Antique Trader

New York has played an extraordinary role in American history, from the battles that helped secure independence to the industries and immigrant communities that transformed the young nation. Its waterways opened routes into the interior, while its cities became centers of commerce and manufacturing that helped drive cultural change. Yet the Empire State’s story begins long be...

“Ah…teapots!”

That was pottery dealer Garry Atkins’ reaction when Anna Burnside, Specialist and Head of Sale, British Ceramics and Glass at Bonhams, told him the auction house would be selling the Bennett and Judie Weinstock Collection.

We can hardly blame him.

Among the treasures assembled by the celebrated Philadelphia interior designers are mo...

For one penny, Madame Zita would tell you your future.

Drop a coin into the machine, and the elaborately dressed female automaton would turn her head to retrieve a fortune before turning again to drop it down a chute for the waiting customer. With her other hand, she pulled the lever that dispensed the fortune card.

More than a century later,

On May 25, 1977, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 became household names.

That’s the monumental day the first S...

The heavy statue, just over two feet tall, was for sale at a salvage yard in Wiltshire, England, whe...