF DAVIS COLLAMORE HUNT SCENE PLATES Information regarding the maker (Copeland-Spode) and Davis Collamore c read more...

APPRAISAL OF BELLEEK THORN TEA SET This is generally referred to as a Cabaret or Déjeuner Set and because read more...

VALUE OF A BUST DEPICTING A WOMAN This is a bisque or marble or resin bust depicting Juliette Récamier a read more...

VALUE OF VINTAGE FLEXIBLE FLYER AIRLINE PILOT SLED Your Flexible Flyer Airline Pilot was made in the 1950s and can be a h read more...

VALUE OF RELIGIOUS SILVER ICON WITH SAINT NICHOLAS This is indeed an icon depicting St. Nicolas. The Cyrillic notation in read more...

VALUE OF ANTIQUE 1890s WRITING DESK As best as we can tell, this is in the Wilhelmian style, which refers read more...

VALUE OF VINTAGE CLOISONNE BOWL The value of your vintage cloisonné bowl depends on several factors, i read more...