The Shakers are a religious group that came to America from England in 1774 led by Mother Ann Lee. The group grew until there were 18 Shaker communities in the eastern part of the country. Some of the ...

Professor John Anthony Kassay, who taught at San Francisco State University for three decades and wrote the "bible" of Shaker furniture, died Feb. 17 of pneumonia at his San Bruno home. He was 85.

The interest in Shaker furniture keeps growing and prices keep rising. That was seen last month at Willis Henry’s auction when bidders who had never participated in a Willis Henry auction competed ...

A circa 1862 wash stand from the New Lebanon, N.Y., community is a highlight of the Willis Henry Shaker Auction Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield. The wash stand, signed in ...

A historical quest that began with small-scale antique collecting and "just kept on expanding" has made Edward Deming Andrews, Berkshire native and summer resident, into perhaps the world's foremost ...

With a bit of research and a close inspection of wood and hardware, you can roughly determine the age of antique furniture. Hunting for antique American furniture is a popular pastime, but how do you ...

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Terry Kovel of Shaker Heights got a big kick out of something her gas meter reader told her the other day. He shared with Kovel that he is a "sneakerhead" - a collector of ...

Dunham Tavern will have the 116th edition of its antiques show this weekend, one of the longest-running shows in America. The first Cleveland Antiques show was sponsored in 1937 by the newly formed ...