GA AUCTION COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔what were the subjects of the earliest oil paintings? - ✔✔landscapes from the
Hudson
✔✔if a painting were advertised as "bears signature", what is the meaning? - ✔✔in an
experts opinion, it might or may be the work of...
✔✔what and where is the oldest auction house in america? - ✔✔Philadelphia
(Freemans)
✔✔US customs classifies an antique as how old? - ✔✔100 years of age at the time of
importation
✔✔who was Wallace Nutting? What is he most noted for? - ✔✔US minister,
photographer, antiquarian, artist and furniture maker. Most noted for his landscape
photos of New England. He helped spur the Colonial Revival Style.
✔✔how are oriental carpets named? - ✔✔city, region or tribe which created them, knots
per square inch
✔✔what does patina mean? - ✔✔age worn finish, sheen produced by age, wear and
polishing
✔✔Hummel is famous for what product? - ✔✔porcelain figurines
✔✔what is the most recent form of collectable glass? - ✔✔pressed glass
✔✔how are most furniture styles named? - ✔✔Named for a prominent designer at a
particular time period
✔✔what is furniture called when it is between two famous time periods? -
✔✔Transitional
✔✔what is the period of furniture with a cabriole leg? - ✔✔Queen Anne period in
America, known also as the "cabriole leg" period
✔✔what is the period of furniture with a ball and claw foot? - ✔✔Chippendale
✔✔what period of furniture is famous for inlay? - ✔✔Hepplewhete, an inlay means a
chisel or puzzle
, ✔✔Correctly list the chronological ages of Chippendale, Empire, Hepplewhite, Queen
Anne, Duncan Phyfe, Eastlake, Victorian. - ✔✔1. Queen Anne, 2. Chippendale, 3.
Hepplewhite (Federal), 4. Duncan Phyfe, 5. Empire, 6. Victorian, 7. Eastlake
✔✔What is Pennsylvania House? - ✔✔High-end, fine furniture
✔✔Advertising collectibles were manufactured and given as what? - ✔✔Premiums
(promotional items, tokens, proof of purchase or prizes)
✔✔Were "premiums" sold? - ✔✔No, they were given away with purchases of other
items
✔✔How pure is silver? - ✔✔99.9% or .999 this is fine silver, too soft for jewlery making
✔✔How pure is "sterling" silver? - ✔✔92.5% 0r .925
✔✔What is .900 silver? - ✔✔Coin silver
✔✔How much weight is a troy ounce? - ✔✔31.1 ounces
✔✔How is gold weighed? HOW? - ✔✔Gold is typically measure in a troy ounce, then
converted to grams and pennyweight
✔✔What is karat? What is Carat? - ✔✔Karat- a measure of purity when referring to
gold, carat- is a unit of weight, used to describe diamonds and other gemstones
✔✔Where should you take valuable jewelry for authentication and valuation? -
✔✔Gemologist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of coins called? - ✔✔Numismatist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of clocks.watched called? - ✔✔Horologist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of stamps called? - ✔✔Philatelist
✔✔What does D.U.S.T. mean? - ✔✔Real estate's four elements of value: demand,
utility, scarcity and transferability
✔✔What is a tax lien? What is an encumbrance? What are enabling acts? - ✔✔Chase
on a piece of property, a tax lien burden, state acts that are set
✔✔what does intestate mean? - ✔✔die without a will
ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔what were the subjects of the earliest oil paintings? - ✔✔landscapes from the
Hudson
✔✔if a painting were advertised as "bears signature", what is the meaning? - ✔✔in an
experts opinion, it might or may be the work of...
✔✔what and where is the oldest auction house in america? - ✔✔Philadelphia
(Freemans)
✔✔US customs classifies an antique as how old? - ✔✔100 years of age at the time of
importation
✔✔who was Wallace Nutting? What is he most noted for? - ✔✔US minister,
photographer, antiquarian, artist and furniture maker. Most noted for his landscape
photos of New England. He helped spur the Colonial Revival Style.
✔✔how are oriental carpets named? - ✔✔city, region or tribe which created them, knots
per square inch
✔✔what does patina mean? - ✔✔age worn finish, sheen produced by age, wear and
polishing
✔✔Hummel is famous for what product? - ✔✔porcelain figurines
✔✔what is the most recent form of collectable glass? - ✔✔pressed glass
✔✔how are most furniture styles named? - ✔✔Named for a prominent designer at a
particular time period
✔✔what is furniture called when it is between two famous time periods? -
✔✔Transitional
✔✔what is the period of furniture with a cabriole leg? - ✔✔Queen Anne period in
America, known also as the "cabriole leg" period
✔✔what is the period of furniture with a ball and claw foot? - ✔✔Chippendale
✔✔what period of furniture is famous for inlay? - ✔✔Hepplewhete, an inlay means a
chisel or puzzle
, ✔✔Correctly list the chronological ages of Chippendale, Empire, Hepplewhite, Queen
Anne, Duncan Phyfe, Eastlake, Victorian. - ✔✔1. Queen Anne, 2. Chippendale, 3.
Hepplewhite (Federal), 4. Duncan Phyfe, 5. Empire, 6. Victorian, 7. Eastlake
✔✔What is Pennsylvania House? - ✔✔High-end, fine furniture
✔✔Advertising collectibles were manufactured and given as what? - ✔✔Premiums
(promotional items, tokens, proof of purchase or prizes)
✔✔Were "premiums" sold? - ✔✔No, they were given away with purchases of other
items
✔✔How pure is silver? - ✔✔99.9% or .999 this is fine silver, too soft for jewlery making
✔✔How pure is "sterling" silver? - ✔✔92.5% 0r .925
✔✔What is .900 silver? - ✔✔Coin silver
✔✔How much weight is a troy ounce? - ✔✔31.1 ounces
✔✔How is gold weighed? HOW? - ✔✔Gold is typically measure in a troy ounce, then
converted to grams and pennyweight
✔✔What is karat? What is Carat? - ✔✔Karat- a measure of purity when referring to
gold, carat- is a unit of weight, used to describe diamonds and other gemstones
✔✔Where should you take valuable jewelry for authentication and valuation? -
✔✔Gemologist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of coins called? - ✔✔Numismatist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of clocks.watched called? - ✔✔Horologist
✔✔What is the collector and dealer of stamps called? - ✔✔Philatelist
✔✔What does D.U.S.T. mean? - ✔✔Real estate's four elements of value: demand,
utility, scarcity and transferability
✔✔What is a tax lien? What is an encumbrance? What are enabling acts? - ✔✔Chase
on a piece of property, a tax lien burden, state acts that are set
✔✔what does intestate mean? - ✔✔die without a will
