Before I found this forum, I posted a couple of things in the GardenWeb antiques forum. At that time at least, it seemed to be monopolized by one non-expert person who would give her opinion on the age/value of antiques. I wasn't too impressed with some of her assessments, she seemed to have very little research to back anything up. I got the feeling she was flying by the seat of her trousers, so to speak. Differing opinons seemed quite unwelcome, as the whole thing was kind of her show. Maybe things have changed, I never went back to check.