Q: I have an old heating stove that is made of cast iron with chrome and brass trim. It appears to be quite old and is in near mint condition. How can I find out its value? — Shawn, Bellevue, Neb. A: ...

Appraisal: Salesman Sample Parlor Stove, ca. 1888, from Vintage New York. In Vintage New York, Noel Barrett appraises a Salesman Sample Parlor Stove, ca. 1888. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...

After a long cold day, what’s better than returning to the warmth and comfort of home? The luxury of central heating in our modern homes is one we easily take for granted. No matter the era, people in ...

DULUTH – These stoves tell stories. Dennis Gunsolus knows them all. His basement is a showroom of more than 200 ornate and meticulously restored home heating devices that date back more than a century ...

Plenty of old Maine homes and camps already host an old-fashioned woodstove — a no-frills potbelly, an ornate parlor stove, or a classic Franklin stove (named for the Founding Father who designed it).

On the old homestead, winters could be hard and mean. The house had no insulation or central heating, only a Crawford cast-iron parlor stove and a kerosene kitchen range. My mother fed my father's ...

A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

Dear Doug: My husband came across this old, heavy cast-iron stove. The only markings on it read “Made in West Germany.” Is this something of value? Dear Cheryl: My, what a delightfully rusty old stove ...