Bobbie Schmidt has traveled the world with her husband, whose work assignments have sent the West Hartford couple to such locales as Japan, China, Italy, Turkey and Singapore. So it’s no accident that ...

Some of the most memorable moments on PBS's long-running Antiques Roadshow happen when a guest learns their dusty attic find is worth a small fortune. They cry. You cry. It’s pure magic. Equally great ...

Gay ventriloquist Wayland Flowers brought his iconic puppet, Madame, to life throughout the ’70s and ’80s. Flowers died from cancer in 1988, but Madame, a geriatric hussy, continues to live on. And ...

Question: My husband's 11-inch talking Mister Ed hand puppet with Mattel tag is in very good working condition because he rarely played with it as a child. We would like to know if it is collectible ...