Growing Your Home-Based Antique Business

The best advertising you will ever have, is when you tell someone that you are in the antique business.

INDIAN ARTIFACTS - Clothing & Wardrobe Not Many Can Afford Today

Lakota (Sioux) War Shirt (back), about 1875. Photo Courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Art.

 For several years now, I have traveled to South Dakota to a reservation to work with the children of the Lakota Tribe. At one time, this reservation covered 500,000 acres and touched four states. Today it is only about 45,000 acres. Amazingly [...]

Indian Artifacts from Antiquity

As you know probably know by now, I’m not one to sit around too long without trying to learn something new. And so, when I was visiting in Kentucky over the long Christmas holiday, there were only so many hours I could spend joining in on small talk about shopping and watching TV. I knew [...]

Indian Artifacts: Indian Pottery

I’ve gotten a little excited about Indian Pots after mine sold for $2,220 at auction. It was a older one, by Marie and Julian Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe. This piece is called “Black on Black” because of the way in which it was fired. The buyer is probably please with the purchase, [...]

Art & Antique Investment Pays off Big for 31 Club at Auction

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Daryle Lambert: Surprise News from Antiques, Collectibles & Fine Art Auction

Yesterday, I didn’t expect anything special but it didn’t turn out that way. You see, the big day I’ve been waiting for for is today, when the 31 Gang, which includes Cindy, Chris, Clarke and me, have a couple of pieces selling [...]

American Indian Artifacts

 

We have talked about the out flow of items from this country to Europe and Asia, but what about the things that are native to this country. American Indian items are bringing unbelievable prices these days, and most dealers are completely unaware of the breadth of this market.
Arrow and spear points can bring thousands, if [...]