Debbie McArdle of Iron Horse Antiques & Appraisers has been an antiques collector since 1970 and an antiques dealer since 1978. Her husband, Jim, joined her in the business in 1996. They specialize in pre-1900 American antiques and currently sell at Roscoe Woodstock Antique Mall in Woodstock, Illinois as well as at various antiques shows around the country.

They are members of the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association/CSADA, the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association/WADA, and the Northern Illinois Antiques Dealers Association/NIADA,  Debbie currently serving as President of CSADA and Secretary of WADA.  As a member of the New England Appraisers Association, Debbie acts as a consultant in the appraisal, sale and/or liquidation of personal estates.  Jim and Debbie frequently participate in appraisal events hosted by local groups and libraries, giving advice on values, preservation and liquidation of antiques.

In addition to buying, selling and appraising antiques, they are also auction consultants / brokers as well as gold and sterling silver buyers.

Debbie has served as a docent at the Graue Mill Museum in Oak Brook, Illinois, educating visitors and school groups in spinning and weaving techniques, using antique wheels and looms, working with wool and flax.  (For more credentials, please scroll down below photo . . . )

Serving on the Board of Directors, Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society, for 12 years Debbie co-chaired the "30th Star Benefit Antiques Auctions"benefiting the Wisconsin Historical Foundation. 

Their daughter, Stacy McArdle, heads Iron Horse Estate Sales serving northern Illinois & southern Wisconsin.  Visit www.ironhorseestatesales.com or call 815/575-1720.  

Their son, Jeff McArdle, heads Iron Horse Military Antiques located in Champaign, buying & selling antique documents, letters, images & militaria. Jeff can be reached at: 

jeff@ironhorsemilitaryantiques.com  or www.ironhorsemilitaryantiques.com  

WE BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE:

• Fine Art / including paintings, watercolors & engravings
• Folk Art
• Civil War Diaries, Documents, Maps, Weapons
• American Flags, Parade Flags
• Quality American & European Furniture
• Furniture in original surface, original paint or old paint
• 18th-, 19th- & early-20th-Century Lighting
• Pre-1898 Firearms:  Antique guns / rifles including black powder 
• Edged Weapons  (Swords, bayonets, pocket knives)    
• Quilts & Textiles including Needlework & Samplers
• Patent Models
• Lady's Accessories & Jewelry
• Early Books & Maps
• 19th Century Photography
• Pre-1920 Music Boxes: Regina, Olympia, etc.
• Historical Documents
• Country Store Furniture, Fixtures & Advertising
• Spool Cabinets
• Sewing Instruments / Implements
• Christmas (pre-1930)
• Halloween
• Victorian Pewter-Trimmed Graniteware & common American Graniteware
• European Graniteware / Enamelware
• Yellowware & Stoneware
• Pre-1920 Toys and Games
• Gold, Silver and Platinum
• Coins
  

         ... and much, much more! 

CALL 815.575.1272