As a historian fixated on the start of the American Revolution, I am frequently asked what types of swords I have found that have a provenance to April 19, 1775. When I was young, I had all sorts of [...]

A fairly mundane subject, but how do you know what type of flint your flintlock should have depending on the era of your gun? On the morning of April 19, 1775 about 450 Provincial minute and militia men met [...]

Understanding comics can be a difficult area for some people. It is a field where age and rarity do not always reflect a high value. Here are some quick tips to point you in the proper direction of how [...]

CRANSTON, RI.- Bruneau & Co Auctioneers will bid farewell to autumn with an online only Fall Antiques & Fine Art auction on Thursday, December 10, starting at 6 pm EST.  The auction will feature nearly 400 lots if paintings, [...]

Knives as well as swords, can be very collectible. Bowie knives still evoke the history of the early-to-mid and even late-19th century from the Alamo, Mexican American War, Gold Rush, and the Civil War, these sometimes-massive knives are much [...]

When it comes to collecting fine art in 2020, tastes have changed drastically from thirty years ago. Previously, the market had been dominated by traditional subject matters which fell into the “Hierarchy of Paintings” first established by the French [...]

CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will conduct its first-ever Modern & Contemporary Art auction on Monday, Nov. 30, with 76 curated lots headlined by a large, untitled double-stack Blockhead painting by Eddie Martinez (Conn./N.Y., b. 1977) and [...]

In articles past, I have mentioned powder horns as something that can have no value or be worth quite a bit both historically and monetarily. An unmarked horn with no provenance is not worth a whole lot but occasionally [...]