Antiques

Do you recognize this antique tool, which is part of the vast collection of artifacts at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum? Do you know what it was used for?

Many antique lovers ask me about glass of all types: Murano, Depression, Early American Pattern Glass, American Brilliant and Pyrex — and the list goes on. One of the most popular and exciting glass types for collectors is uranium glass.

This tool is part of the collection of Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum. Do you know what it was used for?

The portable record player has reached middle age. That’s right, portable record players have reached the age of 50, and that means a collecting revival is on the horizon. The 1960s and 1970s mark the golden age of portable record players and turntables with built-in speakers.

Editor's note: The name of a reader who provided a correct answer — Fran Keen of Lancaster — was omitted from previous version of this story.

I have appraised all types of clocks — tallcase clocks, carriage clocks, mantel clocks and more — for clients in all parts of the world. These clock collectors have been surprised, or even stunned, when an otherwise reliable clock just stops working — possibly for no good reason. There is a …

This month's mystery tool comes from the artifact collection of the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum.

Did you have a dollhouse as a child? Do your children or grandchildren have one? Mine was nothing to “write home about,” but it was special to me. It was homemade and I enjoyed playing with it. My dad made it out of scrap wood from his garage workshop. It was painted white. Our actual house …

Do you know what this tool, an artifact from the collection of Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, was used for?

When I see everyone from 20-something major league baseball players to sensational senior women reintroducing pearls to their everyday (and team uniform) wardrobes, you know that the values are going to rise with the collecting tides.

This tool comes from the collection of the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum.

Movie memorabilia and film collectibles are known to bring big bucks in the vintage collectibles markets, but objects associated with the history of television are just as popular — and often overlooked by comparison. Big screen versus small screen is the issue.