Located in the Beautiful Historic Berkshires in Downtown Lenox, Massachusetts. Charles L. Flint Antiques, Inc. & Appraisals, Ltd. offer the very finest and most unique antique items and numerous other works. We have an extensive inventory including items from 17th, 18th, and 19th Century American and European works of Art. We also have Shaker Furniture and Small items, Folk Art, Decorated Stoneware, Early Blown Glass, Revolutionary and Civil War items, Early American Furniture and Norman Rockwell works, among other priceless pieces. Our inventory items are all museum quality. Visit us at our new Gallery. ---------------------------------------------------- Art and Antiques Dealer for over forty years. Lecturer, writer and researcher on the Arts and local history. Appraiser, arbitrator and broker on the national scene for the same amount of time. Appraisals and authentications performed for the following museums: Norman Rockwell Museum; Berkshire Museum; Arrowhead (Berkshire Historical Society); Berkshire Museum; Berkshire Athenaeum; Clark Institute of Art Conservatory; Edith Wharton Restoration (The Mount); Bidwell House Museum; Hancock Shaker Village; Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village, NY., and many other historical societies and libraries. I have performed appraisals for important private collectors, as well as for insurance companies, banks, real estate agents and attorneys representing estates. I was guest curator of the Nathanial Hawthorne Exposition at the Welles Gallery in Lenox. One phase of my work has been with insurance companies and adjusters, attorneys, courts, in an investigative capacity, on both national and international levels to settle claims regarding antiques, collectibles and fine art collections. My special expertise is in Fine Arts, Early American furniture and accessories, Early Blown and molded Glass, Bottles, Stoneware, Polychrome Folk Art, New England Architecture and the Shakers, themselves. For three years I was Director of the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village Museum where I published a book on the subject of the Shaker furniture. I am past President of the Lenox Historical Society and now serve on the board. My personal interests are early history of Berkshire County, especially early industries in Glass and Iron making, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Architecture, early Industries of the Berkshires, Writing, collecting items from the Berkshires rich past and volunteer work throughout Berkshire County and New York State. I have my own extensive library, which I use for research; I also have many contacts throughout the country in the fields of art and antiques I can call on. I have a collection of Berkshire County history books and early maps and we use International online services for up-to-date auction prices. I am a member of the New England Appraisers Association. My appraisals are based on my years of experience, on auction records, actual and private sales, and my personal opinions.