Hello all

Good morning everybody,

My name is Carrie, and I am the wife of an active duty US Marine. He has been serving for about 9 years now, and as such, we frequently find ourselves living in all sorts of interesting places. Currently, we are stationed in Phoenix, AZ for recruiting duty. We've lived here for about 2.5 years, and I have fully taken advantage of the antiques market and estate sale seasons since we arrived. I have amassed quite a collection of antiques, such as furniture, china, silverplate and sterling, artwork, books, and several other interesting articles.

One of the "several other interesting articles" is the reason I decided to join this forum. Although I have fairly well educated myself about antique US silverplate and sterling up to about the beginning of the 19th century, I would not call myself a true expert. Just enough to identify patterns, makers, and approximate ages before seeing the maker's mark on the back of silverware pieces most of the time. I have also collected a few 19th century rocking chairs, and consequently learned how to re-cane seats by hand (drilled hole, hole to hole caning, whichever term you prefer).

In the time I've spent going to estate sales, meeting other antiques enthusiasts, etc., I was surprised to hear that it seems my generation has more or less abandoned the appreciation of antiques in general, and more so of real silverware. My hope is that this is not a broad problem everywhere, and is instead perhaps just a local issue. I realize that the term "antiques" is actually encompasses an incredibly large array of categories, and so it may not be fair to universally state that the younger generation is relatively uninterested in "antiques", as it is entirely possible that interest does exist just within a different subset of that description.

Nevertheless, I'm thrilled to be a member of this community and I hope my local resources here and what little knowledge I have may be of some use to the other members!


Carrie

 

Welcome....& yes it's a common occurrence for tastes to change generation to generation....but there are always exceptions to the rule !

Thank you for your service....as well as your husbands !!

 

Welcome, Carrie!

 

Greetings!

 

Welcome Carrie, Joy.

 

Hi Carrie,show us your stuff!

 

Hi Johnnie,
Nasty nasty boy leave Carrie's stuff alone.
greg