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Betty Lamp Holder

Q: Can you please tell me what this contraption is?

Porcelier Coffeepot

Q: Please tell me something about this coffeepot, which I bought at a yard sale in the 1960s. It is marked on the bottom Porcelier, Trade Mark, Vitreous China, Made in U.S.A.

Imperial Glass Bowl

Q: I have a beautiful cut glass bowl that measures 5 1/2 by 6 inches. Theres a mark in the middle of the bottom that looks like a G or C with some sort of symbol. Can you tell me anything about the bowl?

Coca-Cola Puzzle

Q: Can you give me any information about this Coca-Cola jigsaw puzzle? The box and puzzle are in very good condition.

Palissy Ware

These are marks of some French and Portuguese makers of 19th-century Palissy-type wares.

Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles Vol. 36 No. 3

Couture Handbags ... Carved Fish ... Obama Campaign Buttons ... European Armoires & Wardrobes ... Palissy Ware and Marks ... Southern Samplers ... On the Road in Fairfield, Maine ... Collector's Gallery ... Prices

This-'n-That

Famille Rose Bowl ... Crazy Quilts ... Blotters ... Marcasite Jewelry ... Large Collection ... Soda Bottles ... Unusual Museums ... Wicker Hampers ... "Orphan" Salt and Pepper Shakers

Nippon Convention

Dear Lee, We have been traveling lately, looking for trends and news at shows, shops, auctions and club events. The International Nippon Collectors Convention was a recent stop.

Hot Off the Press

Chain Necklaces ... Medicine Bottles ... Bed Jackets ... Chests of Drawers ... Insurance Policies ... Pyrex

Fairfield, Maine

If youve never attended a live auction, this article is for you. We went to James Julias August auction and are reporting everythingfrom registering to tracking final sales.

Alerts on Confusing Collectibles

Tiny Turkey Toothpick Holder ... Jack Daniel's Shot Glasses

Collectors Clutch Couture Handbags

Bidders werent out to lunch when this 1960s Ken Scott jersey lunch-box purse sold for $122 at a Chicago auction. We unwrap more classy collectible handbags.

Carved Fish Are A-Luring Collectibles

Heres a whopper, but its true! This 19-inch carved wooden brook trout, modeled after a real fish caught in Maine, snagged $4,083 at auction. If youre angling for more tales about the folk art of fish, well reel you in.

One Year Later: Obama Buttons

Whatever your political leanings, you should have picked up a few Barack Obama buttons last year.

European Armoires & Wardrobes

Looking to dress up your bedroom? Add an Austrian neoclassical armoire like this one. It was a bargain, selling for $840 at a Nebraska auction. Check out our article, where we show you several massive European armoires and wardrobes.

Lifelike Palissy Ware, Old & Older

If color and curious shapes appeal to you, this Portuguese Palissy ware dish sporting a crab, mussels and sea foliage could have been yours for $777. Thats what it sold for at a Dallas auction. Wander into the naturalistic world of 19th-century Palissy ware.

Southern Samplers

Girls born in northern states during the first half of the 19th century were more likely than southern girls to make needlework samplers. That makes southern samplers rarer and often more expensive than northern ones. Two southern auctions recently offered a small selection of southern samplers.