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| Find out where to dig up the classics and how to spot an antique. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about antiques from the experts! |
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| Brazilian Baroque |
| from Traditional Home Magazine |
| "People always run their fingers over the carving," observes dealer Stephen Hurrell as he surveys the assemblage of voluptuous Brazilian beauties lining the walls of Notus, his shop in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. "Unlike highly polished French furniture, Brazilian baroque is very approachable," notes Hurrell. "It wants to be touched." |
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| Bowled Over By Burl |
| from Traditional Home Magazine |
| Some people can't see the forest for the trees. But Antiques Roadshow stars Leigh and Leslie Keno can't see the trees for the burl, which they first began collecting when they were teenagers in upstate New York. |
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| Eagles and Urns |
| from Traditional Home Magazine |
| Federal furniture is the sleeping beauty of the American furniture market. Fine-boned and slender, its clean, neoclassical lines and rich veneered surfaces date from one of the most seminal eras of American history (1790-1810) yet it is often passed over in favor of more "Colonial" styles, like Queen Anne and Chippendale. |
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| Silver Rush |
| from Traditional Home Magazine |
| Former All-American football player John LeHeup pursues Southern silver with the same passion that he once exhibited for pigskin. The pro-defensive-tackle-turned-Presbyterian-minister has scored some 200-plus pieces of mostly 19th-century silver made or sold in South Carolina. |
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Artist Laurie Brown's Favorite Antique Stores
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| from Traditional Home Magazine |
 Laurie is something of a transformation expert, as she herself has evolved from writing children's books to fulfilling her dream of creating visual art. Today she is a successful and wonderfully talented artist who has exhibited her work in Boston and, soon, in Manhattan.
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| Trade Secrets |
| from Traditional Home Magazine |
| Leigh and Leslie Keno are a lot like talent scouts who spot supermodel potential in grocery-store clerks. Their seemingly X-ray vision cuts through the hype, or lack thereof, as they judge whether an object has what it takes to become an antiques superstar. |
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