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We love antiques, collectibles and the search for unique and unexpected treasures, and this website is about helping you to find our favorite places, and discovering a few of your own.
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Caring For Your Antique Brass
Restoring and cleaning antique brass without damaging it is a skill that can be learned, but get it wrong and your brass pieces can lose their value very rapidly. First, however, you have to be sure it is brass, so how to you do that? READ MORE…
Joe Ley Antiques
In search of the odd, weird, truly rare or out-of-the-ordinary antiques? For an antique lover, a visit to Joe Ley Antiques is a bit like a trip to an amusement park. The shop has been described as “an experience,” and patrons have come from near and far – even as far as Asia and New Zealand – to savor it…READ MORE
Antique Chairs – Fixing Your Old Seats
Restoring and repairing an antique chair is not a job to be taken on lightly, and it is not the intention here to offer instructions on how to carry out the restoration of an old chair. However, certain repair jobs are not always as difficult as most people believe them to be, and here is some advice to keep in mind when considering whether or not to tackle what at first sight might appear to be difficult restoration jobs.
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