8th Annual Arts & Crafts Chicago Show Coming Up!

The 8th Annual Arts and Crafts Chicago Show and Sale will be back at Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, on Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, June 2nd. Focusing on mission furniture and accessories of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, this show will truly be one you won’t want to miss. This special event has proven to be one of the premiere antique and contemporary shows in the Midwest.

The show will be held Saturday, June 1st,...

Count No Day Lost

This week's column was supposed to be about my visit to F. Scott Fitzgerald's boyhood home in St. Paul, a side trip I had planned for last Tuesday afternoon, a few hours after leading a Minwax wood finishing workshop that morning in Minneapolis. But when a television segment scheduled for me on Monday got bumped to Tuesday afternoon, I had to cancel my little journey to St. Paul in order to catch my flight out early that evening.

Rather than flying over the...

Eastwood Gallery: Built From a Garage Sale

For Cameron Quintal and Brian Smith, creating one of the most respected Arts and Crafts galleries in the country was not what they had originally intended.

Like so many Arts and Crafts collectors, by the year 2000 their separate collections had grown to the bursting point. Cam and Brian had heard about each other through mutual Arts and Crafts friends, and had each attended the annual Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Conference in Asheville. Soon after they met, someone...

Silver Crest vase

Silver Crest vase, sterling decorated bronze, large flaring form with an applied organic design, marked, #A1010, 5"w x 12"h $300 - $400 (Treadway-Toomey auction, 3/2/13) $175.

Don't we wish all shopmarks were this easy to find, read and recognize?

The Udell Furniture Company was located in Indianapolis and had a specialty item which they produced profusely. If you know much about this firm, you may know the answer. Otherwise, read the answer below.