• Tiffany on Display
  Japanese toys gross $700K in November auction
  
• Antiques make the holiday bright
  Grandma's quilts provided warmth from the heart
  
• Good books are found in the past
  "American Pickers" coming to television
• AT Inbox: Collecting is a family affair
  Glass museum launches drive to clear mortgage
  
• Art restoration company reveals $300K Duncanson painting
  Have you started your Wish List yet?
  
• Inaugural Baltimore Big Flea draws the crowds
• Ask AT: Mid-century take on bentwood rocker is worth $275

Tiffany on Display: Colo. collector shares his passion with the world

ASPEN, Colo. – One collector's lifelong passion for the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany will be on display for the entire world to enjoy in what's being called the grandest exhibit on the world's greatest glass artist.

Carl Heck has spent the last 35 years researching, collecting and selling Tiffany-made glass worldwide.

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Japanese toys gross $700K in November auction

Over $700,000 of some of the rarest Japanese superheroes, die-cast, vinyl, robots, and space toys was sold at Morphy's Nov. 13-14 auction in Denver, Pa.

New Jersey-based collector Marc Solondz consigned the very impressive toy collection of nearly 1,500 lots, with most of these toys either boxed or in their original plastic packaging.

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Antiques make the holiday bright

This week's issue brings us that much closer to the holidays. It seems they come faster and faster every year.

In our neck of the woods folks started displaying holiday lights two weeks before Thanksgiving. Don't get me wrong – I like lights, but they make me think about the holidays earlier than I'm mentally prepared to do.

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Grandma's quilts provided warmth from the heart

Growing up in one of the poorest areas in the state of Ohio was seldom fun but was often challenging. A lot of people went hungry every day, were homeless or without jobs. Somewhat like today's economy situation. And while some felt more fortunate than others, they were far from being wealthy. For us, there never seemed to be enough money to go around, but there was always food on the table and we always had plenty of quilts for warmth, thanks to my grandmother.

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Good books are found in the past

When was the last time you enjoyed a truly good book? What lines the shelves of your personal library? Sometimes to figure out where we're going, or need to go, we need to look back at the past. In the world of literature, to read or collect, looking back can be the best step forward, as author Richard Russell points out in the new edition of Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide.

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AT Inbox: Collecting is a family affair

Answers to questions of the week and an interesting response to the "What's on tap" article we ran a couple of weeks ago.

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Glass museum launches drive to clear mortgage

WESTON, W.Va. – Match the Money – and the Museum Is Ours! was the rallying cry that launched an ambitious fund drive for the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia. Dean Six, Executive Director of the museum, told nearly 100 attendees that "an anonymous donor has stepped forward who will match every dollar with a dollar."

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Art restoration company reveals $300K Duncanson painting

CINCINNATI – The dingy dirty canvas showed up at Doug Eisele's Old World Restorations in Cincinnati in March 2009. The owner of the painting, a dentist from London, Ky., had rescued the work from an obscure corner in ClaireBourne Antiques in Lexington by paying $900.

When Eisele saw the painting he remarked, "That's a nice painting," which turned out to be an understatement of some magnitude.

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Have you started your wish list yet?

You know the people buying your holiday gifts try to do their best, but sometimes it's hard from them to know what you really want – or is it? Don't make them sweat shopping for information about the things you collect, or go with their own best guess, give them your Wish List from Shop.Collect.com. Click on My Wish List to get started - you pick what you like, and then e-mail the list to family and friends. It's that easy.

All you need to do is log in or set up an account to create Your Wish List!

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Inaugural Baltimore Big Flea draws the crowds

TIMONIUM, Md. – More than 8,500 show-goers attended opening day of the Baltimore Big Flea – D'Amore Promotions' newest venture – and business was brisk.

The Baltimore Sun called the event a "new kind of flea market" – where fine antiques meet moderately priced collectibles.

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Ask AT: Mid-century take on bentwood rocker is worth $275

This week, Barbara Eash tells us about a trio of rocking chairs that readers sent in for inquiry, including this shiny, bright chrome "bentwood" version.

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