TOP 100 ANTIQUE SITES
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| Ralph Kovel, Antiques Writer, Dies at 88 Mr. Kovel was a nationally known writer on antiques, who for more than half a century put prices on the stuff of life, from baseball cards to bottle caps to Barbie’s lucrative girdles. nytimes.com |
San Francisco: Kuraya Japanese Antiques This nondescript warehouse on the industrial fringe of the Mission District is full of antiques, each with its own back story. travel.nytimes.com |
A Spittoon Born in England A museum director spots a rare find at Sotheby’s sale of Islamic art in London. nytimes.com |
Antiques As Interiors | Auctions Assist Antique collection has become an art form. Ever since man realized how valuable old objects are, he has regarded antiques as priceless artifacts of the ... propeller.com |
Right Anglo Camden Passage, a narrow, stone-paved street in London’s Islington neighborhood, was once one of the city’s main antiques hubs, home to more than 350 shops. But in 2001, “trading in antiques hit a wall,” as one local proprietor put it, and businesses shut down or moved away. Then slowly the street came back to life, with a restaurant here, a chocolate shop there. (And not without controversy, as many Passage settlers feared that newcomers would mean higher rents.) Now Camden Passage has fully d... travel.nytimes.com |