Broadcast for an hour every Monday at 8am Pacific (11 a.m. Eastern) on internet radio www.VoiceAmerica.com. Insider tips, ideas and products about antiques will be highlighted through entertaining weekly conversations. Please contact us at info@takeaboo.com if you have a show idea. Shows April 30, 2007 Royal Doulton Collectibles   Martin welcomes Kyle Husfloen who is the Editor of the Antique Trader Books price guide series, including Antiques & Collectibles annual price guide and the Editor-at-Large with Antique Trader Weekly. Listeners will learn about the history of Royal Doulton, marks, reproductions and current collecting trends. Tune in to learn more.   April 23, 2007 Collectible Glass: The Basics   Martin welcomes Ellen Schroy, editor of "Warman's Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide," one of the best selling price guides on the market.  Ellen has edited nearly 25 of the last 40 editions and is currently a columnist for Antique Trader magazine.  Listeners will learn about the basics, how to determine the value, how to spot reproductions  and current collecting trends.   April 16, 2007 Tick Tock: Antique Clocks     Martin welcomes Kyle Husfloen who is the Editor of the Antique Trader Books price guide series, including Antiques & Collectibles annual price guide and the Editor-at-Large with Antique Trader Weekly. Clocks are among the most popular and useful antiques. Listeners will learn about different styles of clocks, how to determine the value of antique clocks and current collecting trends. Tune in to learn more. Listen to this episode at swinton041607.mp3 April 9, 2007 Saving Antiquities for Everyone    Martin welcomes Rick St. Hilaire who is a Board of Governor and Vice President of SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, a New York non-profit corporation that raises public awareness about the damage caused by looting, smuggling and trading illicit antiquities. Listeners will learn why should anyone care about ancient cultures? And why should a citizen in the United States, for instance, care what happens to an object buried in China, Iraq, or another distant location, for thousands of years?  Tune in to find out more. Listen to this episode at swinton040907.mp3     April 2, 2007 How to Recognize and Refinish Antiques for Pleasure and Profit    Martin welcomes Bob Brooke. As an avid collector of a variety of antiques and collectibles for the last 25 years, Bob Brooke specializes in writing about antiques. His articles have appeared in many antiques and consumer publications, including British Heritage, AntiqueWeek, American Antiquities, Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine, and many others. He has also published two books on antiques, How to Start Your Own Antiques Business in Your Home and Recognizing and Refinishing Antiques for Pleasure and Profit, both with Globe Pequot Press. To read more of his antiques articles, visit his specialty antiques site, The Antiques Almanac, at www.theantiquesalmanac.com. Listeners will learn where the bargains are in antiques, the new antiques, how to know if it’s old, plus, general repair and refinishing technique and how you can make money with your antiques and more. Listen to this episode at swinton040207.mp3 March 26, 2007 Beatlemania: Tips for Collectors    Martin welcomes Tim Neely, an author and editor of more than 25 record price guides.  Tim is the author of Warman's Beatles Field Guide: Values And Identification, and is a regular contributor to Goldmine magazine, the world’s foremost print source for record and CD collectors.  A lifelong collector, Tim’s  personal collection tops 25,000 records. Tim will answer collectors’ questions about buying and selling Beatles memorabilia. Listen to this episode at swinton032607.mp3   March 19, 2007 Secrets to Collecting Vintage Jewelry – How to Buy More for Less   Martin welcomes Leigh Leshner an author and vintage jewelry collector since her preteens. Leigh has been a dealer for over 17 years. She is the author of Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry; A Price and Identification Guide, 1920s – 1940s; Rhinestone Jewelry: A Price Guide and Identification Guide; and Costume Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide published by KP Books, an imprint of F+W Publications. Leigh shares with our listeners methods of identifying a piece of jewelry’s period, style, material and findings. Listeners will learn tips for buying at auctions and estate sales, as well as good bargaining etiquette for making purchases at antiques stores and flea markets. Listen to this episode at swinton031907.mp3    March 12, 2007  Fakes and Reproductions – Tips to Help You Identify Them     Martin welcomes Mark Chervenka, the editor and publisher of Antique & Collectors Reproduction News (ACRN), a monthly newsletter he began in 1992 to expose fakes and reproductions. He has also written several books on the subject including The Black Light Book for Antiques & Collectibles, A Guide To Antique Fakes and Reproductions, and Fake, Forged and Confusing Marks on Antiques and Collectibles. Mark shares with our listeners tips to help buyers and sellers act with more confidence. Listen to this episode at swinton031207.mp3   March 5, 2007 Good, Better and Best - Why It Matters When Buying Antiques     Martin welcomes Carol Prisant who writes a monthly collecting column for House Beautiful. Her work has also appeared in Art and Antiques, Martha Stewart Living, and New York magazine. A former antiques dealer, Ms. Prisant is an appraiser of fine and decorative arts and has appeared on the Today show, Martha, CNN, and NPR and is the author of Antiques Roadshow Primer: The Introductory Guide to Antiques and Collectibles from the Most-Watched Series on PBS. Carol shares with our listeners why knowing how to tell what “good from what’s “better” to what’s the “best” will help anyone who's spending money on antiques get a good buy. Listen to this episode at swinton030507.mp3     February 26, 2007 Demystifying Antique Appraisals - What You Need to Know     Martin welcomes Sheryl Gillett an accredited Personal Property appraiser specializing in antiques, decorative arts and residential contents.  Sheryl also teaches in the Appraisers Studies Certification Program at the University of California, Irvine.  Sheryl shares with our listeners the education required to become an appraiser, common misconceptions people have about appraisers, some of the reasons you would need an appraisal and more.   Listen to this episode at swinton022607.mp3     February 19, 2007 An American Classic - Coca-Cola Collectibles with guest Allan Petretti    Martin welcomes Allan Petretti, the world's foremost authority on Coca-Cola and other soda pop collectibles.  Throughout the course of his career as a collector, dealer and student of everything related to the Coca-Cola Company, he has amassed an unsurpassed knowledge of the subject. Allan will entertain our listeners with his passion for all things Coca-Cola. He’ll reveal why Coke is something more than a soft drink.  Allan will discuss condition, pricing, factors affecting value, future value of Coca-Cola collectibles, sourcing Coca-Cola memorabilia and tips for buying and selling.  Our listeners will discover why you can’t beat the real thing. Listen to this episode at swinton021907.mp3   February 12, 2007 High Ho Silver - From Hallmarks to Patterns with guest Mark F. Moran   Martin welcomes Mark F. Moran, author of “Sterling Silver Flatware Value and Identification Guide”. Mark F. Moran is currently an associate editor in the antiques magazine group at F+W Publications.  He was an antiques dealer for 30+ years and has written nearly 20 books on antiques. Mark shares with our listeners tips for buying and selling silver, relates what patterns are popular, describes the difference between sterling silver and silverplate and explains hallmarks.  Listen to this episode at swinton021207.mp3   February 5, 2007  Antiques 101 – What You Need to Know to Get Started with guest Frank Farmer Loomis IV   Martin welcomes Frank Farmer Loomis IV, author of “Antiques 101, A Crash Course in Everything Antique” and “Secrets to Affordable Antiques”and professional appraiser for over 20 years. Frank shares with our listeners in clear, simple and entertaining language the world of antiques; beginning with basics such as what’s the difference between an antique, a collectible or vintage item.  Listen to this episode at swinton020507.mp3