Sadigh Gallery Ancient Art, Inc. is a family running art gallery in New York City, dealing in various ancient artifacts of shapes and sizes.  For over 30 years, we have been mainly dealing with customers across the nation and overseas through our printed catalogs as any mail-order companies would do.  Certainly this is not very usual for an art gallery, especially for a gallery which expertise is in the field of ancient artifacts.  Our unique way of doing business has been featured in some…

News-Antique.com - May 18,2011 - 1) J.D. Salinger’s toilet - $1 million



A toilet claimed to be from the former home of the Catcher in the Rye author was listed on eBay for $1 million in 2010. The listing stated that the toilet was “uncleaned and in its original condition”.



The toilet was accompanied by a letter from the current owner of the house,…

Looming Postal Strike in Canada Could Hit Online Sellers  Auction Bytes By Kenneth Corbin

If the two sides embroiled in a heated labor dispute can't reach an agreement in the next week, online sellers doing business in Canada are going to have to reassess their shipping options.

At the moment, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is threatening a strike beginning midnight on May 24 amid a stalemate in its talks…

Shopping In  Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the city of antiques, books, diamonds, and curiosities. In general, shop-opening hours are 1-6pm on Mondays and 9/10am-6pm Tuesday to Friday. Most have late night shopping on Thursday until 9pm, and close earlier on Saturdays, at 5pm. Some supermarkets, like Albert Heijn stay…

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Did not get the jewelry, went too high, someone knew something I didn't know!  It was beautiful but just not what I look for.  Lots of  broaches and only one item with nice beads.

So I have the Sunday morning blues( lol )of what I could have had, if I had not procrastinated.

So I have a whole week to work my self up for another weekend auction.

                     "  I'm not Procrastinating.  I'm still  working on Yesterday"

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a great Antique…

Hello! I finally got the shelf moved into the booth, thanks to my husband. And a neighbor of mine had a display case that he is "storing" in my booth! " I just love free, don't you?". I've researched as many items as I can, and have priced accordingly. Not the highest price, not the cheapest price but in the middle. I have taken some photos and am hoping to get feedback, both positive and negative, so as to learn and grow. Business is very slow, but we are having a difficult time here in…

I have beenlling on ebay since 1998. I began by listing my Mom's items when she finally had to close her shop due to ill health. Mom just could not walk and lift boxes anymore.. Her pickers kept in touch and and would come to her home and Mom continued to buy .. 

Ebay was way for Mom to stay in the b seusiness. We used to love buying and selling on ebay.. I woud call Mom and let her know how much her items sold for, most times selling for up to ten times the asking price!…

A week of antiques shows 'in the town of Brimfield' kick off Tuesday!

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Ground zero for the antiques trade starts Tuesday in the tiny town of Brimfield, Mass. It truly is the most impressive of all outdoor U.S. shows. The quality, variety, quantity and characters…

With Silver Soaring, Attics Give Up Small Fortunes

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Property Lost in Holocaust Is Cataloged Online

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Published: May 2, 2011