https://urbanartantiques.com News and views about the exciting world of antiques and art. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:40:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/uaasquare.png?w=32 https://urbanartantiques.com 32 32 https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/06/26/discovering-the-work-of-ruth-grover/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/06/26/discovering-the-work-of-ruth-grover/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:11:43 +0000 http://urbanartantiques.com/?p=23079 Continue reading Discovering the Work of Ruth Grover]]> Among many reasons to frequent Lincoln City is the Little Antique Mall. It is a polished agate among the pebbles of the Oregon coast. The inventory changes often enough to guarantee some surprises with each visit. Some finds include a stellar Hawaiian shirt, a floor lamp and art-nouveau shade from the 1920s (but bought separately), … Continue reading Discovering the Work of Ruth Grover

]]> https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/06/26/discovering-the-work-of-ruth-grover/feed/ 0 Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 4.09.45 PM urbanartandantiques https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/04/01/antiquing-aurora-oregon/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/04/01/antiquing-aurora-oregon/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:53:43 +0000 http://urbanartantiques.com/?p=23049 Continue reading Antiquing at Its Best]]> If asked to describe an ideal antiquing destination, it would be a small town with historic buildings and a dozen or more individually owned shops. Drive about a half-hour south of Portland, Oregon, and after some twists and turns you could come across a town named Aurora. The green fields, 19th-century buildings, and surrounding town … Continue reading Antiquing at Its Best

]]> https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/04/01/antiquing-aurora-oregon/feed/ 1 img_1826 urbanartandantiques Aurora, OR Historic Building Inside Aurora Mills Aurora Train Station Display of antiques Home Again Antiques Wine Tasting in an old bank building. https://urbanartantiques.com/2015/01/27/antiques-business-declining-industry-build/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2015/01/27/antiques-business-declining-industry-build/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:07:24 +0000 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=12511 Continue reading Antiques Business: What Do You Do in a Declining Industry? Share]]> What do people resort to in a declining industry like the antique business seems to be? They fight. Everyone is a competitor. "They" are the enemy. But that's not good for the industry as a whole, and it's not good for any particular show. It's certainly not good for the consumer of antiques and vintage. … Continue reading Antiques Business: What Do You Do in a Declining Industry? Share

]]> https://urbanartantiques.com/2015/01/27/antiques-business-declining-industry-build/feed/ 0 Loveday Antiques Dealership urbanartandantiques https://urbanartantiques.com/2011/05/23/the-future-of-antiques-and-who-buys-luxury/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2011/05/23/the-future-of-antiques-and-who-buys-luxury/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 13:04:57 +0000 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=7832 Continue reading The Future of Antiques and Who Buys Luxury]]> Research that reached me via Facebook this morning helped confirm what I have suspected to be true for some time. It's not the ultra-wealthy who are the primary buyers of antiques. Middle-class baby boomers, and before them middle-class members of the GI-generation, have traditionally been the buyers of antiques. The research that reached my desktop … Continue reading The Future of Antiques and Who Buys Luxury

]]> https://urbanartantiques.com/2011/05/23/the-future-of-antiques-and-who-buys-luxury/feed/ 4 urbanartandantiques MiamiNationalShowA https://urbanartantiques.com/2009/01/14/jim-williams-of-mercer-house/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2009/01/14/jim-williams-of-mercer-house/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:32:26 +0000 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=563 Continue reading Jim Williams of Mercer House]]> There are only things that interest me, work, and those trappings of aristocracy that I find worthwhile. The very things they're forced to sell when the money runs out. And it always runs out. And then all they're left with is their lovely manners.From the Script, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Forsyth … Continue reading Jim Williams of Mercer House

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