This isn't a pair of scissors, but a clamp and forceps. The Facebook page of the West Virginia Friends of Midwives says that the iconic stork scissors used in needlework began as a clamp. Midwives would use it to tie off...

A gentleman is discreet. Whatever vices he may hav...  ...rtain, I think that it was once owned by M.S. Rau Antiques of New Orleans. One compartment hides from public...

In the 1920s and ‘30s, French glassmaker René Claude Lalique produced 30 different designs of pressed-glass hood ornaments, also known as mascots. Since they were made of glass, they are quite rare.Once upon...

(Photo: Cooper Hewitt)And I don't open up my box of superlatives like that without good reason. The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum owns this rare and bizarre artifact of early Nineteenth Century Dutch origin. It...

People will collect almost anything. It’s th...  ...ited her interest. At first, Eakin collected both antique bedpans and chamber pots, but let go of the chamb...  ...re eating out of. They thought it was a beautiful antique soup dish.As with anything else, there’s a...  ...more than you thought you&...

If you find an authentic Native American basket in...  ...ou find an authentic Native American basket in an antique store, you have a real find with a peculiar histo...  ...ohn Kania and Alan Blaugrund, authors of the book Antique Native American Basketry of Western North America...

Don’t you just love toy robots from the mid-20th century, back when they were fantastically futuristic, stylized, and durable? Lat’s take a look at hundreds of toy robots from back when, from vintage toy coll...

Antique Clock NecklaceAre you worried you will be late fo...  ...y important date? Keep time on your side with the Antique Clock Necklace from the NeatoShop. This fun neckl...

Before you pay a pretty penny for an antique Windsor chair, hear what Maureen Stanton, the aut...  ...amed Wesley Swanson, who is a master at building " antiques ."When he’s building a chair, he takes a lon...  ...ir through chemical analysis.Read more about fake antiques

Talk about a garage sale find! A New York family picked up a Chinese bowl at a garage sale for $3 and found out that it's actually a 1,000-year-old treasure worth $2.2 million: The bo...