Vintage Home Furniture

Are they just old or antiques?

I will be decorating my "modern" house with a Victorian theme . My friends are helping by giving me old things that I adore. I was wondering where can I research how to find out if some of my things are just old or possibly antiques ? I have a lot of things being given to me that I know are old but I would like to find out if the have antique value to them. Ex: chandeliers, jewelery boxes, lamps ect. I don't want to lessen the value of anything if they are worth something. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Public Comments

1. If the pieces are 100 years old they are antiques. If you can find a name on the bottom of the piece, you should be able to research online.
2. an antique is something approx over 100 years old