It could be said that auction houses specialize in scarcity and rareness. But occasionally, they may come across a piece so unique, so peculiar even, that it garners national attention. Such was the ...

Let's explore the key difference and features of two popular types of antique desks: secretary desks and roll-top desks.

DEAR Helaine and Joe: My parents gave me this secretary they have had for as long as I can remember. It is oak and has a paper label that reads “Larkin Co. Buffalo, New York, Made by our factory No. 5 ...

The desk stood in the entryway of the Ryan family home on Main Street in North Easton for decades. The mail landed on it every night after being brought in from the box. A cornucopia was placed there ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Three days before the UK went into government-ordered lockdown in late March, I posted a picture of my new remote ...

From the archives: This piece was originally published in April 2015. First of all, my antique desk is not for sale. Second of all, it’s not a desk. It’s a three-piece, mahogany Empire sideboard that ...

The Los Angeles Antiques Show isn't your grandma's rickety-rocker furniture sale. This is the event that separates the Stickleys from the schlock. It all starts as soon as you walk in: Barker Hangar ...

An old desk passed off as a Civil War memorial has been exposed as a fraud thanks to a dogged antiques journalist and a pair of "smoking gun" photographs. A civil war-era secretary desk acquired by ...