Dan Ripley’s Antique Helper announces the Spring Arts and Antiques Auction on Sunday, May 4.

BOTKINBURG, Ark. — Roger and Leigh Hughes of Denver, Colo., drove to the Antique Warehouse auction on a whim. They’ve been building a house in Bull Shoals, Ark., and decided to take a break and head for Memphis.

While East Coast and New England events traditionally vie for bragging rights to the title of “biggest antique show” — indoor or outdoor — the Great Northwest also has a claim to stake in that category, in the form of Palmer-Wirfs’

Showtime Auction Service has high hopes for top-quality coin-ops, advertising and lighting

No artifact of the past symbolizes antiques like the spinning wheel. Once found in virtually every household, these textile tools of the past are now difficult, but not impossible to find.

The West Palm Beach Antique and Collectibles show will be held over Thanksgiving weekend, the first major shopping weekend of the holiday season, Nov. 28-30 at the Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach.

As a longtime admirer of Frankoma Pottery, I was thrilled when a recent tour of Oklahoma included a short visit to Sapulpa to view the family home of Frankoma founder John Frank as well as the current Frankoma factory.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – After one year of searching for the right building and of planning down to the smallest detail, The Sugar Chest Antique Mall is open for business.

With the haggling prices of Chelsea real estate reaching the sky and all the space in between, the last of the neighborhood’s beloved antiques flea markets will close Fall 2009.

Western Americana commands a strong following in Wyoming, but many antique shops can be found in the Cowboy State’s small cities and towns. A good place to start is Cheyenne, the capital and largest city, just a 90-minute drive north of Denver.