Today’s collectibles start the new year with diverse submissions from our readers. Included this month are a collector’s most unusual collection centerpiece, an excellent estate sale find, and three ...

Rancho Palos Verdes resident Robin Biggins is a tinkerer. But not with fixing up old cars or reviving someone’s old washing machine. Biggins is a master mechanic who repairs antique automatons and ...

Question: We have an antique Swiss cylinder music box that is damaged and will no longer work. Is there someone we can contact about repairing it? — Leesburg Answer: Doug Wiggins, who works out of his ...

For nearly five decades, Henry Childs has been bringing tunes back to music boxes dating from as far back as the 18th century. This career started when he picked one up at an antique show – events ...

In 1960 a friend gave Robert Pfeifer an antique music box. He was charmed by the gift.Since then, the retired Fort Lauderdale ophthalmologist has collected more than a dozen large pieces representing ...

Inside a 16,000-square-foot, red-brick and sheet-metal building lies a treasure trove of antique automated musical instruments and machines once popular in parlors, drawing rooms, restaurants and ...

Gerry Wright never realized a meeting with antiques dealer Rita Ford would turn into a lifelong career. But when the freelance musician needed a steady job, he saw how his lifetime of tinkering and ...

The best thing about writing this column is the amazing things people send in and how much I learn with the help of so many generous people out there willing to share their knowledge and expertise.