Old And Sold Antiques Auciton

Thousands of articles from the past.

Makeshifts - (Found June 29, 2008 )

So naturally does the collector turn toward expedients and substitutes that it would almost seem there must be some occult connection between things of the past and makeshifts.
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Feeling Our Way - (Found June 29, 2008 )

VERY early in the quest of the old, one comes to realize that there is often an important difference between finding a prize and securing it.
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Fakes - How To Recognize And Avoid Them - (Found June 29, 2008 )

In learning to discriminate between the genuine and the imitation the old-furniture collector comes to see that there is much to consider and that constant watchfulness is necessary.
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Colonial Finds In Unexpected Places - (Found June 29, 2008 )

MANY has been the odd bit of information given by the old Austrian, he who fought at Solferino, but none so strange as what came one day in response to a comment that he never handled silver.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/colonial-21.shtml

Colonial - The End Of It All - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE smack of age, the relish of the saltness of time; it is this which is so delightfully associated with the old.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/colonial-22.shtml

The Finding Of Old Time Houses - (Found June 29, 2008 )

HOW pleasurably the discovery of the Old Stone House, as we always called it, comes back to us! We came across it shortly after having realized that we should like to live in an old-time house that would be in harmony with old-time furniture.
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Altering The House - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Old houses mended, cost little less than new before they're ended! cried the cynical Colley Cibber; but assuredly that was very far from being the case in the rehabilitation of the once-while inn.
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Some Early Acquisitions - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE house altered into readiness, we prepared to furnish it. And it seemed that it would be an excellent thing to have each of the rooms furnished in a different style.
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The Country Auction - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THERE is fascination in the very thought of a country auction. Not, indeed, that there is always something to be picked up, but that there is an ever-present possibility.
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On Rambling Driving Trips - (Found June 29, 2008 )

DRIVING into Massachusetts, one day, just over the line from New York State, and descending a long hill into the depths of a narrow valley, we came upon a fine old house.
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