At the Las Vegas ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, appraiser Reyne Haines, of Reyne Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, viewed a Tiffany inkwell from about 1900, noting that tape put over the bronze cap of the inkwell ...

Collector guns are funny that way. A brand-new shine can look impressive, but it can also erase the exact... The post 10 collector guns that are more valuable with a little patina appeared first on ...

Ahh, patina — that contentious term, that glorious transformation, that metallurgical phenomenon that adds zeroes to the prices of otherwise ordinary steel timepieces. To hell with it — we love patina ...

If you ever scroll through interior features or wander into an art corner, you’ll notice it right away: more and more people want objects with a story. With antique Buddha statues, that story often ...

COINS AND other metal artefacts dug from archaeological sites bear witness to their burial in the form of the patinas of chemicals which accumulate on their surfaces—and different circumstances will ...

Characterful interiors are the way forward in design. We all crave spaces that feel lived in, personalized, with a sense of longevity and history. So when it comes to decorating our homes and ...