Whether you have a simple antique pocket watch, railroad watch, or an elegant Waltham, Hamilton, or Elgin pocket watch, this post will set out some guidelines for you as you clean your watch at home. For this job, I recommend having Hagerty’s purple silver polish and their dry silver polish in an aerosol can on [...]
How to Date Your Antique Waltham, Elgin, or Hamiltion Pocket Watch
You will need two pieces of information to determine the date of your American-made, antique pocket watch: the name of the manufacturer and the serial number on the watch’s movement. The manufacturer’s name may be very simple to find, or it may require some deeper investigation. If the major components of the watch (the dial, the case, [...]
Did you receive your 14kt gold pocket watch in time for the Ball?
Our customers are very important to us. We sincerely appreciate them doing business with us. It wasn’t too long ago that I sold an absolutely stunning gold pocket watch to a gentlemen a few states over from us. Pocket watch sales have been brisk due to the strong gold and silver prices of recent. It [...]
Press Release- Agora Marketplace Antiques Expands Consignment
Contact: Agora Marketplace Antiques Email: customerservice@agoramarketplace.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AGORA MARKETPLACE ANTIQUES EXPANDS CONSIGNMENT Developing Beyond Traditional e-Commerce Agora Marketplace Antiques stands alone in Philadelphia’s antique and collectible consignment community. Its unique model spans kitsch & collectibles to fine antiques and jewelry from some of Philadelphia’s oldest families. Agora provides clients with high quality antique [...]
Atlantic City Antique Show Pocket Watches Hatpins and Phonographs
Our most recent antique adventure brought us to Atlantic City Antique Show in New Jersey. We arrived a little bit behind schedule as we were packing for our weekend that included ending our trip in New York that evening. Eager to arrive, we diligently hunted down an open parking space. We saw one couple with [...]
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Museum Adventures
Amazing, simply amazing! More then I expected, much that was needed. The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Museum is an excellent source of information, displaying some of the best and most interesting time pieces from all over the world. Absent of sleep, Tiffany and I awake early to a familiar buzzing sound that [...]
Railroad Pocket Watches- Time, Schedules and Precision
Pocket watches are highly collectible and for many a passionate pastime. We have come across several pocket watches of all sorts in our antique adventure but some of the most notable are railroad pocket watches. Interestingly, I was watching a short documentary on a town in our area. Originally the village of Wissahickon, Ambler, as [...]
My First Antique Thrift Store Find by Agora Marketplace Antiques
When Tiffany and I first started out in this business we were in New Jersey visiting Tiffany’s brother and his family. Quite excited to see them we drove up for a day of catching up, dinner, latest updates on Dora the Explorer episodes, and of course Auntie promises of Sesame Place adventures. I remember frigid [...]
How late it’s getting! Pocket Watches Gold and Silver
The White Rabbit. Johnny Depp. Abraham Lincoln. Ghandi . What possible connection could there be between these four characters? The answer is simply a pocket watch. In Abraham Lincoln’s case it was a William Ellery pocket watch. In his book Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll introduces the character of the White Rabbit with the with [...]
