Thank you for this information-packed video. Ordering that black light right now!

In the 1990's my interest and evolving expertise was still and mechanical banks. My ability to detect reproductions, repairs and repaints was the result of joining clubs, befriending several of the worlds most knowledgeable collector/dealers and learning from them. A Quebec antique dealer I bought other goods from took the time one day to show me techniques he had learned about detecting reproductions of antique furniture. In addition to things you mentioned; hardware, darkness of wood, refinishing, wear and tear, he emphasized that a buyer should examine unfinished areas such as the backing and other surfaces; which were not readily visible, for tool marks. Antique furniture was often constructed with hand tools and he pointed out that tool marks from circular saw marks and such could often be found on unfinished surfaces providing indication of a more recent age.

Great tip about the black light.

Just remember, the very best forgeries are made by highly skilled dealers and collectors. They know all the comparison points, and will use 19th-century wood and 19th-century screws and nails, or 19th-century ink and 19th-century paper on a 19th-century printing press. Many of them have decades of experience, and can make superlative forgeries that will fool the experts. Museums keep discovering these pieces in their collections - some of them made years ago. The easiest forgery is in art. All you have do is find a genuine 19th-century painting in the style of a well-known artist, and careful add a signature using paints that were used in the the 19th century. It takes a real expert to detect this, although the use of black-light flashlights will often show a suspicious addition.

I love your website, and you present your material well. Thank you for your channel, and I am grateful. Hope that help keep you motivated. I have been watching your numbers grow. Well done, bravo. And keep this channel growing all who read please share and like.

I love these learning videos you make & really appreciate them. My best friend & I have 3 booths now, two in one shop & anther in a different town. & this past year has been a great experience. Thank you for taking the time to make videos like this & the 101 ones too. Love them.

Very informative. 72 and still collecting and learning. It’s a good life. ☮️✌️

Very informative! Great video! I appreciate the years & time periods included. It had me looking at a few pieces in my house trying to determine the era of them.

Great video, hard to make so much info into brief video. Did not know that about black light, thank you!

I enjoy your videos a lot! At one time I used to restore furniture for an antique store in New Orleans, so I found the section on furniture to be particularly interesting. I sure do hope to make my way to Michigan so I can meet you and your family, and browse around your store!

Fantastic content…thank you

Great video! I really like my black light. Take it w me all the time. Surprised that clear n white can glow. Turquoise..yellow topaz ...even light amber. Not all green glows. Like looking at cadmium in the red orange glass. I stray away from small items that glow. I've seen items on the internet. (Think I was taken on a single marble.) Part of the learning process. Didn't know about the pottery. Yes...cracks can show quite easy. 😊

Great info! Thank you! Just subbed and will check out your other videos

Very informative video. Do you have much experience with vintage cast iron? Especially unmarked, or only marked with a small makers mark? My dad sells cast iron and he knows a few tricks about identifying them just by the heat ring, the angle of the side of the pan, and looking at the handle.

sooo helpful! PLEASE PLEASE DO ONE FOR MERCURY MIRRORS???

I just read a story on-line about someone who was strolling through an antique shop, picked up a kool swan piece marked $200+, and a sticker on the bottom was marked Goodwill, and only a few dollars (I can't remember now, but it seems to me it was

i have alot of old stuff that i am needing to find buyers for. i have had alot of it most of my life. how do you go about selling your old stuff. mine are mostly collections so one piece at a time kills my heart. and if you ever need an opinion on keroscene lamps and associated brass stuff? i worked for a repro shop when i was in my mid teens.

I am old school, but I believe an antique is at least 100 years old

Flow Flue China and antique blue and white stoneware. How to spot a valuable piece that is not a reprduction. And where is flow blue in the selling cycle now? Thank you!

My husband collects phonographs and I may take a pic of a real neat one I've never seen and right away he knows its repurposed or a newer one that was made say in India or something! I bought some 78s from goodwill the other day and there was a sign that said 45s 99 cents, LPs, 99 cents and 78s 49 cents, she tried to charge me for LPs, I tried to explain the differance and she got physically mad. Husband went to one antique store and lady got mad at him because she thought she knew what she had and didnt. I had another lady try to tell me a coke radio was way older then it was. She thought she had a real deal, it was coke, really, lady?!

We know the Musial family…..and signed stuff.

You cover way to many categories. Therefore you will always be taken. Most collectors zero in on one area. Sorry this isn’t very useful.