Watch as Michael Hamson shows some of the highly-detailed padlocks from the collection - worth thousands of pounds.

These brass locks are handmade with triple locking mechanism ... Today, it is reduced to a decorative piece bought by connoisseurs or antique shops. The tradition of handmade locks is a dying ...

Before you roll up your sleeves to clean brass, consider this: Sometimes the beauty of an antique brass object is ... For functional elements, such as locks, hinges, hardware, or light fixtures ...

Selling antiques is a lonely business in Washington. And it’s about to get a little lonelier. After 38 years in operation, the Brass Knob, one of the last architectural-antiques stores in the ...