QUESTION: This antique Irish harp belongs to my uncle. He bought it in Ireland in the 1990s. It is about 5' tall and has a plaque that reads "Capa 30, revived and made by JAR McFall, 8 York Lane ...

Sandra Perry remembers her great aunt and uncle’s home in Birmingham as a treasure trove of interesting items. “They traveled and had wonderful original art in their home,” she wrote in an email ...

A dear friend recently gave me a boxed set of eight little figurines. Each figurine is 3½ inches tall as well as numbered and marked “Made in Japan” and “Japan” on the base. None of them is broken or ...

Pop into any antique store in the country and you’ll likely find at least one porcelain doll sitting on a shelf (probably next to the vintage figurines). But how much are these delicate dolls worth?

I like to imagine the voyage of a single porcelain doll I owned as a kid. Her head was made in Armand Marseille’s factory in Thuringia, Germany. Her face, maybe 1 of 1,000 made that day, was produced ...