Website Links and Resources

I'd like to recommend Russ and Karen Goldberger as another fine source of paint-decorated Americana, with one of the best inventories and finest websites in the industry. In addition to furniture and folk art, Russ is also one of the nation's leading decoy dealers, with an excellent reputation in all three fields.

www.rjgantiques.com

The Antiques Dealers Association of America

The Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. (ADA) was established in May 1984 as a non-profit trade association. Its major objective is to make more professional the business of buying and selling antiques. The ADA strives to assist both members and the public alike in an educational capacity, providing information, lectures, and seminars on various topics concerning antiques. Membership is composed of professional antiques dealers who are dedicated to integrity, honesty and ethical conduct in the antiques trade. All members are required to guarantee their merchandise in writing on a sales receipt which must state approximate age, origin, condition and restoration, if any, of all pieces that are sold.

www.adadealers.com

The Antiques Council

The Antiques Council, Inc., was founded by professional antiques dealers in 1990 as a not-for-profit trade organization. Its objective is to improve the confidence of the public in the antiques trade through education, service, and example. The Antiques Council provides management services to charities that hold high-quality antiques shows as fund raisers. The shows are vetted by Council dealers against its written manual of merchandise standards, created to uphold a higher level of quality and authenticity than what is achieved at many other shows in the national marketplace. This is done to set an example for the antiques trade and to better protect retail buyers. In addition, the Antiques Council requires its members to provide a written description of every antique they sell, including details of age, origin and condition, and to guarantee every item to be as described.

www.antiquescouncil.com