This 19th-century, tulip-shaped vase was made with pressed glass and natural gemstone coloring. It sold for $960 at auction.
Adorned with colorful glass “jewels,” this miniature brass snail’s shell was striking enough to fetch $51 at auction.
This secretaire cabinet, made around 1830, was refinished in an elaborate East Asian style. It sold for $9,274 at auction.
Fire screens were once made of wood, leather, wicker and papier-mache. Then came the bright idea to use stained glass.
This calendar clock, which sold for $5,100 at auction, is said to correct for the days of each month, even in leap years.
This Steuben Glass Works piece contains a tiny 18k gold partridge in — you guessed it — a pear tree.
This country store Santa holds an American flag even though the North Pole is his traditonal home. It sold for $441 at auction.
Frederick Hurten Rhead designed Roseville Pottery’s most famous art pottery line, named for an Italian Renaissance sculptor.
“Fantasy furniture,” hundreds of years old, can depict both real and mythical animals. This piece sold for $3,276 at auction.
With three-dimensional designs painted on the shade, lamps like this don’t need darkness to provide decorative value.
This tea table from the pioneer of art nouveau is stylistically similar to his cameo glass. It sold for $2,800 at auction.
Though it’s adorned with the all-American turkey, this platter bears the marking of an English pottery company.
Like so much of Coca-Cola’s vintage advertising, this banner circa 1950 is a collector’s item. It sold for $150 at auction.
For six days in November 1889, the nation had 40 states. This flag from that time sold for $1,216 at auction.
Featuring familiar Halloween icons in an old-fashioned style, this card once went for a cent. More recently, it sold for $100.
Made by “the Mad Potter of Biloxi” — or “the best potter in America,” as Ohr called himself — this puzzle mug sold for $2,250 at auction.
This zebra hide table, which sold for $500 at auction, stands on the literal legs and hooves of a zebra.
This bicycle from 1930s England was built for delivering groceries. It sold at auction for $1,200 in U.S. currency.
Also, queries about grandmother’s coffee set and late husband’s Beatles records and memorabilia collection.
It may not be a real shell, but this art nouveau piece could still evoke fond memories of days at the beach.
