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Renaissance Revival Bedroom Sets

March 11, 2008

Two fine three-piece Renaissance Revival bedroom sets are up at auction this week and one of them is seeing heavy bidding. With 6 days to go, the bedroom set above has 13 bids taking it up to $8,101. A newspaper stuffed into the back of the mirror from 1871 provides a basis [...]

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Grand View and Flomaton Auctions Today

March 1, 2008

This Renaissance Revival bed will be one of many Victorian Furniture items to go on the block at Grand View Auctions today. Click on the bed to see the full gamut of furniture pieces that they will be selling.
Speaking of beds, Flomaton Antique Auction also has a sale today and this attributed Mitchell & [...]

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Pricing Your Antiques For Sale

February 18, 2008

My antique Victorian pricing research over the years has been a mishmash of looking at pricing on Ebay auctions for sale (current and closed) and Googling keywords appropriate to the piece I’m looking to sell. I might go to Ruby Lane or TIAS or Trocadero or GoAntiques and do searches there, but it is [...]

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fuelmyblog and USA Today Promotion

February 6, 2008

With thanks to Blogger and Podcaster Magazine, fuelmyblog is providing bloggers in their community the chance to get their blog promoted on USA Today’s Blogger/Podcaster Guide located on the USA Today front page. USA Today’s website gets 10.4 million visitors a day so even if Rare Victorian could get 0.001% of that traffic, it [...]

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1890s Cast Iron Victorian Roof Cresting

January 27, 2008

I have 120 feet of Cast Iron Roof Cresting that I am selling on Ebay across 3 lots. Cresting was generally used on Second Empire Victorians and unfortunately, many homes that have sported this feature have had them removed over the years. The cresting I own came from an 1890s Second Empire Victorian [...]

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These Chairs Bother Me

January 13, 2008

It’s like that annoying itch that you can’t seem to get rid of. I’ve seen these chairs a hundred times and it seems that 1 out of 5 auction sales with decent Victorian items has at least one of them. They’re on page 94 in the book, American Furniture of the 19th Century. [...]

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My Favorite Victorian Antique

December 12, 2007

I’m sure everyone has a favorite piece in their antique collection and picking out just one to be “the favorite” is like picking your favorite child, but for me it’s a relatively easy choice… and I don’t have children.
Mine is a Renaissance Revival “Plantation Desk” that I purchased at a local auction, somewhat in disrepair. [...]

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