Antiques and Collectibles

There are over 320,000 titles about antiques alone, use this search box to narrow your search to a specific title, author, or topic. Author Title Keyword ISBN Don't forget to check out our featured items below! Light: Its Interaction with Art and Antiques Brill, Thomas B.   For the artist and craftsman, light is both a blessing and a curse -- integral to the beauty of art, but also capable of physically and chemically damaging it. This unique book provides art conservators, museum personnel, and artists with an elementary understanding of the effects of light on materials. Both the beneficial effects -- those that produce color and the desired appearance in works of art -- and the detrimental effects -- those that result in deterioration and color changes -- are examined. Extensively illustrated. Includes bibliography at the end of each chapter. In 287 pages, including an index.  Plenum Press, New York and London, 1980. Clothbound Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.  Inventory # 0403273   SOLD Wedgewood Water Pitcher
	Waterford Pitcher owned by The Stein Family of Chevy Chase Maryland.  Mr. Stein was the advertising executive who designed the original Mr. Peanut.  We believe that this piece is from the early 1900's	$250.00 Save $50 only $200

Raggedy Ann and Andy Quilt
	Local multi-media artist, Linda Morgan, creates only one or two sample quilts a year.  Each handcrafted piece is signed and dated.  In 2003 her quilting arts became a living part of history when she was commissioned to create a memorial quilt for Vietnam Helicopter Pilots.  This quilt now hangs in a museum in Alabama.    This piece is for decorational purposes only, small buttons and other embellishments would not make this appropriate for use by small children.	$375.00 Now 50% off $187.50

	Barn Yard Cookie Jar $ 48.00 Now 50% off $24.00 As a visitor to the Burke Used Books retail store, you probably noticed those wonderful items on display on the bookcases.  Trish Nyhus, (Mike's Mom) collected cookie jars, this was one of her favorites.  She always liked to keep candy at the counter in these jars and would periodically change them out.  This is a large piece about nearly 10 1/2 inches tall and 12.5 inches long.