**Pics are in the thread now*antique is worth anything?

One of the former peas (Don't know if she made the switch) is a textile historian in New Zealand. her blog is the Dreamstress You might see if she has time to look at your pictures and help you with it. I do know she's very busy, though. You might have to be patient. I don't know how much she could tell you about value, but she could at least be able to tell you what you have. Then you would know what you are searching for when you look for value.

An Asian influenced piece needs an Asian art dealer. Asian art is out of the world right and the Chinese are buying all they can at over inflated prices. But remember Asians have been making tourist art for as long as there have been tourists to Asia. So you may have an old piece but it might not be desirable.

What part of Asia are you talking about? My sister has been an import dealer of Asian textiles (mostly from Thailand) for several years now. She runs her own very successful business and may have some knowledge. She spends 4 months in Thailand every year going around meeting personally the artisans and craftspeople, buying things like pillow cases made from antique saris, wall hangings, clothing, and jewelry. Everything she buys is handmade. She also travels to Cambodia and has been once to India. Let me know if I can help.

Debbie in MD.

I have a twelve piece set of beautiful glass dining ware. I worked with a company via email to help me determine what it was and it's value. Perhaps that is a possibility?

Try uploading your picture to tinypic.com. I've uploaded pictures there before. No membership is required. It'll give you the URL to post on boards like this.

Very pretty.