Apartment Therapy

Read Bob's interview about decorating Easter egg trees, including history and tips. »

Huffpost

Would you go to a tree de-trimming party? Bob wants to know. Read all about his vintage holiday ideas in this in-depth interview. »

The Washington Post

Check out this interview with Bob about vintage Christmas decorating and celebrating. »

Today Show

Check out Bob's Insights in this Colors of Christmas feature! »

Christmas Gals

Book Review: A Very Vintage Holiday is a hit. Check out this fun feature. »

Flea Market Decor

Read this exclusive feature all about Bob's brand new book A Very Vintage Holiday. »

Guideposts

Read all about Bob's Favorite Decorations and the Emotional Value. »

Reclaim

Check out this Feature on Bob's Holiday Home » (Story is only in print version)

House Digest

Read all about why Bob loves to Add Purple to his Holiday Decor »

A Vintage Vintage Christmas

Check out this Glowing Review of A Very Vintage Christmas by The Tartan Topiary.

Good Morning America

Watch Bob talk with GMA about bypassing supply chain woes and gifting vintage this holiday season »

GUIDEPOSTS

Read all about Bob's perspective on the healing power of vintage holiday items »

COUNTRY LIVING

Read about Bob's favorite spots in this magical small town »

The Hallmark Channel

Watch Bob share his favorite vintage Christmas decorations on Hallmark Channel's Home & Family https://www.instagram.com/p/CInuabygOGj/.

ONE KINGS LANE

Check out this feature on One Kings Lane where Bob shares his best tips for finding and decorating with vintage decor from his book Vintage Living: https://www.onekingslane.com/live-love-home/vintage-living-with-bob-richter/.

GUIDEPOSTS

Read about Bob's greatest flea market find and spiritual component of flea market shopping »

Downtown Magazine

Check out this feature in Downtown Magazine on Bob’s new book VINTAGE LIVING! https://www.downtownmagazinenyc.com/vintage-living-bob-richter/.

Vintage Living

Watch the Trailer for Bob’s New Book VINTAGE LIVING. Pick up your copy...available everywhere now.

Good Morning America

Bob teaches you some holiday decoration tips that won't break the bank.
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Vintage Living

Bob’s new book VINTAGE LIVING is here! Order your copy today: https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847865314/. Available March 19th everywhere books are sold!

Christmas memories inspire 'A Very Vintage Christmas'

When it comes to decorating Christmas trees, author and interior designer Bob Richter steps up for the holiday tradition with 20 trees to showcase his vintage ornament collection, which he has lovingly gathered since childhood...
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Are vintage ceramic Christmas trees worth a lot of money?

Remember ceramic Christmas trees? They were huge in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, and they were basically the perfect, no-mess Christmas decoration: they fit on a tabletop or mantle, they had cute, twinkly lights, and some of them even spun around and played music. "Everyone who took a ceramics class and celebrated Christmas made one of these trees,"" vintage lifestyle expert Bob Richter told TODAY Home. "People put them on top of the television, back when the TV was a piece of furniture."
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Ho, ho, whoa! Some ceramic Christmas trees selling for a lot of green

Vintage lifestyle expert Bob Richter gave TODAY these tips: Sell the ceramic trees on eBay with a three-day listing; include "Get in time for Christmas" in the title. Richter said musical trees are more valuable. He stressed that the trees are not very valuable at other times of the year so now is the time to try and sell them.
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Honoring the Past

Witty and knowledgeable, Bob Richter has become one of the most recognizable stars of the flea-market-design world. Fans know him from the PBS series Market Warriors,and three seasons of Flea Market Minute (on Youtube and via The Huffington Post). You may have also seen him on the Hallmark Channel, CBS and FOX. And then there was his successful book, A Very Vintage Christmas. Well, you may be hearing it here first: Bob has another book in the works...
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What Drives Most Flea Market Purchases? Even More Than Deals, It’s the Sentimentality of Stuff

"My Grandmother had one of these!" or "My Mom had one of those!" are words I hear at flea markets all the time. Usually the items in question trigger memories of holidays, meals, traditions and lots of everyday activities that now seem quite special.
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Love Antiques, Vintage Clothing, Classic Films and Letter Writing? You Might Be a "Vintage Lifer"

By now it's certainly no secret to anyone who reads my pieces that I have lifelong love affair with flea markets, auctions, thrift shops and antiques stores. In fact, frequenting them really is a way of life for me. I buy things for my clients, my friends and myself, so there's always a reason for me to go shopping.
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Fox News

See how Bob gives Christmas decorating a vintage touch on Fox News.
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One Kings Lane

For many of us, holiday decorating is something approaching a sport. For Bob Richter—New York-based interior designer, television host, and antiques collector—it's been a lifelong love affair. He quite literally wrote the book on the subject. A Very Vintage Christmas: Holiday Collecting, Decorating, and Celebrating "grew out of my own passion for collecting holiday decor," writes Bob, whose personal trove of vintage ornaments numbers 2,500 and counting...
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A Very Vintage Christmas by Bob Richter

Coupled with beautiful photographs, tips on collecting, and secret shopping haunts, Bob's best-selling book offers a 360-degree look at holiday decor in America and gives suggestions on how to make vintage finds work for today's audience.
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The Hallmark
Channel

Watch Bob's guest appearance on The Hallmark Channel's "Home & Family" for this special Christmas in July episode. In this segment, Bob talks all about his book "A Very Vintage Christmas" and gives collecting and decorating tips.

Bob's Best

Watch Bob's TV Highlights on his Talent Reel.

Bob Richter on Anderson Live

Bob talks about bargain hunting with Anderson Cooper.

Fox News

In this interview Bob discusses the history of Christmas decorating in America and its significance in our society.

FOX News

In this Fox News International spot, Bob discusses how to have A Very Vintage Christmas and gives ideas for collecting, gift-giving and more.

FOX News

Watch Bob discuss the connectivity of Vintage Christmas decorations, lights and ornaments. In this segment, Bob underscores the importance of "paying it forward" and the continuity of Christmas.

Market Warriors' Bob Richter: Have 'A Very Vintage Christmas'

If you ring Bob Richter's doorbell at his charming 1854 New Jersey home, you'll hear "Jingle Bells." It's your first clue of what's inside, so jingle on in to mingle.
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Collecting Christmas With a Vintage Flare

Author and Christmas aficionado Bob Richter shares his vast holiday knowledge in his book, A Very Vintage Christmas.
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Have yourself a vintage little Christmas

Bob Richter, author of A Very Vintage Christmas: Holiday Collecting, Decorating and Celebrating (Globe Pequot Press, 2016), shows how to incorporate nostalgia into the holiday and get back to an old-fashioned Christmas.
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Local Author & PBS personality Bob Richter's Very Vintage Christmas

Popular PBS personality from the show Market Warriors, interior designer, and life-long antiques collector Bob Richter's new book, A Very Vintage Christmas is so much more than a guide book for how to decorate with found treasures.
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Today's Crafted Ornaments Can Become Tomorrow's Keepsakes

As Bob Richter puts it in his new book, "A Very Vintage Christmas" (Rowman & Littlefield): "At the heart of it, this is what Christmas means to me: passing along warmth, memories, tradition, stories and so much more."
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Globe Pequot

Tour Bob Richter’s Very Vintage Holiday Home! A Very Vintage Christmas: Holiday Collecting, Decorating and Celebrating by Bob Richter

Tour Brussels with Bob

Brussels Boasts Sensational Flea Markets, Five Star Accommodations, and Iconic Architecture and Design—and Yes, I’d Like Fries With That.
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CBS Saturday
Morning News

Make your holiday vintage with some tips from Bob!

CBS Saturday
Morning News

Bob shares design tips that won't break the bank.

CBS "The Couch"

Flea markets can be a good source for some great finds. Bob Richter, a vintage expert and host of a new web series called, "Flea Market Minute," stops by The Couch to show us some of the top things to score the next time you go bargain hunting.

CBS "The Couch"

Watch Bob Richter on CBS sharing the joy of Vintage Finds!

PIX 11

Watch Flea Market Expert and Designer Bob Richter talk about vintage gift ideas for your Sweetheart. He talks about vintage cards, vases, boxes, gifts for guys, and more.

PIX 11

Bob Richter, a flea market expert and host of "Flea Market Minute," shares top five categories of things to get a deal on at flea markets and auctions.
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Huffpost Live

Watch Bob on HuffPost LIVE!

FOX News
Happening Now

Bob on Fox News talking vintage homes and flea markets!

Design on a Dime

Watch as Bob shops the 10th Annual DESIGN ON A DIME gala, where 62 talented Tastemakers got together and created gorgeous rooms for charity.

PBS's Market Warriors Star Bob Richter Opens Up About Life And Antiquing

Seductive isn't normally a word I would use for a show on PBS but that's exactly what Market Warriors, their new flea market themed reality show is. So much so, it had me up and out on a Sunday morning "flea-ing". This is when I unexpectedly bumped into Bob Richter, one of the shows stars, and one of the reasons why it's so intriguing.
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Panning for Gold Among That Junk

Anybody wanna buy some bongos? Well-worn LP Aspire bongos appear to be the main thing of immediate value I came away with after doing some competitive flea-market shopping the other day with two of the experts from "Market Warriors," a new pick-it-and-sell-it show on PBS. But while the bongos may bring in a few bucks in the short term, I’m putting my long-term hopes in another item, a snazzy red Coca-Cola clock. If the political winds blow a certain way, it’s going to be worth a fortune eventually.
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What Kind of Person Puts a Star on a Low Branch?

Bob Richter is a Manhattan interior designer who collects antique Christmas ornaments and has guests over to decorate his tree. The problem is, he does not like anyone else to actually touch it.
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