Family heirlooms were a theme for our collectors this month, including Chinese vases brought home from war, a 1940s alacite lamp, a great-grandmother’s uranium glass tumblers, and a fine-quality ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: The attached picture shows an antique vase that my mother obtained in the late 1930s or early 1940s. There are no markings, and the bottoms of the vase and its pair are milky ...

After this appraisal aired, we received viewer feedback questioning Alan Kaplan's description of how art glass is made, specifically in reference to the Bohemian vase. Kaplan has since written to us ...

My pair of vintage copper peacocks or pheasants, meant to hang on the wall, are beautifully detailed and in excellent condition. Each is marked “Copper Craft Guild.” What can you tell me about them, ...

Do you like colorful glass? In the 1920s and 1930s, most decorative glass came to America from Czechoslovakia. Small Czech flower vases in intense reds, yellows or oranges caught the fancy of many ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: I was wondering if you could tell me something about this vase, or at least point me in the right direction. Many thanks. -- G. M. Dear G. M.: The first picture we saw was a ...

A Bohemian rhapsody in the Czech Republic is often played out in the sonatas of crystal, hitting crescendos with every exquisite piece, whether a waterfall of crystal drops, a crown, or a wild plant ...