Antique Auction Forum

David Schorsch discusses his early age of collecting and learning. While most kids were reading comic books, this childhood antique prodigy coveted new issues of The Magazine Antiques.  David gets into details on what makes something a special piece, whether formal, folk or country. He also talks about some of the finer pieces he has handled over the years. David, along with financial partner Eileen Smiles have beautiful selection available at their Woodbury Connecticut shop and are one of the select dealers at the New York Winter Antiques Show. Check out their website: americanantiqueart.com

Martin visits R. Jorgensen Antiques one of the finest family owned shops along the Northeast coast, located in Wells, Maine. This podcast is an interview with Ric Jorgensen about the company beginnings and what the current market is like, plus more. Visit www.rjorgensen.com

You have seen him and his bother Leslie hundreds of times on the  PBS Antiques Roadshow, Leigh Keno and Martin discuss aspects of Keno Auctions, (est. in 2009), fine Period American furniture, and the effects of restorations of vintage autos to fine period furniture. They also talk about Modern Art, today's hot trends and more. Check out: kenoauctions.com Also, check out Keno Bros line of furniture: kenobroscollection.com

Martin talks to estate sale specialist & entrepreneur Cari Cucksley of the popular reality show, HGTV's Cash & Cari. They discuss what has happened to her life since cameras have starting rolling, interesting behind the scenes of an estate sale and more. Check out the following websites:  repurposeshop.com & repurposeestate.com

A great interview with one of the trade's hardest workers. Laura Trueman has warehouses nationwide supplying props to 20 major motion pictures a year. Head's up, she is looking for scouts!     Check out truetiques.com

Martin speaks with a very accomplished artist who portrays "romantic realism" in his work. He is a winner of the Don B. Huntley, Spirit of The West Award among many accomplishments. Kyle is one of the very few artists accepted in the prestigious  Coeur d'Alene Art Auctions. Listen in to hear of his beginnings and what it takes to compose one of his paintings – from napkin drawing to finished work. Visit Kyle's website: www.kylepolzin.com

One of our most fascinating guests of all times, former FBI Special Agent Robert Wittman, author of  NY Times Best Seller "Priceless" speaks with Martin about  traveling the world while posing undercover retrieving a quarter of a billion dollars worth of stolen artworks, Rembrandts, Picassos, ancient artifacts and much more. Robert also discusses aspects of his current business, how to protect your art and what he can do to help you.  SHOW NOTES Check out http://www.robertwittmaninc.com

Steiff's Official Consultant Archivist Rebekah Kaufman, AKA Steiffgal joins Martin and greets all our listeners with teddy bear hugs. A very enthusiastic guest who is passionate about collecting Steiff and preserving the Steiff legacy. Listen in for lots of helpful information and interesting facts (it all started with undergarments) about collecting, rare finds, identifying, restoration and more.   Click here for Show Notes.  http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com Send an email to Steiffgal

Listen in to a roundtable informative chat with worthpoint.com CEO Will Seippel, Maggie Turnipseed, Audra Blevins, Mike Wilcox, Jason Robins joined by host Martin Willis. They chat about the success of sponsoring The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, the launch of marksandlibrary.com a data source for over 40k marks of all kinds of marks of your antiques and collectibles. Jason Robins speaks about the remaking of goantiques.com which will launch in March, 2012. SHOW NOTES

Episode 2 of 2, we interview Miami Show dealers: Philip Chasen on Galle Glass; Vivienne Hall on Picasso Ceramics and Arty Unger on Georg Jensen Silver.     Check out informational websites. Philip Chasen Antiques (Galle Glass): chasenantiques.com Squire Antiques (Picasso Ceramics): trocadero.com/squireantiques Imagination Unlimited (Georg Jensen): imaginationunlimited.com