Antiques and Collectibles

Antique cars make way through Lawrence
By Lindsey Slater
July 1, 2008
Blasts from the past rolled into Lawrence on Tuesday. About 22 different years and models of the Hupmobile, manufactured from 1909 to 1941 in Detroit, found their way to the Dole Institute of Politics on Kansas University’s West Campus. The touring cars were celebrating the Hupmobile’s 100th anniversary.
Market hot for antique stoves
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
June 29, 2008
Houses in America were originally heated by open fires in a fireplace. By the mid-1700s, cast-iron heating stoves were introduced. Many were “five plate” stoves made of five iron plates assembled as an open box. The stove was put in an opening in the wall of a room adjacent to the kitchen. Live coals were put inside it from the kitchen fireplace.
Antique car show heads to Topeka
June 27, 2008
A caravan of antique cars rolls into northeast Kansas.
Antique cars to tour area
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008
A caravan of Hupmobiles will be driving through Lawrence on Tuesday.
Avant-garde furniture makes excellent accent piece
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
June 22, 2008
Antiques are often part of an eclectic decorating scheme nowadays. Gardeners know that an unusual blooming magnolia or dogwood tree must be placed in an isolated spot to be admired as a “specimen” tree.
Vintage clothing shown in Oskaloosa
J-W Staff Reports
June 19, 2008
Vintage christening dresses, some more than a century old, will be on display this weekend in Oskaloosa.
Buyers, experts mixed on value of refinished antiques
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
June 15, 2008
Don’t refinish your furniture. Original finish adds to the value. This warning is given over and over on TV shows about antiques. But is it always true? No. An original finish on a superior example of an 18th, 19th or even 20th-century piece of furniture should add value.
After multiple encounters, water cooler ends up in home
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
June 8, 2008
Collectors can tell you strange stories about how an antique or collectible will come in and out of their lives until at last it finds a home with them.
Vintage rings of all sizes, colors remain trendy
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
June 1, 2008
Rings have been popular since the days of ancient Egypt and Greece, perhaps even longer. The Greeks said that one of their gods used the first ring. It was an iron ring made for Prometheus.
Furniture pieces serve dual purposes
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
May 25, 2008
Creative cabinetmakers have enjoyed making dual-purpose furniture for centuries. A desk with a drawer that opens to a bed, a chair that can be flipped to become library steps or bed steps, a table with a top that flips up to become the back of a bench, and other clever examples were made by the 18th century.
Some still make books the old-fashioned way
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
May 18, 2008
Ever stop to think about how a book was made in earlier centuries? There still are craftsmen making books much the same way.
Kewpie dolls, accessories still popular to collect
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
May 11, 2008
Kewpie is the name of a nude, elflike baby with fat cheeks, wide eyes, a topknot and tiny blue wings.
Old gardening equipment popular with collectors
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
May 4, 2008
Folk art takes many forms, anything from cigar-store Indians to bottle-cap figures and carved coal pictures.
Figurines once popular medium for humor
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
April 27, 2008
Jokes spread quickly today via the Internet or television, and satire can be found in comic strips, TV shows and e-mails. Our great-grandparents enjoyed humor just as much, but it had to be passed around by figurines, prints, dishes and even rag rugs or textiles.
Already costly antiques pack extra expenses down the road
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
April 20, 2008
Most of us buy antiques we can live with — comfortable chairs, dishes that go in a dishwasher, desks that can be used with a computer and vases for flowers. But great wealth allows collectors to buy antiques to look at, not use.

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