Butternut wood was used to make this pie safe in about 1830. The star designs in the punched tin give it added value. It sold this year at Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, N.Y., for ,955. Go to an antique ...

Go to an antique show and you might see a pie safe, jelly cupboard or sugar chest. But most beginning collectors would call each a “cupboard” or “chest” with no idea how the furniture was originally ...

Part of the fun of antiques is learning about how people lived in the past. You can often find new uses for items whose purposes have become obsolete. This softwood cupboard with painted and punched ...

Take a look at Wendell D. Garrett's appraisal of a Walnut Pie Safe, ca. 1865, in Vintage Los Angeles. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines. Additional ...

I inherited this pie safe from my father, and I believe the tins were hand-punched because I remember my father telling me how it was done. I would like to know its value for resale because it does ...

Trying to find space for all the Thanksgiving leftovers brings to mind the abundance of food linked to the holidays. Tradition today suggests a menu of turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, creamed ...

Question: I bought this unusual cupboard at a country auction many years ago. It is wood with 12 punched tin panels and tulip and star designs. I have it in my kitchen and use it for storing cooking ...