2024Thousand Planet Auction HouseCollection of Vintage Qing Dynasty Carnelian 4 Bamboo Shaped Beads, c. 1644-1912See Sold Price
2024Freeman's | HindmanA Classical Stencil-Decorated Faux Bamboo Pine Bow-Front Dressing TableSee Sold Price
2024Apple Tree Auction CenterBamboo Style Shelf 78 x 30 x 14 in. (198.1 x 76.2 x 35.6 cm.)See Sold Price
2024Apple Tree Auction CenterMid-Century Bamboo Style Coffee Table 16 x 36 x 18 in. (40.6 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm.)See Sold Price
Furniture Specific: Comfortable seating CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – What is that you are sitting on? No, not your hands or your backside. I mean the piece of furniture that is supporting you. A stool? A chair? A couch? But beyond that what exactly is in contact with your sitter?
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 12, 2014BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Expensive woods like teak or mahogany, marble, stone and other materials used to make expensive furniture are often imitated by a painted surface. Faux finishes have been used since the days of ancient Egypt. The Greeks and Romans admired murals that were examples trompe l’oiel (fool-the-eye) paintings. Life-size objects on tables, half-open […]
Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of Sept. 5, 2011Sundials are not just garden ornaments. They can tell time if set up properly. They have been made for centuries and collectors search for the flat type called “equatorial” or “equinoctial” sundials by experts, and other types like those made to hang on a wall or those that are spherical or cone-shaped. The age, maker, […]
Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of July 18, 2011Sometimes “fake” is fine in the world of collectors. There are examples of “faux” marble made from plain white marble with a skillfully painted marblelike pattern. Inexpensive woods were grain-painted. Jewelry was made with foil-backed glass that resembled diamonds. All of these “fakes” can be valuable today. One of the most interesting uses of substitute […]