Cast Iron Doorstops; Easy Inventory on Shops at Dig Antiques

Cast Iron Doorstops

Cast iron doorstops are prized as folk art as well as by doorstop collectors. Doorstops (originally called door porters) were first produced in Europe in the late 1700s to hold open doors for air circulation and to ensure the door would not slam shut. By the mid 1800s, in Europe, doorstops became a fashionable decorative item and more widely manufactured. After the Civil War, their popularity and manufacture migrated to the United States where they were smaller in size and weight in comparison to their European counterparts.

Search for doorstops on Dig Antiques.

References:

• Collecting Doorstops, John C. & Nancy M. Smith, The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, August 2006.
• Cast iron doorstops are top sellers, ctpost.com, May 3, 2012.
• Determining the Authenticity of Antique Doorstops, doorstops.com.
• Antiques: Cast-Iron Doorstops, Yankee Magazine, November 2006.
• Hubley Doorstops & Toys Information & History, Collectics.com.
• How to Know a Hubley Doorstop Is Real, Meredith Jamescon, eHow.

• Old Figural Cast-Iron Doorstops Affordable and Available, The Antique Detective, Anne Gilbert.

• Collecting Doorstops, John C. & Nancy M. Smith, The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, August 2006.

• Cast iron doorstops are top sellers, ctpost.com, May 3, 2012.
• Determining the Authenticity of Antique Doorstops, doorstops.com.
• Antiques: Cast-Iron Doorstops, Yankee Magazine, November 2006.
• Hubley Doorstops & Toys Information & History, Collectics.com.
• How to Know a Hubley Doorstop Is Real, Meredith Jamescon, eHow.
• Old Figural Cast-Iron Doorstops Affordable and Available, The Antique Detective, Anne Gilbert.

Easy Inventory Maintenance on the Shops at Dig Antiques

At the VADA Antiques Show this past weekend, I was walking around showing dealers how easy it is to add items and update a Dig Antiques Shop. It was the first time we had our iPad at a show where wireless was available.

I was able to quickly add items that a dealer had on the show floor on Dig Antiques. It was simple - just fill in a form with the title, description, price. For the photo, you just click the "Choose File" and either choose an existing photo or if you are on an iPad (or other tablets with integrated camera), you can take a picture right from there.

Tom added two new items to his Baker & Co. Antiques Shop (the top two - red gloves and oval pantry box) while in his booth at the show. It was fast and easy!

What's keeping you from opening a Shop on Dig Antiques? At $149/year for ten items (photo & description) that you can update at any time you want to is really inexpensive. We invite you to open your own Shop and join us!

Picker's Market Antiques Show
Please stop by and visit with us at the Picker's Market Antiques Show on Friday, August 9 from 10am-5pm. Stop in and see us and pick up your Dig Antiques reusable shopping tote! And, talk with us about opening your own Dig Antiques Shop.

Sincerely,
Tom & Sheila Baker
diginfo@digantiques.com

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