Consumer Affairs basically says that hotel guests can avoid what it calls the "Front Desk Scam" by simply hanging up. The organization writes : "[A]lways remember the anti-scam rule 'Don't call me ...

Desks from past centuries were designed to solve problems of the past. Where to place the inkwell? Could there be a locked drawer or a hidden compartment for valuable papers? Could papers be filed … ...

Appraisal: Texas Fall-front Desk, ca. 1860 GUEST: I found this desk, and it had been abandoned in a barn that my grandparents were buying in East Texas.

This type of desk is known by a variety of names, but often it is called a slant-top desk. Among several other things (such as a fall front desk), it is also called a Governor Winthrop desk, but ...

Desks from past centuries were designed to solve problems of the past. Where to place the inkwell? Could there be a locked drawer or a hidden compartment for valuable papers?

A William and Mary desk, ... The 18th-century escritoire, or fall-front desk, sold for $270,000 or more than five times the high of its $30,000-$50,000 estimate.

What appears to be the top drawer is actually a fall-front writing surface. A butler's desk was originally used as a sideboard or storage piece in a dining room or butler's pantry.

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Gustav Stickley’s total sales are going up, and if ...

The desk is one antique that has proved its adaptability. This superstar came in many varieties and is used as much today as it was during the lifetime of George Washington.During the late 1500s ...

I live in Staten Island, N.Y., and I recently purchased this slant desk from an upstate New York antiques dealer and would like to know more about my purchase. Is it a Chippendale desk? How old do ...