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A m e r i c a ’s A n t i q u e s & C o l l e c t i b l e s M a r k e t p l a c e
Why Half Your New
Customers Can’t Find You
With one half of local Internet searches
done on a smartphone, it’s time for dealers
to check if their shop’s website is mobile
compatible. Luckily, the cost to optimize
your site is far less than you paid to create it
in the first place.
■ Page 9
How San Francisco Creates
New Collectors One
Layover at a Time
Concerned where new
collectors will come from,
several groups are using
public spaces to inspire
collecting.
■ Page 16
Richmond Extravaganza
Crowds Hit Five-Year High
A larger-than-expected
gate snaps up early
Southern furniture,
earthenware and
ceramics from nearly
100 dealers.
■ Page 30
PLUS:
Springtime in
Winterthur’s
Gardens
■ Page 22
Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce Spring
Fever Antique Show & Separate Flea Market
March 30-31 & April 1, 2012
Le Mars, IA Convention
Center - Two Floors
For more information contact Mary Reynolds
712-546-8821 or lemarsiowa.com
ESTATE
Lunch Served at all auctions
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.
Auction Location: National Guard Armory at National
Guard Armory building at 721 Levee, Dr., Manhattan, KS
Marquerite Martin Estate
Glassware: Pink & Yellow depression glass; 4 boxes of pink cabbage rose depression glass; Poppy pattern depression glass; Fiesta: red, yellow, gold saucers, cereal bowls, Cobalt blue salt
& pepper, red teapot, orange pitcher; Blue Bubble teacups, plates, bowls, glasses, 2 boxes full; Cobalt blue granny nipper; Uasona china set, Mom’s wedding dishes; 2 boxes of Jewel Tea
dishes, small and large green glasses; Milk Glass cake plate; grape pattern clear glass dishes; Bavaria pitcher & rose Mead elephant; variety of clear glassware; assort. of Goffus glass;
Cobalt blue bottles; (2) cut glass fruit bowls; (2) glass candle holders & glass vases; plates Germany, English, hand-painted Austria & Bavaria; white & green vases; iridescent Fostoria, made
before marking; (3) glass colored baskets & many other glass baskets; glass fruit bowls; hand painted centennial sugar & creamer; Fire King pheasant plates & glasses; numerous glass
cups; heavy pressed glass pitcher & sherberts; ruby red glasses & vases & other misc. items; Carnival glass footed bowl & plates; ruby hobnail pitchers & glasses; set of Noritack china, old;
depression pink pitcher & thin glasses; red glass bowl; Fire King plates, cups, saucers, creamer, 11 cups, mugs, meat platter, 1 loaf pan, 7 sauce dishes; Blue Meakins England large pitcher &
large bowl wash set; Flintstone decorative glasses, bowls, cups, saucers & misc.; misc. Norman Rockwell cups & etc.; Pyrex bowl set; (4) glass birds from Italy; Nomenia, K.S. Bohemia Hass
tall glass, gold color; covered compote; large assort. of glass shoes; glass ducks & geese; decorative Federal Glass Company, Columbus, Ohio, numerous pieces; numerous pieces of Fenton
glass; china made in U.W., Edwin pattern; colored glass of animal pieces; white & blue plates; (30) chicken, turkey & rooster on nest w/matching teacups, coffee cups & saucers; numerous
flower vases & various other glassware.
Pottery: Roseville 390-12, Roseville #6-10 in. Roseville 457-8 in., #1159-1/2 in. Roseville flower holder, Roseville 3 in., 4 in. & 5 in. #618, Roseville sugar & creamer; Roseville gree blue #386
w/chip; Weller pottery, Hull gold colored unicorn vase, Hull vase W-14, 10 ½ in., Hull #20-6 ½ in., Hull W2- ½ #100 & #35; McCoy teapot, 5 animal plates & 2 other pieces & other McCoy pieces;
Hagear vases; Royal Dalton cookie jar; other cookie jars; clown, snowman, rooster, strawberry, bear, cat, china house, Dutch boy & girl, duck; misc. teapots, Tom the Piper’s son, patented U.S.
1944; large collection Japan & McCoy teapots; occupied Japan orange & green teapots; occupied Japan camel teapot; occupied Japan elephant; occupied Japan dutch mill; occupied Japan
princess teapot; occupied Japan bank teapot; occupied Japan figurines; Japan figurines; pottery from Columbia, South America.
Salt & Peppers: Large collection of unusual salt & pepper shakers & other misc. salt & pepper shakers; colored hen in nest w/matching salt & pepper.
Misc. Items: Brass peacock from India; eagle bookends; incense burner, very old magazines 1935-1951, Dickinson County High School; old magazines, Flower & Garden, Kitchen Klatter;
newspapers from 1906-1933; old magazines 1948, 1950; 1975 Good Old Days Quilt World; numerous Antique Trader price guides; old Life magazines; old Farm & Ranch magazines; old Look
magazines; old Post magazines; silver tray & coffee pot; dresser pieces; various perfume bottles; old pots & strainers; fall & Christmas decorations; various Christmas items; Christmas lights;
Christmas wreath; old books, large assort. of MelMac dinnerware & serving pieces; good assort. of Milk Glass vases; numerous old catalogs; old magazines on Eisenhower, sports, etc.
Wood Items: Numerous Marlow wood cuts; Marlow wood cut 3 ft. x 24 in. wall hanging, excellent condition; numerous hand-made wooden items.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18 AT 9:00 AM
Dry Goods: Large assort. of feed sacks & colored feed sacks, tea towels, tablecloths, doiles-croqueted & other, linens; crocheted pillowcases; lap robe; (2) hand-made crocqueted table cloths;
muslin fabric; numerous boxes of fabric; satin material pieces; several rolls of fabric; pillow tubing & tea towel material; variety of lace pieces; large assort. of tea towels; ticking & outing fringe;
Currier & Ives placemats; hand-made aprons; old cotton thread & sewing items; muslin sacks.
Vintage Clothing: Large assort. of vintage clothing, some made out of feed sacks; new old style house slippers; old high heeled shoes; numerous hats of Grandpa’s; men’s ties & Bolo ties; dresses
from 1900-1938, Great Grandma Martin’s.
Jewelry: 200 pieces of old jewelry; numerous jewelry boxes.
Women’s Items: 40 compacts; numerous beaded purses; numerous leather purses; other old purses; numerous scarves & head scarves; Batten burglace, tatting, fancy hankies, nylons & gloves;
hair rollers, comb, hair cutting set; Avon perfume bottles; dresser mirrors.
Blankets & Bathroom Sets: 3 piece bathroom set; small pink & white blanket; pink wool blanket; (3) cotton blankets; (4) pillows; misc. blankets; croqueted pieces for liners; numerous bath towels.
Quilts: Several old quilts; silk material for quilts; numerous boxes of small pieces of material for quilting; hand stitched double wedding ring pieces; numerous quilting books; cut quilt pieces.
Collectibles: Paperweights; birds; candles; ceramics; bells; snow globes; old phone books; playing cards; adorable cupids; tin framed pictures & frames; pictures of collector series, old tractors;
collection of pink & black faced lampshades; St. Patty’s figurines; Pyrex bedroom & urinal, white; old scissors, pens, thread, needles & sewing notions; numerous Avon containers; numerous
wicker baskets & Easter baskets; old square danc calling cards, very unique; various catalogs.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.
Dolls & Toys: 18 in. old doll w/cloth body; (10) other older dolls; doorstop dolls; numerous old toys; child’s pots & pans set; good assort. of doll furniture; (6) wooden doll beds; (1) doll high chair,
children’s garden tools; various old toy trucks; checkerboard/marble game combination; child’s small hutch; doll glass dishes; (6) blue lemonade set & pitcher, pink depression creamer & sugar
set & butter dish, Oriental child’s tea set, child’s white Milk Glass items, other numerous child’s dishes; numerous children’s books; baby buggy (tin); green doll high chair; game board; toy box
chalkboard & other games; Three Little Pigs puzzle; tin Easter egg toy; other Easter eggs & toys; child’s ironing board; child’s sewing machine; Batman costume.
Collectibles: Coke bottle w/Clay Center on it; calendars from Auld’s Chevrolet & IH dealership; memorabilia from around the Clay Center & Broughton area; 1912 calendar; various old music
boxes; playing cards w/Robert Kennedy on them; several state plates; several hand fans advertising local businesses; collection of match books; advertising items including rulers & pens; collection of pens & pencils; several jars of marbles; cowboy bank & wood cuts; Easter egg figurine; old suitcase.
Auctioneer’s Note: it appears as if this sale would not be very big, but we did not list all of the advertising pieces and there are several hundred of them.
SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.
Kitchen Collectibles: Wood butter churn Tg’s Terrington; Daisy butter churn, wood; metal apple peeler; (1) green bottom coffee grinder; cherry pitter; (8) bottles, Kitchen Klatter; various cookbooks form around the area; Weed Master cutting board; old kitchen dinner plates; old pots & pans; Granite ware pots; metal cookie cutters; tea pots; mixing bowls; old toasters; numerous
vintage kitchen items; various coffee pots; Granite ware coffee pots; various tea pots; spice tins; red trim Granite ware pots & pans; numerous kitchen primitives; Sunshine Biscuit tin box;
wood rolling pin; various water & milk pitchers; metal butter churn; nested canisters.
Crocks & Fruit Jars: Crock ware; Redwing butter churn crock; (20) Redwing crocks from 10 gal. on down; large brown crock bowls; green crocks; kitchen pottery; brown pottery; 1858 green
Mason fruit jars; green fruit jars; numerous quart fruit jars; 1908 glass lid fruit jars; blue Mason jars dated 1858
Collectibles: Lots of old Valentine cards; 200-300 postcards dating from 1900 on; Coors beer glasses; collection of advertising key chains; many old Christmas tins; lighted pictures; (2) mantle
clocks, one Seth Thomas & the other one made by Welsh Co.; rabit clock; cathedral 8 day ½ hr. strike mantle clock; several talking books; Books of Knowledge Encyclopedia; old advertising
cans; collection of old cameras; square nails; green insulators; glass door knobs; old clocks & radios; Indian memorabilia; ceramic dogs & cats; various old planters, numerous old bottles;
silver plated platters; misc. vases; (8) tumblers.
Furniture: Old style divan; oak bevel glass 8 ft. showcase; (2) old shelving units; other furniture yet to be discovered.
Auctioneer’s Note: The Martin’s have collected for close to 100 years. All four days will be filled with a lot of items not advertised. Hope to see you at the auction.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: Cash or personal check w/proper ID. All items must be paid for before removal. Statements made day of auction take precedence over printed material. Not responsible for accidents of lost items. Mugler Auction Service L.L.C. is agents only. Lunch served. CASHIER: Reta Hemphill
Mugler Auction Service LLC
P.O. Box 154 – Clay Center, Kansas
kansasauctions.net
Randy Reynolds - 785-263-3394
Harold Mugler - 785-632-3994 or mobile 785-632-4994
Paul Geist - 785-263-2545
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OD
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Selling inside the Bob Sleeper Auction Center.
A collection from St. Louis - located halfway between
Kansas City and Columbia, MO.
Exit #62 off I-70 then south 1 mile
Saturday March 31, 2012
At 9:30 a.m. Sale Day
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AUCTIONEER: BOB SLEEPER • 660-584-7019
March 21, 2012 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 3
In The News
Photo by David Samuel
Volunteers needed nationwide for
Civil War Park Day cleanup efforts
Mount Vernon, an entirely privately
funded historical estate, will launch a
nationwide search for a new director.
Mount Vernon’s
Rees to retire as
estate director
MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — The
president and CEO of George Washington’s
Mount Vernon estate is retiring after an
18-year tenure in which he led a significant
overhaul to the visitor experience at the popular tourist attraction, the estate announced
Feb. 15.
James Rees, 59, will retire effective June
1 due to unspecified health issues, according to a news release. Rees has worked at
Mount Vernon for 29 years, and became its
president in 1994. He oversaw significant
changes, including the 2006 opening of a
$60 million museum and education center
on the estate grounds, and restoration of
the first president’s distillery and gristmill.
Work is underway on a $47 million center
that will serve as Washington’s presidential
library. Unlike modern presidential libraries,
though, the Mount Vernon library will accept no government funding. The estate has
long prided itself on being entirely privately
funded.
Rees worked to promote Washington’s
memory and portray him as a vibrant leader
to combat the staid image on the dollar bill.
The education center, for instance, took
great pains to create carefully researched,
life-size wax figures that show Washington
as a young surveyor and military man.
During Rees’ tenure, the staff has nearly
doubled in size, and Mount Vernon’s endowment has grown from $4 million to $125
million. The estate draws roughly 1 million
visitors a year.
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which owns and operates the estate,
is planning a national search for a new
president.
■
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Seven Civil
War sites in Kentucky will get a scrubbing
March 31, and the Civil War Trust is asking
for volunteers from around the state.
The national effort includes more than
100 historic sites in 25 states and is called
Park Day. Volunteers are needed for work
such as raking leaves, painting signs and
planting trees. Park Day will be March 31,
and starting times vary at each site.
In Kentucky, the sites are Battle for the
Bridge Historic Preserve in Munfordville;
Battle of Richmond Park, Richmond; Columbus Belmont State Park, Columbus; Fort
Boone Civil War Battle Site, Frankfort; Fort
Duffield, West Point; Northern Kentucky
Civil War Fortification System, Fort Wright;
and Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
Visit http://tinyurl.com/ParkDay2012 for
a full list of participating historic Civil War
sites, as well as contact information and details for each site.
■
ONLINE ART AUCTION
OVER 600 PRINTS FROM THE BLACKBOX COLLOTYPE
COLLECTION TO BE OFFERED AT THIS AUCTION
This Is A Rare Offering Of High End Artistic Re-Creations And Reproductions
Using The Collotype Process And Continuous Tone Lithography.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
• Alberto Vargas
• Jennel Lessing
• Olivia
• Caroline Young
• Anthony Beckish
• Bernie Fuchs
• Carl Barks
• Douglas Busch
• Greg Padginton
• Hugo Prado
• Jack Cardiff
• Jack Miller
• Michael Atkinson
• Otsuka
• Patrick Nagel
• Will Moses
• William Crutchfield
SALE DATE: WED, MAR 28, 11:30 AM (ET)
INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
ARTWORK LOCATION:
555 Plate Drive, Unit #8, East Dundee, IL USA
COMPLETE LOT LISTING & BIDDING AT: www.thomasauction.com
SALE UNDER MANAGEMENT OF:
THOMAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
PHONE: 203-458-0709 • E-MAIL: gavel@thomasauction.com
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From the Editor
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Eric Bradley
Sometimes writers for
Antique Trader get fired up
about some topics. It helps if
you’re especially passionate
about what you’re covering.
We’ve been extremely fortunate over the years to work
with a great stable of writers
and we keep adding talented
voices all the time.
Starting on page 16, writer Joe Truskot sees
the good work being done in San Francisco as
a road map for other communities (great and
small) can follow to cultivate new collectors:
“It’s time for private collectors and civic leaders
to join forces, identify appropriate and secure
public places, and organize exhibitions drawn
from the collections of members of the community,” Joe says. “Why not find a teenager with
a great collection of whoknowswhat and give
that person a chance to show off and earn some
recognition? What that person collects might
not be what you expect or appreciate, but taste
is something one acquires over a lifetime. Now
is a perfect time to start.”
If any of you readers out there set up exhibits
like this or learn about similar efforts to display
collections where young people (or any people)
can see it on a routine basis, please let us know.
We’d be happy to publicize these efforts.
Don’t miss Joe’s cover story on antique garden objects. More than just a survey of what’s
available, he shares some tips on how to incorporate these items in gardens you already have.
Since a new season starts this month, we’d
like to start a new habit in AT. We routinely give
away prizes for online sweepstakes but we want
to celebrate our longtime subscribers, too. So
this month Todd Tyra or Santa Fe, N.M, and
Daisy Haire of Bainbridge, Ga., will receive free
copies of the new “Warman’s 2013 Antiques &
Collectibles Price Guide” (see page 21 of the
March 7 edition).
Last but not least, please accept my sincere
appreciation for supporting the “Antique Trader
2012 Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide.” It
is the first book I worked on at Antique Trader
and for the first time in the title’s 30-year history it has completely sold out. Astounding. The
book will get a limited second printing, but a
new annual is on its way and set for an October
release. Thank you for your generosity.
This Issue
6......Readers’ Letters
7......Furniture Detective: Stay away from steel wool
during the stripping process by Fred Taylor
8......Behind the Gavel: Update your website for
mobile customers by Wayne Jordan
10 ...Collector Feature: Old time radios
15 ...Auction Highlight: Rosewood secretary closes
at $21K
16 ...Special Feature: San Francisco airport
museum inspiring new collectors
20 ...Show Preview: 2012 Chicago
Antiques & Garden Show
21 ...Show Preview: Gettysburg
hosts 45th annual Spring
Antiques Show
22 ...Cover Story: Garden
antiques by Joseph
Truskot
27 ...Springtime at
Winterthur gardens
30 ...Show Highlight: Crowd
sets five-year high at
Richmond antiques show
33 ...Note from the Editor
34 ...Show Highlight: Colonial Williamsburg
announces new acquisitions
36 ...Web Directory
40 ...Auction Preview: Woody selling rare figural
penguin hatpin holder
41 ...Auction Preview: Kaminski Asian sale folding
out hand-painted antique fans
42 ...Antique Events Calendar
47....‘American Digger’ debuts March 20 on SPIKE
48 ...Classified Ads
50 ...Antiques Business Directory
51 .Advertiser Index
52 .Collector Feature: Verner’s Ginger Ale serving
up tasty collectibles
53 ...Top Lot: Pulp fiction cover art
Woody Auction is offering this Findlay onyx
syrup pitcher, 6 1/2 inches tall, extremely
rare and in outstanding condition March 24.
See more on page 40.
Photo courtesy Woody Auction
On the Cover
A 19th century armillary is nestled in a lush garden at Winterthur (pronounced “winter-tour”),
America’s premier museum of decorative arts. Winterthur is set amidst a 1,000-acre preserve of
rolling meadows and woodlands. Starting on page 22, we share some tips and advice amid the
hot trends in using antiques in the garden, from wagon wheels to Victorian Coade stone.
Readers’ Letters
Bannerman’s brings back memories
Thank you for Bob Ball’s article on his visit to Bannerman’s!
It brought back some great memories, for you see, back in
March of 1959 when I was 13 years old, my dad took me into the
City and we entered the collector’s dream world of 501 Broadway. He was going to help me buy my fi rst gun, hopefully from
the Civil War!
As Bob described, I remember the door on the right and the
picture glass window.
Once inside, there was a long stairway (we never made it up
there), a bucket of rusty socket bayonets on the floor, the wall of
guns and a small mountain of rusty artillery projectiles in the
middle of the floor.
Jim, using one arm, pulled an 1859 Sharps Carbine and then
a Pattern 1842 Enfield musket off the wall (both were $40 – a
small fortune), and I chose the Enfield, probably because it was
heavier. Jim wrapped it up in brown paper, and just like Bob,
we went on the train, me holding the gun tight, to our home on
Long Island.
After Bannerman’s went to Blue Point, I visited Jim several times,
and remember going in the back and seeing the Civil War tarred knapsacks stacked,
I chose the Enfield ...
and teetering,
higher
than
and we went on the train
me, and another bucket or two of rusty and broken socket bayonets (they were 50
cents each). I think we found a Confederate Hall in there one time.
Those were the great early collecting days of Bannerman’s,
Service Armament, and Robert Abels.
I still have those old catalogs and go through them once in
a while, thinking about that trip to New York and the history I
could have preserved with a few more dollars.
— Tom Laboda
Plantation, Fla.
eBay is the need we love Sellers should report fees
to hate and hate to love
I am a collector of “stuff ” for 60-plus years. I am a seller of
my “stuff ” for about 10 years. With most everything I have for
sale, my profits are shared with my business partners eBay and
PayPal.
I have paid for most items I sell and often tax was taken from
me for the item, as well. The items that were gifts to me were paid
for by the persons giving those gifts. Selling brings new-found
money to this Social Security-funded seller. Often it is less than
the item cost, and sometimes happily more.
Now to the point of my ramblings: Often, the total picture of
selling with eBay is one of marginal profit because of the service
charges imposed.
If labor is added in, one might see it as a loss. It only takes one
bad experience to learn who is a buyer or seller not to deal with,
so how eBay handles the issue is only a plus or a minus to the
experience.
I do not see using eBay and PayPal as all bad or all good. I see
them as the better of what is available to the seller today, which is
why I say, they are the need we love to hate and hate to love.
Thank you for the opportunity to add my thoughts about the
“Goliath” in your paper.
— H. Parker
Ft. Myers, Fla.
I just received the February 22 issue of Antique Trader and
read the letter from Roberta Nisslein. I have never sold on eBay,
but I was a frequent buyer and still buy occasionally and can make
a suggestion for her to better satisfy customers.
If you are going to charge an additional fee besides postage,
just state what it will be. This would cover your shipping materials
and anything else that the seller felt the need to charge for. What
upsets people is the additional charge that comes as a surprise. If
a buyer purchases from Amazon or any other online or normal
dealer, the charges are clearly indicated before the transaction is
finalized.
— Ernie Sluss
Orleans, Ind.
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Ask Antique Trader
Eric Bradley
Chinese Mudmen bowl worth about $75
Q
I have owned this for years. Looking around the Internet, I do not
seem to find any similar items. It
is the size of a hand-held tool box, with
a locking lid and a slot on top. Under the
handle is a trigger that seems one must
hold to keep the alarm silent. I believe it
to be from the early 1900s. The I.D. tag
reads: Sentinel model # J, Steel Products
Co. Inc., Kansas City, MO ser# 24657, the
keys read, Grip Tumbler Cylinder Locks.
— S.Z., via email
A
Your lockbox is a curiosity,
indeed. For such an icon of
security, not many examples
of this box remain on the open market.
Certainly many exist in church basements or workshops such as yours, but
they are hard to
track down. It
was made in the
1920s.
Boxes
like these were
used for a variety of purposes.
The alarm could
be set to sound
when the lid
was lifted with
or without the
key. That way the owner could find out
when anyone was “dipping into the
kitty,” so to speak. It’s valued around
$40 to $50.
Q
I am writing to you to see if you or one of your staff
may help me identify an item I purchased at an
estate sale. I do not know much about it, except it
came from the estate of a retired doctor who was well traveled and that almost everything in the house was from the
1950s back to the late 1800s. Thank you in advance for any
time you may devote to this request. — R.G., via email
A
Your bowl is an interesting find.
I’m not surprised you discovered this in the collection of
someone who was well traveled. You
purchased a piece of pottery crafted in
the Chinese Mudmen style. Craftsmen
produced large statues drenched in
bright glazes and decorated with symbolism popular in Chinese culture and
lore. Some statues of old sages, wise men
and warriors stand as tall as 20 inches.
Larger pieces are worth more, and chips
and cracks nearly always reduce values.
In most cases, Chinese Mudmen pottery
was created for the export market dur-
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ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After annual harvests, sometimes
an entire village would work together to
create captivating forms. Often, molds
were used to help maintain a consistent
look, but each figure can vary based on
the artist and the glazes used in the final
steps. Your bowl looks like it was made
with a mixture of molds and by hand.
It’s a desirable piece because it features
more than one figure. I could not find a
duplicate to your bowl in my research.
Your bowl is valued at about $50 to $75
based on similar examples, but further
research is necessary.
Eric Bradley is editor of Antique Trader
magazine, author of the Antique Trader
Antiques & Collectibles 2012 Price Guide,
28th edition (816 pages, available for $14.50
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Furniture Detective
Fred Taylor
Drop the steel wool and step away from
the solvent; you’ll do more harm than good
Almost every book you read about furniture restoration — along
with almost every article posted on the Internet or printed in local
antiques trade papers — touts the use of steel wool as a stripping
tool and as a mild abrasive to be used in place of sandpaper. Many
products associated with the furniture care and restoration industry
recommend steel wool in their instructions and suggestions.
It supposedly is inert, safe, nontoxic, nonreactive and nonflammable. What could be safer? The facts about commercially produced steel wool are slightly different. In fact, if you run a commercial business that
uses steel wool and if you have employees, you are
required to keep a Material Safety Data Sheet on
the stuff on the premises and open for inspection.
OSHA requires an MSDS on almost all chemicals
and products used commercially.
A standard experiment in high school chemistry and physics classes involves steel wool and may
demonstrate its potential
power. The experiment
starts with soaking
the steel wool in
vinegar.
Why?
Did you ever see
a package of rusty
steel wool on the
shelf at the hardware
store? No. The reason is
that the spun steel fibers have a
microscopic coating of oil to prevent them
from rusting. Soaking in vinegar removes this protective coating. After wringing out the steel wool pad, it is
wrapped around a thermometer and placed in a sealed jar. After a
few minutes, the temperature rises because of the reaction that takes
place when four atoms of iron react with three atoms of oxygen and
create two atoms of iron oxide – rust!
You can unwittingly re-create this experiment by using steel wool
in the process of removing one or more layers of finish from a piece
of furniture. The stripper in which the pad of steel wool is dipped
acts as a substitute for the vinegar in the experiment and is actually
a much better solvent for removing the oil from the steel wool than
the vinegar. Then, as you work the product across the surface of the
furniture, the finely spun web of steel fibers begins to disintegrate,
leaving tiny, invisible flecks of raw steel on your work surface.
While the process is slower, the results are the same as those in
the chemistry experiment. Overnight, the steel flecks react with oxygen, creating tiny, solid pieces of rust on your furniture. But unlike
regular rust, they are not orange, because they have further reacted
with the tannin in the wood. As a result, the flecks of iron oxide are
now black. They look like pepper sprinkled across your work — and
you had better be fond of pepper, because they are extremely hard to
remove. You may have luck sanding them out. You may have some
luck bleaching them out. Or you may just have to get used to them.
How can you avoid this? Don’t use steel wool to remove a finish.
Use a stripping pad or a slightly abrasive poly pad. These pads can
be rinsed out and used again. They will not rust.
It is partially for the same reason that steel wool should never be
used to smooth raw wood. Wood doesn’t need to be any smoother
than what most medium or fine grades of sandpaper can produce.
Steel wool is not that good an abrasive anyway. It has a tendency to
“ride over” obstacles rather than cut them down. But more importantly, the steel fibers will snag on the uneven grain of raw wood and
generate microscopic steel flecks that could cause the same type of
staining in the wood, even without the use of a solvent to remove the
protective coating from the steel wool fiber.
Another common use for steel wool, especially touted by nonprofessional “experts,” is to rub out or smooth out intermediate
layers of finish, such as polyurethane or lacquer. In this case, the
presence, not the absence, of the protective coating of oil employed
by the manufacturer can interfere with the work. By scrubbing an
intermediate layer of finish with steel wool, the protective oil is
distributed across the surface of the finish and can cause extreme
adhesion problems for the next coat of finish. Extreme cases can
even produce “fish eyes” in the finish. No finish, except an oil finish,
reacts well to being applied over a thin film of oil. For smoothing
out intermediate coats of finish, use fine sandpaper — 320 grit is
an excellent all-around choice, 220 grit if you have major dust or
contamination problems, 400 grit if you are using shellac.
The final inappropriate use of steel wool is in cleaning metal
hardware, again, often recommended by nonprofessionals but seldom actually used in the trade. Steel wool has a tendency to scratch
or dull softer metal hardware, especially brass. There is no substitute
for a good metal cleaner, a soft rag and a little patience.
What is the appropriate use for steel wool? Steel wool is an excellent choice for an intermediate step in the rubbing process required
to produce a high gloss lacquer finish, used between sandpaper and
the various rubbing and polishing compounds. It also is an excellent
choice for knocking down the sheen on any finish that is too bright,
especially around edges and on corners.
In the furniture trade, steel wool’s use is limited to producing
results after a finish has been applied — never before and never
during.
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Fred Taylor, P.O. Box 215, Crystal River, FL 34423 or info@
furnituredetective.com, call 800-387-6377, fax 352-563-2916
or visit www.furnituredetective.com. Fred’s “How To Be
a Furniture Detective” ($18.95 + $3 S&H). Fred and Gail
Taylor’s DVD, “Identification of Older & Antique Furniture,”
($17 + $3 S&H) and his first 60 columns of “Common Sense
Antiques by Fred Taylor” ($25 + $3 S&H).
Behind the Gavel
Wayne Jordan
Going mobile: Adapt your website for
smartphone-toting buyers on the move
What three things do you always take with you when you leave
your house? Almost universally, the answer is your keys, your wallet and your phone. For decades, urban dwellers left home with just
their keys and their wallets. At some point, cell phones became so
important that they couldn’t leave home without them, either.
A few years ago, high-tech guru George Forrester said, “If you
look at the history of technology, there is a threshold where one
day, you had to have something. You had to have a fax machine.
Remember that day? It was 1981 or something. You had to have
a fax machine on that day. The day before, you didn’t need it.”
(http://www.karlhartig.com/chart/techhouse.pdf).
When did you decide that you absolutely had to have a cell
phone? I grudgingly got mine when a big client insisted that I be
available by phone while I was on the road. That was about 1998.
Within weeks, I was hooked. I never left home without it.
A friend recently related this story: He and his wife were on
the interstate at dinnertime, and they wanted Chinese food. They
typed “Chinese food (city)” into their Android phone, and the
search results indicated that the closest Chinese restaurant was
about 20 miles off their driving route. They settled for fast food,
because there was a hamburger place at their exit. When they had
eaten and continued their journey, they discovered that there was
a Chinese restaurant at the very next highway exit. It was a missed
meal for them and a missed customer for the Chinese restaurant.
The restaurant didn’t show up in search results because the restaurant wasn’t indexed in Google’s mobile website index.
There’s no longer any question that the web is going mobile.
Big companies already know this. They did the research and have
invested their money where they know they will get a return.
In 2009 alone, consumers purchased $1.6 billion worth of
products through their mobile phones.
That’s right, $1.6 billion. That’s a lot, and
that’s reason enough that three out of four
companies are expected to invest in mobile
marketing this year.
Technology has moved on, and your
business must move on with it. You can’t stand still. It’s time
once again to revamp your web presence to adapt to the mobile
Internet. It’s a shame, really. You probably spent a lot of money
getting your existing website up and running and looking good.
You spent even more money keeping the content current.
But imagine cramming that big web page down into the size
of your smartphone. That’s a 3-1/2-inch screen. Your laptop is at
least four times bigger. How much scrolling would you have to do
(up, down, right and left) to read the information on a standard
web page? Quite a bit. If you arrived at a website where you were
forced to scroll at the end of every line, how long would you stay
on that page? Not very long, I suspect.
How long do you think your customers will look at your website
on their mobile devices? If your site hasn’t been configured for mobile devices, they won’t look for very long. Neither would you.
Have you looked at your site on your mobile phone? Maybe you
should. Of course, since there are so many makes and models of
phones, it’s impossible to see what your site looks like on all of them
Half of all customers looking for antiques
shops are doing so on their phones.
The rate at which new technologies are being adopted by our
society as a whole is phenomenal. It took 15 years for radio to
be adopted by 80 percent of American homes. It took 10 years
for television to reach the same penetration. Telephones didn’t
reach 80 percent penetration until the early 1960s — almost
50 years from the time that they were introduced. Cell phones,
which became commonplace about 15 years ago, are now almost
universal but are being replaced by smartphones. Just three years
ago, smartphone penetration stood at 21 percent in the U.S. In
2011, it exceeded 50 percent. It’s predicted that within two years,
smartphones will reach 90 percent market penetration in the U.S.
Clearly, Americans have decided it’s time to get smartphones.
Consumers with smartphones have affected the economy at
almost every level. Why? Because when folks are out shopping,
looking for a place to eat or looking for something to do (like
shop for antiques), they turn to their smartphones to find out
who’s around that can meet their needs. It might be your business; it might not.
Consider this: Right now, one half of local searches are done
on a mobile device (smartphone). Half of all customers looking
for an antiques shop are doing so on their phones. Do you think
this number is likely to go up, or down? If your website isn’t mobile compatible, then those prospects can’t find you. As far as new
customers are concerned, you don’t exist. You are losing half of
your potential customers to your competitor (provided he has a
mobile-ready website). How long can you continue to lose half of
your prospects before you are out of business altogether?
Continued on page 46
Wayne Jordan is a Virginia licensed auctioneer, certified
personal property appraiser, and accredited business
broker. He specializes in the valuation and liquidation of
estate and business assets. His column Behind the Gavel
appears monthly in Antique Trader. Learn more at www.
waynejordanauctions.com, 276-730-5197 or auctioneer.
wayne@yahoo.com.
Collector Feature
Industrial physicist restoring sound,
Photo courtesy Gol
den Memories Auc
tion Co.
Photo courtes
y Victorian Ca
sino Antiques
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) – A
fat and sassy black cat purrs in
John Allen’s lap. Relaxing in his
favorite chair, Allen’s fingers
vanished into the silky fur as
he stroked his cat while listening to the Big Band sounds
coming through a 1930s radio.
With its warm wood finish
and the soft yellow glow of
light from the dial, the vintage
radio is as soothing as the thin
shadows in the room.
There’s just enough static in
the broadcast to be convincing.
Truth is, Allen, an industrial
physicist, listens to an authentic 1930s broadcast on a tape
transmitted to his antique radio
from a small unit just around
the corner in his kitchen. As for
the transmitter, it was a clearance item that came from Toys
R Us. Sure enough, the scientist
found a bargain in the toy store.
Stacked neatly in his living
room are a dozen or so radios
from the past. The sets are piled several deep. Other are stored in his shop,
This 1945 countertop “Little
tucked tightly on shelves.
Jewel” Westinghouse refrigerator
“My wife has been very supportive radio, model H-125, sold for $200
of my collecting. The radios generally at an Oct. 16, 2011, sale held by
stay in the sheds, but they have started Victorian Casino Antiques.
coming inside. She doesn’t seem to
mind,” he said.
They are just a few of the many he has collected throughout
the years.
“Maybe if you count the regular radios, the military
radios and the spy radios, I might have a little more than
200,” he said.
That’s right, he said “spy radios.”
“They were what agents used during the Cold War. They
are small, compact radios that could be moved in and out of
an area without (it) being obvious that it was a transmitter
and receiver unit. They are not necessarily rare, but difficult
to obtain now,” Allen explained. “They were also used in B47 planes as a survivor unit during the Cold War.”
The sets, he said, lack any identifying information as to
their country of origin.
“Spy transmitters typically put out two to 10 watts, on
the shortwave band, but that’s all
you needed for several hundred
miles. During World War
II, the signals were at lower
frequencies, and you had to
have good transmitters to
pick them up. Ham (amateur
radio) operators seem surprised that they can contact
someone anywhere around
the world with 10 watts and
less,” Allen said.
Like a clock collector, Allen knows that radios must
be used to have them last.
Caring for the radio collection means more than just
giving them an occasional
dusting.
“They have to be turned
every three to six months
and operated for an hour or
two. They have capacitors in
them, and if you don’t keep
some voltage on them, they
depolarize and stop working
correctly. If I have to listen to
them, I want to listen to something I like, like Glen Miller, so I
use the toy transmitter to play a tape
through them.”
The oldest radio in Allen’s
collection is a homemade
crystal set made in
1917.
Despite some
damage to
the decorative
speaker cloth,
this Steward
Warner
Cathedral radio
brought $80
during a July 30,
2011, advertising
and country
store auction
held by Golden
Memories
Auction Co., of
Mountain City,
Ga.
, reviving interest in old-time radios
started. By the time I was
17, I had my ham amateur
radio license.
“I worked my way
through college as a radio
transmitter engineer at station WSPA, in Spartanburg,
N.C., getting my commercial radio license when I was
about 19,” he said.
Right out of college, Allen got a job with RCA that
A pair of Art Deco-inspired
lasted for 10 years. “For the first six
wooden RCA Victor and a short-wave
months, I worked as a radio engiradio brought $140 during Affiliated Auctions’
neer fixing broadcast transmitters,”
June 5, 2011, antiques and militaria sale.
he said.
Now, at 73, he still runs
his Allen Science Research
business and finds time to
tinker on his sets and help
others in a jam.
And yes, he said,
people do find him to see
if he can fix up the family
heirloom radio.
“I do work on them,
but I have to charge because I have lots of other
things I want to do. It’s a
lot easier to fix some of
the oldest ones than tranAntique radios need to be turned on
sistor radios. Tubes are not the problem, I
every three to six months and operated
have a couple thousand of them. Nearly all
for an hour or so. If some voltage isn’t
kept on capacitors, they stop working
of these radios have the same tube in them;
correctly.
you can still find tubes for them on the Internet, from $2 up to $70 or so. The biggest
Hong Kong and other countries around problem with radios comes about when
the world,” he said.
people stop turning them on,” he said.
All this knowledge came from a house
So, the radio that grandma listened to as
fire that sparked his interest in radios and a child, and went on the blink in the 1930s,
opened the door to a career field.
has been silent ever since. Now repaired by
“When I was a kid, maybe 9, we lived Allen, there comes a moment that’s really
in a little village in South Carolina and a special – having grandma turn it on.
house just two doors down from our home
“What she last heard coming out of that
burned. A day or two later, my brother and radio and what she is about to hear now
I went looking, and we found an old radio is going to shock her with the crap that
in the house. The fire had been so hot it comes out of it. The radio wasn’t in a time
cracked the vacuum tubes, but I was fasci- warp. She may have last heard Amos and
nated by this thing that could take signals Andy on it, and now she will hear Rush
out of the air and turn them into sound. Limbaugh. It’s going to be a total shock to
That finding got me interested and got me her, disbelief,” he said with laughter.
Photo courtesy Affiliated Auctions
“Very primitive, completely homemade
and still works. Brings in just local AM
stations. Yet another crystal set, also made
around 1918, that has a good tuner
and earphones, can still
bring in AM stations from
as far away as Canada,” he
said.
“I have a lot of farm radios, which are radios that ran
from dry cell batteries, from a
volt and a half to six volts, or
using C battery and B batteries
– 90 to 140 volts. The batteries
came in packs. There were also 32 volt
systems, and by the 1950s,
when most households
had AC electric service,
nobody was using or buying them anymore. Farms
were the last to receive
electric service, and farm
radios were sets that relied
on battery packs. They are
my favorite radios, and
they have beautiful cabinets,” said Allen.
“I grew up with these
(antique) radios. They
were once status symbols,
like big TVs, the only link
to the world, and they were entertaining,
too. We would come in at 8 p.m. and listen
to Jack Benny or Amos and Andy and the
Westerns, like The Lone Ranger, Sgt. Preston, the Cisco Kid and mystery shows,” he
said. “That’s why I am collecting. I enjoyed
the programs then and the memories of
my family gathering around the magic that
is radio.”
Among his collection are “speaker
horns.”
“Sets from the 1930s allowed for many
in a room to hear from speakers instead
of earphones. The first were large horns
that really weren’t all that great, but you
didn’t have to have earphones to listen to
the broadcast. Radios from the late 1930s
also allowed listeners in America to hear
short-wave programs broadcast from
Paris, London, Germany, Rome, Africa,
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“This is a nostalgic thing, people get
very emotional when talking about their
radio experiences as kids,” he said. “People
who grew up with these radios can have an
emotional tie to them. I remember my family sitting around the living room listening
to an old Westinghouse that wasn’t worth
a damn. In an hour or two it started to
howl.” They squawked, screeched, buzzed
or hummed, all the equivalent to snow on
old-time TVs.
“Radios were sold without tubes right
up until 1930. A set of tubes cost more than
the radio in many instances. Tubes amplified the signal. It also enabled the listener
to fine-tune his station selection,” he said.
Radio sales are probably down because
people listen to streaming audio on the Internet. AM, too, seems to be fading away.
On the AM band, Allen can use his radios to
pick up AM broadcasts. But if stations end
AM broadcasting, his radios will be mute
witnesses to the history that once was.
“Problem is, if AM stations are phased
out or switched to digital, the radios could
go silent. Profit margins are so low because
of what they can charge for ads, they can
hardly make it,” he said. “Right now, on Sunday nights I can get a program on 740 AM,
from Toronto, that plays big band music.”
In the meantime, Allen is joining others in trying to keep interest in old-time
radios alive.
“I think there are more younger collectors than ever. I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and younger
people are coming in, getting excited about
the whole antique radio thing.
“People call me to give talks on radios,
and I do it. Takes about half a day to get
stuff ready and set up for programs, but
people seem to enjoy it,” Allen said.
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ons Auction Gallery
Photo courtesy Saco River Auctions.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Antique Wireless Association, a not-for-profit
collector organization celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2012, has 2,000
members linked by a common interest in the history of electrical and electronic
communications. AWA members come from all walks of life: at one of its
meets, you might find yourself shaking hands with a retired broadcast executive or military electronics specialist, an engineer in a high-tech electronics firm
or an eager young man looking for advice on restoring his first radio.
Once a year, hundreds of AWA members convene near Rochester, N.Y., to
enjoy several days of total immersion in the antique wireless hobby. Members
renew friendships, shop for treasures
at the flea market, show off their
acquisitions and restorations at the
equipment contest, present and attend
seminars and expand their collections
at the major radio auctions.
Scheduled for Aug. 21-25, registration has already begun for the 2012
Antique Wireless Association’s World
Convention. The theme for this year’s
event is “Collins Radio” and the AWA
will be joined by The Collins Collectors
Association, which is dedicated to
the preservation and continued use of
Collins amateur radio equipment.
This year at its World Convention,
the AWA is proud to present a special
exhibit and program on the ‘Titanic’
and the Marconi equipment the ill-fated
vessel carried. Presented by James
This World War
and Feleicia Kreuzer, considered two
II wireless radio fans poster, 29
of the most knowledgable experts on
inches wide by 41 inches tall, fetched
equipment of this era, will teach con$175 during the Sep. 18, 2011, Four
vention attendees about communicaSeasons Auction Gallery sale.
tions before modern shortwave radios,
radar and GPS. Early communication
technology enthusiasts will even be able to take home a replica of a “Marconi
Radio-Gram” (the predecessor of the telegram).
An AWA annual membership costs $25 and includes The AWA Journal,
published quarterly, which is filled with members’ historical research, equipment restorations, troubleshooting advice and servicing tips. Membership benefits also include the annual AWA Review, a volume of a few hundred pages
containing more scholarly and technical articles.
Free to members and non-members alike is a new quarterly online publication, The AWA Gateway. Intended to help and encourage newcomers to the
hobby, Gateway, offers articles on collecting and restoration at a very basic
level. Download it from the AWA website at www.antiquewireless.org.
More information about the Association can be found at the website or
by writing to Antique Wireless Association, P.O. Box 421, Bloomfield, NY
14469.
Photo courtesy Four Seas
Philco table top radio in oak cabinet, 13
by 8 by 7 inches, sold for $60 by Saco
River Auctions March 3, 2012.
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Auction Highlights
Rosewood secretary closes at $21,280
Photo courtesy Stevens Auctions
FLOMATON, Ala. – A circa 1860 museum-quality mechanical rosewood drop-front secretary desk attributed to renowned
American furniture maker Thomas Brooks, earned top lot honors
when it sold for $21,280 during the Dec. 31 auction held by Stevens
Auctions at Flomaton, Ala. All prices include the 12 percent buyer’s
premium.
The secretary still had the original finish and was substantial in
size at 9 feet, 11 inches tall, nearly 6 feet wide and 26 inches deep.
The second top lot was a circa 1850 six-piece parlor set by John H.
Belter, in the Rosalie with Grapes pattern that earned $15,680.
Other furniture highlights include a circa 1850 rosewood rococo étagère attributed to John H.
Belter, with a white marble top and
measuring 82 inches tall by 60
inches wide by 19 inches deep, went to a determined bidder for
$7,840; and a rococo walnut étagère with carrara marble and a center drawer (also circa 1850), boasting the good original finish and
burl trim, made $2,016.
Beds and bedroom suites performed well, as a queen-size
rosewood half tester bed with pierce carving, signed McCracken
& Brewster, circa 1855, 9 feet, 2 inches tall, changed hands for
$10,080; and a walnut, Victorian four-piece bedroom suite with
high-back bed, matching dresser, wardrobe and wash stand, circa
1870, brought $4,480.
A period burl walnut French linen press with shelves and fitted
drawers inside, all on a Bombay-style base, with claw feet, 93 inches
tall by 72 inches wide by 24 inches deep (circa 1800), breezed
to $5,600; and a period mahogany Empire secretary, still in
the good original finish, with scroll front and individual glass
panes, 90 inches tall (circa 1840), went for $2,464.
A rosewood rococo two-door wardrobe with fruit
carvings on the doors and a bird’s-eye maple interior, attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks (circa 1850) sold
for $5,600; and an American bachelor’s chest Empire
wardrobe made from crotch mahogany, probably
crafted in New York around 1840, 80 inches
tall by 66 inches wide by 24 inches deep,
knocked down for $2,688.
A palace-sized 48-inch Nicole Freres Pat.
1815 Swiss cylinder interchangeable music
box with 10 bells in a floral marquetry inlaid
case hit $12,320; a 44-inch carved mahogany
interchangeable cylinder music box by Paillard
(New York) garnered $8,960; and a fine carved
oak Criterion 15 3/4-inch disc double-comb music box rose to $4,800.
In decorative accessories, a large 39-inch-tall scenic Sevres urn, artist signed, hammered for $3,920;
a pair of museum-quality Old Paris vases, magnificent
both in detail and condition, probably made in the late
19th century, 19 inches tall, realized $1,904 each; and a pair
of Old Paris vases with a courting scene painted on each
side and trimmed in gold went for $1,440 each.
A rosewood server with marble top, made circa 1850
and attributed to P. Mallard, found a new owner for
$2,352; a period mahogany Empire combination pier
table (or game table), with large gold claw feet (circa
1830), commanded $2,016; and an oak Wooten
double rotary roll-top desk with swing end, still
Above: Monumental,
bearing the Wooten Mfg. label and made circa
39-inch scenic Sevres urn,
artist signed ($3,920).
1880, brought $2,352.
For more information on Stevens Auction
Left: Museum-quality
Co.,
which is based in Aberdeen, Miss., contact
mechanical rosewood
662-369-2200 or stevensauction@bellsouth.net
drop-front secretary
desk, made circa 1860
or visit www.stevensauction.com.
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Special Feature
San Francisco is creating new collectors
one lecture and layover at a time
It was released in 1956. It appeared in every episode
of “Frasier” save one. It was in Chandler and Joey’s apartment in the first season of Friends. Larry King is sitting in
it on the cover his book. It was designed by Charles and
Ray Eames and sold through the Herman Miller furniture
company. It’s the Eames Lounge Chair. It also serves as a
focal point to Wendy Kaplan’s presentation “California
Design: Living in a Modern Way from 1930-1965.” Kaplan
recently spoke to San Francisco’s American Decorative
Arts Forum of Northern California, (ADAF), an affiliated
support group of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco.
With economic uncertainties an undercurrent of the
antique and collectibles trade and a growing concern for
just where the next generation of collectors will come from,
the ADAF offers a formula that could be replicated in more
American cities, forum organizers said. The ADAF is just
one of several San Francisco groups using public spaces
and presentations to stimulate renewed interest in collecting and preserving American decorative arts.
Since 1983, the American Decorative Arts Forum
has promoted fellowship among San Francisco Bay Area
antique collectors by providing them with monthly meetings, events and lectures delivered by authoritative speakers. The presentation made by Kaplan of the Los Angeles
County Museum of
Art (LACMA), like all
others, was preceded
by a mini-show of
items relevant to the
discussion brought
in and displayed by
members from their
own
collections.
The mini-show at
Kaplan’s presentation
produced an Eames
splint, which was a forerunner in the development of the iconic
chair. Informative tours and seminars, receptions in members’
homes and additional opportunities to share information and
treasures with other members are all part of this effective and fun
organization.
“We define decorative arts,” said Gordon Fine, president of the
forum, “as anything made or used in America, and that covers a
lot!” The ADAF defines American decorative arts as:
“… the surviving objects of American make or use, such
as furniture, lighting devices, ceramics, silver, textiles,
Photo courtesy Auction House
Joseph Truskot
Above: The Early Wildfowl Hunting display includes
decoys, tins and game calls.
Left: Iroquois Casual China patterned pieces as exhibited
at the SFO Museum in 2009. The yellow “Pepper Tree”
dinner plate in the back probably dates from the 1960s.
Courtesy the Don Osborne Collection.
utensils and other household decorations. Decorative arts
are distinguished from fine art – usually paintings, sculpture and architecture – in two ways: First, the objects were
usually made to serve a purpose superseding the aesthetic
merit they may possess; and second, their makers, whether
a school girl, silversmith, itinerant artist or cabinetmaker,
generally did not consider themselves an “artist” in the
way we define that word today. The decorative arts serve
to document a historical period and way of life; they allow
us today to understand better our diverse but collective
past.”
Photo courtesy Auction House
Above: Several San Francisco organizations are
teaming up to present American decorative arts in
new and innovative ways. A recent display on the
design and utility of American motorcycles is open
through April 12, 2012, at the SFO Museum.
Right: A display of spun aluminum kitchenware
from the exhibit “Russel Wright At Home” as
featured in the SFO Museum at the
San Francisco International Airport.
Photo courtesy McKinley William.
The forum has about 200 members. It is an affiliate
organization of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, the flagships of which are the de Young Museum
of Art located in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of
Honor in Lincoln Park right on the edge of the Pacific
Ocean. Additional support groups include those devoted exclusively to ceramics, textiles and those concerned about
educating young museum attendees.
“Our application and renewal forms ask members to specify
their areas of interest, and our members are not shy about expressing their interests to me and to other board members,” said
Susan Doherty, program chair for the ADAF, who selects the
program content and speakers. “We also offer the opportunity to
sponsor scheduled lectures for $500. Though that amount covers
only a small portion of the cost of each lecture, it allows members
to show support for a given topic and/or to honor an individual
with an interest in that given topic.”
Doherty comes into her volunteer position having already
served in a similar capacity at the Greenwich Antiques Society of
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn. “Our members have a
broad range of interests,” she said, “from the 18th century to the
21st, from furniture to ceramics, textiles and architecture. This
guarantees that you cannot thrill everyone with every lecture. But
most members enjoy learning how one period influences and/or
reacts to another, how one medium influences another and how
history influences the way we live and the objects we choose to
live with.” With this in mind, Doherty schedules at least one lecture covering material from most major style periods and varies
the mediums covered.
“The elephant in the room remains the current preference for
modern objects and design over antiques,” Doherty said. “Modern
design and objects certainly seem to get the most press, and I suppose it is a truism that most ‘young people’ are ‘not interested in
antiques.’ But I think too much has been made of the dichotomy
between the two styles – the false choice. As many of our 2012
lectures will show, antiques and folk art improve the best modern
San Francisco Collections
continued from page 17
interiors. They give an elegance, richness
and warmth to interiors that risk sterility
and coldness. This is true at all economic
levels.”
Kaplan’s presentation explained how
Charles and Ray Eames warmed up their
“democratic” ultra-modern house with
an extensive collection of folk art. Last
month, Architectural Digest’s Mitchell Owens’ presentation explained how designers
for the super-rich incorporated antiques
into the chic-est modern interiors of the
1960s. “Those who claim to hate modern
and love only antiques, or vice versa, often
fail to see how each influences the other,”
Doherty said.
“I also plan to address another false notion in the modern vs. antiques comparison
– that of cost and practicality,” she said.
“While antique masterpieces continue to
shatter auction records, furniture at any
level below that is now incredibly affordable, often costing less than low-price mass
produced modern furniture, let alone high-
end modern pieces from Roche
Bobois to Ruhlmann. The
value proposition improves
with time, since antiques are
so much more durable. The
wear and tear of daily living,
including that with young
children, merely adds to the
patina, rather than ruining the
object.”
Which topics attract the largest
crowds? “Anything involving textiles
or clothing draws especially well, with
many non-members attending.” Doherty
said. “Other big winners with both members and non-members are jewelry and
modern topics. Lectures about the marketplace or market trends for antiques
are also popular.”
Learn more about the San Francisco
airport museum and its exhibits by visitShown in the “Russel Wright At Home”
ing http://tinyurl.com/FlySFO2012.
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Joseph Truskot is a collector and freelance
writer based in Salinas, Calif.
exhibit is this cereal bowl with brown
and mottled orange glaze. From the Don
Osborne Collection.
Another ambitious step toward raising
the public’s awareness of antiques in daily
life and culture is the SFO Museum inside
the San Francisco International Airport.
Since 1980, the museum’s 20 galleries in
four terminals have featured diverse exhibitions: from pottery to motorcycles, microscopes to kitchenware, counter culture to
California history.
“It’s difficult to answer the question of
how the SFO Museum rates the popularity
and profundity of each of its exhibitions,”
said Timothy O’Brien, curator of the SFO
Museum. “Exhibitions on such a diverse The exhibit “A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment
range of subjects such as Meissen porcelain, to the Twentieth Century” is on display at the SFO Museum through June
African masks, Chinese jades and Scandi- 2012. Included in the exhibit are this circa 1660 tripod microscope made of
ivory, wood and glass (above left) and a simple microscope with case, 1673navian design all appeal to distinct, built-in 1748, Holland, from the Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley.
audiences among the travelers who visit
SFO.”
which seem to attract the most attention, both in the gallery
The SFO Museum is committed to creating greater aware- and on the Internet, are those dealing with popular culture –
ness of the objects it displays and giving credit to the local the history of the pinball machine, industrial design and presresidents who have amassed important collections.
ently, our television and phonograph/vinyl record exhibitions.
“The museum’s primary concern is to attract and inspire There seems to be a natural interest in examining the origins
those who may not have a pre-existing interest in or affinity for and social impact of those ubiquitous items in modern culture
the exhibited subject,” O’Brien said. “That said, the exhibitions that maintain a tremendous presence in all of our lives.”
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GLENCOE, Ill. – The Antiques & Garden Fair returns for safety reasons, strollers are not permitted in the Fair. Parking
the 12th year to the Chicago Botanic Garden April 20-22, with a at the Chicago Botanic Garden is $20 per car; free for Garden
special preview evening April 19. The Chicago Botanic Garden is members.
located at 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, Ill.
Lecture tickets are $65 per lecture in advance and $70 per
While thousands of bulbs and annuals bloom in the 24 display lecture at the door; tickets for both lectures are $105. Garden
gardens outside, more than 100 displays from dealers from Eu- members receive $5 off each price. All lecture tickets include a
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furnishings, botanical art and home and garden design.
Indoor display gardens will interpret the theme “Around
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premier landscape designers, including William Heffernan Landscapes, Maria Smithburg with Manfredini
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Two speakers will give lectures during the Fair: David Easton on April 20 and David Howard on April 21.
Honorary Chair David Easton is one of the world’s most
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and Future,” David Easton will take you on a journey of
garden design from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to
Ancient Rome and beyond.
Special Guest David Howard, former head gardener
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40 Years of Gardening in the U.K.” Listen to the man who Shown here is a Japanese snow lantern and waterfall in a Japaneseworked closest to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Prince themed garden. See page 22 for insights from Joseph Truskot on how
Charles, on his extraordinary creation, Highgrove, one you can best use garden antiques in your own home.
of the most important gardens in Europe and a foreThis cast iron garden bench is
most example of organic gardening. Howard trained
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glass and ironstone. You will also fi nd
clocks, gold jewelry, rings, pictures,
pocket knives, bottles, old toys, crocks,
jugs, old linens, lace, dolls, pocket
watches, old guns, holiday collectibles,
postcards and country farm items.
“This is a great semi-annual tradition
in Gettysburg,” said John Angstadt, the
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The event is held on Carlisle, Chambersburg, Baltimore and York Streets,
along with Lincoln Square, all in Historic Downtown Gettysburg. The show
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Cover Story
A world of your own
Garden antiques that personalize your outdoor space
Joseph Truskot
With volatility in the stock market,
impasse in government and technological change affecting us from our morning wake-up apps to our midnight sleep
number settings, our gardens are perhaps
the one quiet place where we can be in full
control of our lives. Whether we live in a
tract house or a country estate, a trailer or
a condo with a patio, we can use antiques
and collectibles outside to mold our outdoor world into a thing of beauty. Here are
some of the popular antique garden trends
as seen by retailers this year.
Entry Doors
A cast-iron mail
box would be
a welcoming
addition to an
entryway.
Leaded glass
window, ready
to be framed,
mounted and
installed in an
open lawn.
Most homes were designed with the front
entrance visible from the street. Reinforce
this by making sure the door is eye-catching
and in clear view. Trim shrubs down and
plant colorful annuals that frame the house
and draw one’s attention from the street to
the door. Antiques to consider: a vintage
Spanish brass door knocker ($150-$250), a
U.S. Post Office drop-off letter box ($250$350), a period porch light ($75-$400) and
something funny. Nothing feels more welcoming to visitors than an object that makes
them smile just before entering your home;
for example, a brightly painted, cast-iron reclining frog in a bikini ($85); a chafing dish
lid planted with succulents ($29) or a sign
with a slogan. My favorite: “The philosopher
who said that work well done never needs
doing over, never weeded a garden.”
Front Lawn
If you have a large, empty front lawn,
consider objects that might fill the void,
such as an old iron plow or a modern sculpture, or the later created out of the former.
Buy the iron discs, fan blades and assorted
gear wheels and then talk your local auto
repair shop into welding them into manageable sections for you to assemble, pagodafashion, in your garden. A small leaded
Backyard Garden
If you’re lucky to have a view in your
backyard, design your garden to accentuate
that view. A few well-placed objects on each
side can lead your eye to a bucolic hillside
or distant pond.
If you’re like most of us, however, and
have to contend with the dreariness of some
neighbors’ yards, construct a wooden fence,
put up a brick wall or plant a tall hedge,
which will define the garden and shield you
from faded plastic play sets and trash can
ghettos. Once the walls are up, it is indeed
your space!
Select easy-to-care-for shrubs and perennials which won’t take over the yard but
will provide a variety of different heights.
Then, choose one perfect object to capture
attention. A focal point is key to good landscape design. A non-vegetative element
truly anchors the entire garden.
That object could be a 19th-century
Japanese, hand-carved Yukimi snow lantern
($10,000) or grandfather’s whittled whirligig
(priceless, except gramps probably would
take a Benjamin for it!); a pair of Victorian
Coade stone urns ($24,500, plus shipping)
or two pink flamingos.
Authentic Japanese stone lanterns are
usually constructed in sections that fit together and require a crane to lift them into
position. They are solid rock and literally
weigh a ton! So, if you don’t have a private
road into your backyard for the installation
equipment, consider something simpler.
Grandpa’s contribution has great merit.
First, grandpas aren’t forever and you’ll
think of him every time you see the bird’s
wings move. Second, the bird’s wings move.
Pinwheels, swirling coils, windmills and anemometers all provide regular movement,
which adds interest to the garden and makes
it seem even more alive. Grandpa’s handiwork is authentic folk art that is unique and
could appreciate in value.
Coade stone was a type of matte-finish stoneware invented by Mrs. Eleanor
Coade (1733-1821) of London, England.
It contained crushed ceramic bits mixed
into the clay before firing. Its color may be
light yellow, gray or beige. It had a tremendous vogue in the building boom of 19th
century England and was in commerce
from 1769 to about 1840. Once a mold
was created, it could be used many times
to create highly detailed objects. Known
at the time as artificial stone, it
was significantly cheaper than
hand-carved rock. The finished keystones, urns, figures
and façades weathered well
and are available through British dealers such as Summers
Place Auctions Ltd. A famous
Coade stone lion stands on a
plinth guarding Westminster
Bridge in London.
The original flamingos,
on the other hand, landed on
American lawns in 1957 and
became as staple a feature as
the ’57 Chevy Bel Air in the driveway.
(Only 47,556 of these iconic cars were
produced by GM. They range in price
Photo courtesy Joseph Truskot
glass window ($100-$250) newly framed,
fastened between two 4-by-4 posts and surrounded by well-tended shrubs and flowers
will capture one’s attention, give sparkle
to the grass and grant these attractive but
hard-to-reuse objects new life.
An old wagon wheel is still a perfect
greeter at the side of a driveway, especially
when it blends with a ranch-style house and
rail fence. Spoked wheels ($450 each) are
harder to find these days intact. If unpainted
or untreated, the wood rots. I recommend
you mount the wheel on a concrete platform
above the ground, instead of half-burying it.
A friend once told me she was invited to
a fancy reception at a country home outside
of Baltimore but got woefully lost and had
to call for help. What she heard the hostess
say was: “Turn into the drive just beyond
the caldron on the lawn.” What the hostess
actually said was: “Turn into the drive just
beyond the Calder on the lawn.” A good
sized caldron or rendering pot can still be
had for around $300, but an original Alexander Calder (1898-1976) outdoor sculpture is beyond the scope of this article.
Sculpture made of iron farm objects by
Magdalena McCann, Santa Cruz, Calif.
A recycled bird house by Bill Valuch,
owner of Miss Trawick’s Garden Shop,
Pacific Grove, Calif.
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today from $5,000 to $89,000 or more.)
The classic flamingos were designed by
sculptor Don Featherstone using a photo
from a National Geographic magazine as
a model. Union Products of Leominster,
Mass., made about 250,000 pairs a year
until the company folded in 2007. A pair
still in its 1980s-era box was listed at $175
on eBay. Authentic ones will have Don
Featherstone’s signature on their bellies.
Focal points that take a more “green”
position are sprouting up all across the
country. An antique millstone, upturned
and professionally mounted, makes a fan-
tastic simple garden sculpture certain to
capture the eye of all onlookers. Expect to
pay around $175 for the stone, and considerably more for a secure pedestal and
mount. Inventive carpenters are re-using
all manner of architectural elements in
their construction of bird houses and
feeders. These can be had for $25 to $250.
Wrought iron fence pieces or gates can be
used as small trellises for climbing annuals
such as sweet peas or nasturtiums. Expect
to pay from $85 to $500.
Several other garden ornaments have
been popular over the centuries.
Above: Gazing ball on brass stand.
Right: Sundial on pedestal.
Below: Large spoked wagon wheel, $450.
Gazing Balls or Globes
These vintage, hand-blown orbs of
mirrored glass set on top of a stand have a
long and colorful history. The first gazing
balls appeared in the 12th century emerging from Venetian glass factories. Glass
balls were hung near cottage doors to
keep the evil spirits away. The Victorians
loved them and often referred to them as
Butler Globes. Because they reflect at an
angle, the help could see if the hostess
and guests needed attention without hovering. When a gazing globe was placed
in the center of the intersection of two
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garden paths, lovers on a bench could keep an eye out for an approaching chaperon. They look best when they are resting on a
base higher than the surrounding greenery and visible from several different points. As they reflect the sky and garden around
them, they capture movement, which draws one’s eye to them.
Antique gazing balls ($85-$120) are readily available. The
older ones often need to be re-silvered inside so they reflect attractively. Antique pedestals are a greater find and will easily
hold a newly minted globe. Keep the outside surface polished for
optimum effect.
ridiculous and always be in the way.
Stately Chinese fu dogs gaze terrifically from either side of an
entry gate. Authentic ones are male and female with the male’s
front paw resting on a ball and the female’s hidden by a puppy.
They won’t improve chain link.
If you happen to like a variety of things in your yard (or family
politics dictate you find a place for that goose in a nun’s habit that
Aunt Fifi bought you for your birthday last summer), isolate them in
a sunny nook separated by fast-growing, vibrantly colored zinnias.
Sundial
An ancient way of telling the time of day, the “dial” traditionally has Roman numerals in reverse order from a clock face. The
pointer should indicate due south. Although the numbers are
rarely accurate, the instrument will tell you precisely when the
sun is at its highest point in the sky which, of course, is midday. Antique Victorian sundials can start around $400 but vary
depending on age, design, material and condition.
Armillary
A more sophisticated instrument than a sundial, an armillary
is that arrow pointing to the sky with the bands of metal encircling it, mounted on a pedestal. Each metal ring takes a different
measurement. It was used to indicate the earth’s orbit in relation to celestial objects, the most basic of which was earth’s orbit
around the sun. When installed correctly, the arrow’s shadow
indicates the equinoxes. These are more intricate than a sundial
and the prices start around $800.
Urns
A certain find at every angle in a formal garden, an urn is
simply a large flower pot. They have drain holes and can be
planted or left as ornamentation. A matching pair on either side
of a staircase invites all to move to the next level. They provide
height to your plantings so that low-growing blossoms (petunias, lobelia, portulaca) can decorate higher up.
Some oriental ceramic storage jars were meant to hold water
so they lack drain holes and look their best off to the side and
fi lled to the brim with a few discreet petals floating on top.
Statuary
Garden decor inevitably reflects the owner’s taste and pocketbook, but nothing more so than representational figures. Marble,
granite, bronze, ceramic, cast iron, concrete, wood, aluminum,
lead and plastic have all been used to capture that certain someone ... or something. Each of these mediums has pros and cons
when placed outdoors, which you should investigate before you
invest significant money.
Statues are tied to specific artistic styles. Mixing Greek figures with garden gnomes or Amish silhouettes with iron mermaids will create a distracting jumble. Keep ornaments uniform
and appropriate for the space and style of the house and yard. A
painted “grannie fanny” looks cute at the edge of an ever-changing vegetable garden where a concrete Aphrodite would look
Concrete statue in a rose garden, $400.
Fountains
Originally powered by channeled natural streams, fountains
can be ornate monuments or simple troughs. Movement aerates
the water and keeps it clear of surface algae. Few of us have access to babbling brooks and few of those that do have diverted
the streams on their property to flow through a water feature.
We depend on motorized pumps to make the water pour, spout
or spray. Installation takes some ingenuity as the cord and onand-off switch need to be hidden.
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When choosing a water feature, keep
in mind the sound the fountain will
generate. In small, high-walled gardens,
a stream cascading over a cliff into the
pool below can be deafening. The noise
of constant running water always sends
me off to jiggle the handle of the nearest toilet. Most people are happier with a
soft trickle. Check out Japanese bamboo
fountains. Centuries of work have perfected the sound of serenity.
Happily, small solar cells placed on
a nearby roof are now available to provide the power needed to operate a small
pump. Premade fountains abound but
consider constructing your own from
an old wooden pail rigged to the top of
a wine barrel, a copper pitcher pouring
into an antique tub, or a stack of graduated concrete shells. My taste runs toward a sunken plastic pond surrounded
by river rocks and a quiet flow emanating mysteriously from under one of the
larger rocks, like a natural spring. That’s
a perfect spot for an antique saint, fairy
or mushroom!
One Final Note
what they’re selling and want their customers to be happy,” said Jerry Janssen of
Orientations in Monterey, Calif. Opened
a few years ago in the historic Marsh’s
Oriental Store, this magnificently remodeled establishment places its objects for
sale in an awe-inspiring atmosphere. It
has both Chinese and Japanese outdoor
gardens. Janssen’s 40 years of experience
selling and buying Oriental antiquities
has given him a unique position to offer advice to buyers. “It’s like real estate
or anything you’re investing money in.
Open your eyes. Don’t shop price; shop
the item. You should love the piece before
you buy it.”
That said. Use your garden to help
you define what you find beautiful, restive and amusing. Antique stores offer an
incredible variety of merchandise, ready
to use again for their original purpose
or for some new application. Just sit in
your garden and contemplate what object
it might need: Victorian signed Kramer
Brothers rose pattern cast-iron bench,
$1,200 to $1,800; Adirondack solid wood
chair ($350), or a weathered concrete toad
stool ($50).
“Good dealers should have a no-questions-asked return policy. They know
Joseph Truskot is a collector and freelance writer
based in Salinas, Calif.
Flaming Lotus Lily, recycled metal
objects by Dr. Wasabi, Santa Cruz,
Calif., $530.
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Hung upside-down, this silver chafing
dish lid holds a succulent garden.
Chinese ceramic
water vessels,
Orientations,
Monterey, Calif.
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Winterthur, the estate of Henry Francis
du Pont located in Wilmington, Del., was
a du Pont ancestral home begun in 1839
and later developed in the 1920s and ’30s
with the oversight of Mr. du Pont himself,
the last private owner. Maggie Lidz is currently the Estate Historian and Curator of
Garden and Estate Objects at Winterthur
(pronounced “winter-tour”). Lidz spoke
at the American Decorative Arts Forum,
an affiliate group of the Fine Art Museums
of San Francisco, on Jan. 10 (see page 16
for more coverage). Her comments, and
information from other sources, result in
a snapshot of the garden objects used at
one of America’s finest estates.
The gardens surrounding Winterthur were originally designed by Marian
Coffin, one of the first female landscape
architects in America. Coffin was a childhood friend of du Pont’s and they had
continued their friendship when he was
studying horticulture at Harvard and she
landscape design at M.I.T. Her creation at
Winterthur contains such defined areas
as the Sundial Garden, Icewell Terrace,
Winterhazel Walk, Pinetum, Azalea
Woods and Sycamore Hill. Her designs
typically contain tall backdrops, accentuated vistas, hedge framing (a privet or
boxwood hedge into which a metal arch
has been inserted to create a walkway
through the hedge), hewn stone pathways
and garden ornaments (urns, cherubs,
sconces, pillars) of marble, stone, lead
and stucco.
Many of the 19th-century European
garden objects at Winterthur were purchased at an exclusive store in Manhattan
called Modern Art for the Garden, located
at 142 E. 53rd Street. The establishment
was founded by a group of wealthy and
cultured enthusiasts. Most of their offerings were imported from European manufacturers, antiquities dealers and dissolved
or destroyed estates.
During this Golden Age, Lidz commented on the movement outdoors of
typically indoor spaces. The Victorian
garden bench was joined by patio furniture. Chairs, chaises, tables and umbrellas
Photo courtesy Winterthur Museum & Garden
Winterthur’s gardens were designed
to bring antiques and objects outdoors
Above, a selection of
19th century garden
statuary is ready to take
its place in any one of
Winterthur’s 60 acres of
naturalistic gardens.
Left: The Sundial Garden
at Winterthur Estate was
originally designed by
Marian Coffin, one of the
first female landscape
achitects in America.
helped to move entertainment and relaxation outdoors. Victorian street lamps
fixed to red brick pillars and wrought iron
gates were mixed with metal chairs and
striped canvas umbrellas. One of the most
significant outdoor objects in the collection at Winterthur is a marble backgammon set meant to be played and kept out
of doors.
Rooftop gardens became a feature of
the urban landscape at this time. Urns, topiaries, statues and wall decor sprouted on
large balconies. Right-angled garden beds,
wall fountains and tall junipers helped
to soften the steel, stone and brick of the
skylines.
The 1920s and ’30s also heralded a new
age of architecture with the ultra-modern
concepts of such futuristic innovators
as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and
Frank Lloyd Wright who each in their own
way made the outdoors, including objects
and features typically found in gardens,
part of the indoor environment.
Lidz recommends Barbara Israel’s Antique Garden Ornaments: Two Centuries
of American Taste published by Henry N.
Abrams in 1999 as the definitive book on
this subject, as well as the classic book by
Mac Griswold and Eleanor Weller, The
Golden Age of American Gardens 18901940 published by Harry Abrams in 1991.
Visit winterthur.org for additional information.
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Richmond Extravaganza
crowd hits five-year high
Shoppers seek early Southern furniture
Tom O’Hara
RICHMOND, Va. — Shoppers turned out in force at the 2012
Richmond Extravaganza.
The event, which featured about 100 exhibiting dealers at The
Showplace Feb. 24-26, drew more shoppers this year than it has
in any of the past five, according to Susie Clodfelter, co-owner of
Antiques Extravaganzas of North Carolina.
Shoppers gravitated toward selections of early furniture with
an emphasis on pieces with a Southern heritage. Earthenware,
ceramics and more home accessories sold well to the appreciative
audience.
Hoot and Nana Antiques from Paris, Ky., offered furniture
collected near the business’ home base. One of the vendor’s favorite pieces was a step-back cupboard featuring a two-door
bottom with solid panels, a two-door top with glass lights, which
was constructed of native walnut with poplar and southern pine
under woods and in its early finish. A walnut chest of drawers of
similar Federal style kept the cupboard company at the booth.
Two Virginia dealers chose to combine their collections in an
oversized space. Although each dealer has a shop, they own some
of the more valuable pieces together. Bob Taylor has run a Williamsburg shop for several years and produces several antiques
shows in the area, and Brian Penniston has the Queen Street
Antiques mall in Tappahannock. For this weekend, the duo was
very pleased with sales. At least five pieces of furniture found new
homes, as did a good collection of smalls. From the side of the
booth, Taylor sold an early game table in mahogany. Dominating
displays at the front of the booth were a tall walnut stand from
North Carolina and a Virginia pie safe. But the dealers’ mostprized piece was a yellow pine corner cupboard from the Eastern
shore of Maryland, which featured an extremely well executed
crown molding made from five shaped pieces of pine.
Some dealers offered highly specialized collections. Keith
Bouffard from Newport News had an extensive collection of
Victorian-era picture frames. Robert French of South Portland,
Maine, sold wine glasses and decanters. Monique’s Antiques,
Dunkirk, Md., trades in Majolica. Bellflower Antiques had two
Below: Monique’s Antiques, Dunkirk, Md., exhibited its
specialty, Majolica, at the Showplace, including this impressive
selection of oyster plates.
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Antiques of
Winston-Salem,
N.C., may not
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chairs with rush
seats, but one
was on hand.
Whether
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oil lamps
(above) or
parts to
restore or
electrify
lamps,
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Antiques,
Chester, Va.,
had plenty of
choices.
The classic
blue and white
color palette
made for an
eye-catching
display
by Sparrows
Nest Antiques,
Williamsburg,
Va.
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specialties, lustre ware and Gaudy Welsh.
Carolyn Brown’s Williamsburg, Va., shop is open most days, except when she is at the Richmond shows. Her shop has been a good
source for early Virginia furniture, but at this show, she offered
mostly early transfer ware and some wonderful smalls. There was a
large selection of Chinese exports, early English tea caddies and a
variety of silver. Fellow Williamsburg dealer Ben Shearer, who was
trading as Blue Lion Antiques, showed his collection of tools.
Vernon Creekmore, Richmond, offered an early tall case clock
with works from London and a case believed to have been from the
Delaware Valley in New Jersey. Two dealers from the small town
of Delhi, N.Y., made the trek to Virginia. Joe Weaver of Catskill
Antiques offered country furniture, while Tom Newcomer, Horsefeathers Antiques, showed an early primitive kitchen collection.
Early comments from dealers were that sales were good, with
a return of the furniture buyers in many cases, as well as strong
sales of early home accessories. Bob French, a dealer who splits
his time between Maine and Virginia, was selling his early crystal
and flint glass, along with early cream ware. A friend kept busy
wrapping items for French’s buyers.
Antiques Extravaganzas of North Carolina produces the Richmond show twice each year. The next event will be Oct. 5-7 at the
Showplace. Founded 35 years ago, Antiques Extravaganzas also
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several pieces on display at Richmond Extravaganza.
Tom O’Hara is a freelance writer and dealer, and owner of Easter Hill Antiques of
Sharon, Conn. In the past, he has covered Brimfield, Round Top and Springfield,
Ohio, shows for Antique Trader.
Mark Semmes, Leesburg, Va., offered his Southern Traditions at the Extravaganza.
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Tom O’Hara
Among the fresh
exhibits at the
Wallace Museum Is
the painting First Hit
by Betty Herbert, her
interpretation of the
plane bombing at the
World Trade Center on
Sept. 11, 2001.
This painted blanket chest was a topic of discussion at the Forum.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Five hundred antiques and history buffs made the
pilgrimage to Virginia’s colonial capitol of
Virginia for 64th Colonial Williamsburg
Antiques Forum.
The event, which offers educational
and informative seminars and is held in
the restored village, sold out for the session held Feb. 19-23.
The main topics each day typically
relate to The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation exhibits. For example, a talk
on silver by CWF Curator Janine Skerry
focused on pieces in the collection.
A host of new pieces were added to
the exhibits in the past year, said Ron
Hurst, vice president and chief curator
of Colonial Williamsburg in charge of
the museums and collections. As Hurst
spoke, it was clear how much he loves his
job and how all of the new additions were
meaningful to him.
Several needlework samplers from
states that were not previously represented in their collections, including
Alabama and Wisconsin, were among the
new acquisition. The Wisconsin piece is
dated 1818 and bears the caption of Racine, W.T., meaning Wisconsin Territory,
as it was not yet a state.
Samplers were in the spotlight during
a review by Dr. Tricia Wilson Nguyen,
who focused on some samplers made in
Newburyport, Mass.
New furniture exhibits include a
paint-decorated North Carolina Chest
circa 1844; a companion chair for the
Colonial Williamsburg collection in the
Governor’s Palace; two chairs and a stand
from Bowling Green Farm in Caroline
County, Va.; a John Bagly clock; a mahogany corner cupboard from Norfolk,
Va.; and a paint-decorated, comb-back
Windsor chair from Philadelphia.
Attendees were able to learn more
about early Pennsylvania furniture and
Selections from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller folk Art Museum highlighted an exhibit
on outsider art for the outside, such as whirligigs.
Pennsylvania Fraktur painting in sessions
led by Lisa Minardi from Winterthur.
Several paintings were added to the
CWF collection the last year, including
pair of portraits by C. Thompson, which
was found at Northeast Auctions and paid
for by The Friends of Williamsburg. The
group also is purchasing the painting of
Captain John Smith by Salazar y Mendoza, circa 1799 — but another $30,000 is
needed to finish paying for the piece.
One of the earliest maps of America
has joined the CWF’s collection. Margaret Pritchard, curator of prints, maps and
wallpaper, addressed the importance of
maps in the discovery, history and exploration of America.
In total, experts led more than two
dozen talks. Topics also included looks
into the life styles of colonial times as well
as the objects early Americans dealt with
in their everyday lives.
Beyond the educational sessions, visi-
tors had plenty of time to visit most of the
restored village, including the early homes,
shops and early government buildings of
the original Capitol. Side trips also were
available to nearby Jamestown, the first
colony, and Yorktown, where the British
surrendered to George Washington to end
the Revolutionary War.
For many visitors, this event is a reunion of sorts, as they have been attending
it for many years.
Colonial Williamsburg is open every
day with varying hours of operation for
the different buildings in the restored area.
The principal museums — the Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
— are open every day, as well. For specific
hours and to arrange travel accommodations, visit the website www.cwf.org.
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Among the new exhibits at the Dewitt
Wallace Decorative Arts Museum is this
North Carolina secretary bookcase.
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122 Main St. West, Valdese, NC 28690
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Auction Previews
Chinese punch bowl may serve up $50K
A collection
of exquisitely
painted fans
of Peking
University
professor Wen
Tsan Yu will be
offered during
Kaminski Auctions’
Spring 2012 Fine Asian
Art and Antiques Auction
March 30-31.
tallest figure being 15 inches is estimated
at $30,000 to $50,000.
This exquisite set is from the
estate of the Count and Countess von
Haller v. Hallerstein, Boston, Mass.
Among the other extraordinary Asian
pieces in this estate was a 15th-16th
century, bronze, statue of Kali from
India. It stands 17-1/2 inches high and
has multiple arms and hands radiating
around her, each holding an item symbolic of her power, including the shield,
trident and the sword, and standing on
a platform with one foot stepping on a
defeated foe.
With the current success of Chinese
porcelain reaching new auction highs, an
early 19th-century Chinese Rose Mandarin punch bowl, featuring figures in a palace scenes with an elaborate interior border of bats, birds, blossoms and coins, the
exterior rim with a border of auspicious
fruits, chrysanthemums and butterflies,
gilt details and rim, (8-1/2 inches high by
22-3/4 inches diameter) is estimated at
$30,000 to $50,000.
Another important porcelain entry is
a pair of blue and white vases, from the
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). They are of
baluster form, with flared rims and each is
Photo courtesy Kam
inski Auctions
BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions
of Beverly, Mass., and Beverly Hills, Calif., has announced its Spring 2012 Fine
Asian Art and Antiques Auction will
coincide with the last week of Asia
Week 2012 in New York City,
March 30-31 starting at 10
a.m. both days.
Featuring the art
collection of Peking
University
professor Wen
Tsan Yu, the
sale includes
many works
by famous
Chinese
artists, the
most notable Qi Baishi
(1864-1957), Puru (1896-1963) and Pu
Jin (1893-1966). Most paintings include a
dedication by the artist to “Yu San,” Wen
Tsan Yu and the collector’s personal seal.
Also in this sale is his collection of exquisitely painted fans – the most important
being a 20th-century fan of paper leaf and
featuring painting by Wang Yun (18881934) on reverse with calligraphy by Zhu
Nuzhen.
Wen Tsan Yu was raised in China and
later became a professor at Peking University. He graduated from the University
of Chicago in 1916 with a Ph.B, and from
Harvard University in 1919 with an LL.B.
His grandfather, Moy Toy Ni (Charlie
Toy), came to the United States in the late
1800s and settled in Milwaukee, Wis. He
was widely known as “Chinese Rockefeller” in the early 20th century. Paintings in
this collection have been in the family for
more than 50 years.
Furniture in the sale includes a rare Pair
of Huanghuali Qing Dynasty (1644-1911),
chairs estimated at $20,000 to $25,000
and a Huanghuali kang table estimated at
$20,000 to $35,000.
An early Japanese 20th century set of
ivory figures, Statues of the Seven Deities
of Fortune, “Shichifukujin,” intricately
carved as holding their attributes and
standing on customized wood stands, the
This pair of blue and white vases from
the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) have a
baluster form with flared rims. The pair
is estimated to earn $12,000 to $18,000
at the March 30-31 auction.
painted with Ming officials partaking in a
hunt, 15-1/2 inches by 5 inches. Their preauction estimate is $12,000 to $18,000.
Ben Wang, Kaminski’s Asian specialist
has put together a diverse sale of outstanding pieces. For more information, visit
www.kaminskiauctions.com or call 978927-2223.
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Auction Previews
Bidders will be sticking it out for Royal
Bayreuth figural penguin hatpin holder
Rare Royal Bayreuth (blue mark) figural
penguin hatpin holder in pink, gray and
cream tones.
Outstanding 9-inch by 15-inch brides
basket, set on a Meridien silver plate lion
frame.
elaborate
Manhattan
silver
plate
frame, with a finely
decorated floral handle;
and a very rare 121/2-inch double pickle
castor boasting two
cranberry
coinspot
inserts with concave
medallion sides and
floral enamel décor, set
on an elaborate Reed &
Barton frame.
Brides baskets will
be served up in abundance.
Anticipated
top earners include a
20-inch by 11-1/2-inch
piece with a cream
satin ruffled trefoilshaped bowl, enamel
floral décor interior
and exterior and Pairpoint #2693 silver
plate stand; and a
pink satin basket
with herringbone motherof-pearl melon
ribbed
bowl
with
green
Marble a brass Sevresinterior, set on style pedestal, 42
a Wilcox silver inches tall, cobalt blue
column with gold leaf
plate frame.
Moser piec- highlights.
es will feature a
lovely and tall 17-1/2-inch green cut to clear
art glass tankard with a completely decorated enamel floral décor; and an 8-3/4-inch
cranberry tri-corner shaped art glass vase
with heavy enamel floral and insect décor,
with gilt metal figural feet. Also sold will be
an 8-3/4-inch white, pink and yellow satin
art glass vase with coralline overlay.
To learn more about Woody Auctions, visit www.WoodyAuction.com or
contact info@woodyauction.com or 316747-2694.
Photo courtesy Woody Auction
WICHITA, Kan. – Four collections totalling up to more than 500 lots of art glass,
Royal Bayreuth, furniture pieces and more
will be offered without reserve at an auction slated for March 24, by Woody Auction. The event will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Center in Wichita,
beginning at 9:30 a.m. (CST).
The art glass pieces will feature brides
baskets, pickle castors, a cruet bottle collection and Moser glass. Only a few furniture
items will be sold, but one certain to attract
attention is a dark oak dental cabinet with
four drawers, one sliding tray, two doors
and a hidden compartment, with a black
onyx surface top. The 39-inch by 30-inch
cabinet was made by Hamilton Manufacturing.
Other standout lots include a 4-3/4inch Royal Bayreuth (blue mark) figural
penguin hatpin holder with pink, gray and
cream tones. Another is an equally scarce
six-piece ivory portrait set, with three
portraits of historical figures in each 17inch frame. Each 4-inch portrait is signed
“David 1810.”
Other noteworthy lots include an extremely rare 6-1/2-inch Findlay onyx syrup
pitcher in outstanding condition and a 42inch by 12-inch marble and brass Sevresstyle pedestal, artist-signed “Rochette” and
in fantastic condition. The pedestal features
a cobalt blue column with extensive gold
leaf highlights and a beautiful full portrait of Queen Josephine.
Examples of Royal Bayreuth
include a rare 4-inch figural
owl hatpin holder; a 7-1/2inch figural standing trout water pitcher with nice coloration;
a 9-1/4-inch figural tomato wall
pocket; a figural rooster water pitcher
in great condition; a 5-inch unmarked
red clown figural pipe rest; and black/
gray mark red clown figural match
holder.
Pickle castors will feature a dazzling
12-inch piece with cranberry coinspot
enameled decorated insert set on an
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ALABAMA
Mar 24, 2012 Daphne. Mobile Bottle
Collectors Club 39th Annual Show & Sale, Civic
Ctr., Whispering Pines Rd., 251-957-6725,
850-435-5425, vinewood@mchsi.com or
daphnebottleshow@gmail.com
ARIZONA
Apr 21, 2012 Tucson. Spring Doll Show
& Sale, Randolph Park Hotel, 102 N. Alvernon
Way, 520-321-0003, dolliecentral@hotmail.com,
www.tucsondollshow.com, SH: 9:30am-4pm
CALIFORNIA
Mar 24, 2012 West Covina. Jewel Tique,
Elk’s Lodge, 831-438-5349, dollfestival@aol.
com
Mar 25, 2012 Anaheim. Dolls & Playthings
Jewelry & Antiques, Anaheim Plaza Hotel, 1700
S. Harbor Blvd., 831-438-5349, dollfestival@aol.
com, SH: 10am-3pm
Mar 25, 2012 Clovis. Antique & Collectible
Fair, Old Town, www.oldtownclovis.org
Apr 1, 2012 Ventura. Ventura Flea Market,
Ventura County Fairgrounds, 323-560-7469,
www.rgcshows.com
Apr 1, 2012 Alameda. Antiques Faire,
Alameda Point (former Naval Air Station), 510522-7500, www.alamedapointantiquesfaire.com
Apr 8, 2012 Sacramento. Antique Faire,
916-600-9770, www.sacantiquefaire.com
Apr 13-15, 2012 Del Mar. Antique Show &
Sale, Fairgrounds, 800-943-7501, SH: Fri. & Sat.
11am-7pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
Apr 15, 29, 2012 Long Beach. Antique
& Collectible Flea Mkt, Veterans Stadium, www.
longbeachantiquemarket.com
COLORADO
Mar 23-25, 2012 Denver. World Wide
Antique Shows, Denver Merchandise Mart, 800289-6278, www.wwantiqueshows.com, SH: Fri.
& Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
Mar 25, 2012 Denver. Vintage Voltage
Expo, Ramada Plaza Conv. Ctr., www.danacain.
com/vintagevoltageexpo.html, SH: 11am-4pm
CONNECTICUT
Mar 23-24, 2012 Manchester. 50th
Annual Antique Show, 385 North Main St, 860649-2863, SH: Fri. 11am-6pm, Sat. 10am-3pm
Mar 25, 2012 Enfield. Antique Insulator,
Bottle & Coll. Show, American Legion Hall, 860342-5511, www.insulators.info/clubs/ypcic
Mar 25, 2012 Wallingford. Train & Toy
Show, Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, 1074 S. Colony
Rd., 203-926-1327, www.classicshowsllc.com
Mar 31, 2012 Danielson. Country Antiques
in CT’s Quiet Corner, H.H. Ellis Technical High
School, 613 Upper Maple St., 860-774-8511,
ext 1135, countryantiqueshow@hotmail.com,
www.countryantiqueshow.com, SH: 10am-3pm
Apr 1-30, 2012 New Milford. Sunday’s
Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, Rt 7, 508-2659911, www.etflea.com
Apr 14-15, 2012 Guilford. Guilford
Antiques Show, Elisabeth Adams Middle School,
845-876-0616, barnstar1@aol.com, www.
barnstar.com
Apr 14-15, 2012 Danbury. 7th Vintage
Clothing & Accessories, Textiles & Jewelry Show,
PAL Bldg., 35 Hayestown Rd. I-84 West Exit 6,
East Exit 5, 914-273-4667, 914-589-1355,
during shows, cordshows@aol.com, www.
cordshows.com, SH: 10am-5pm
Apr 21-22, 2012 Old Greenwich.
Westchester Glass Club Collectors Show & Sale,
Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd., 973-763-4524,
dougglass0128@aol.com, SH: Sat. 10am-5pm,
Sun. 10am-4pm
DELAWARE
Mar 24, 2012 Hartly. Annual Spring Fire
Co. Model Train & Toy Show, Fire Hall, 2898
Arthursville Rd, 302-492-3755, SH: 9am-3pm
FLORIDA
Mar 23-26, 2012 Naples. Naples Int’l
Pavillion Art Naples, 239-949-5411, www.
arfairnaples.com
Mar 24, 2012 Arcadia. Historic Downtown
Antique Assn Antique Fair, 863-993-5105, www.
arcadiaflantiques.com
Mar 25, Apr 15, Apr 29, 2012
Miami Beach. 800-1000 blks. Lincoln
Road Miami Beach, 305-673-4991, www.
antiquecollectiblemarket.com
Apr 6-8, 2012 West Palm Beach. West
Palm Beach Antiques Festival, South Florida
Fgds, 941-697-7475, info@wpbaf.com, www.
wpbaf.com
Apr 14-15, 2012 Pembroke Pines.
Antique & Coll. Show, Southwest Focal Point

Senior Ctr., 301 NW 103rd Ave., 954-450-6888,
SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
GEORGIA
Apr 13-15, 2012 Atlanta. Scott Antique
Markets, Atlanta Expo Centers, 740-569-4112,
Scott Antique Markets, 740-569-2800, www.
scottantiquemarket.com, SH: Fri. & Sat. 9am6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Apr 20-22, 2012 Cumming. Lakewood
400 Antique Mkt, 1321 Atlanta Highway, adj.
To GA 400, just 1 mi. N. of exit 13, Lakewood
Antiques Mkt, 770-889-3400, lakewood400@
earthlink.net, www.lakewoodantiques.com, SH:
Fri. 9am-5pm, Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun. 10am-5pm
ILLINOIS
Mar 23-25, 2012 Chicago. Chicago
Modernism Show, 954-563-6747, www.
dolphinfairs.com
Mar 24-25, 2012 Chicago. Wonderful
Winter Mkt “Spring Fling,” 1340 W. Washington
St., 312-666-1200, info@randolphstreetmarket.
com, www.randolphstreetmarket.com
modernvintagechicago.
Mar 24-25, 2012 Oregon. 62nd Annual
Antique Show, Blackhawk Center, 10th St. at
Jefferson, 1 blk. S. of Rt. 64, 815-732-2219,
ronbry1@frontier.com, SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun.
10am-4pm
Mar 25, 2012 Elk Grove Village.
Chicago’s 18th Annual World’s Fair Memorabilia
Show, Holiday Inn, 1000 Busse Rd., 708-4427907, ukczech@att.net, www.worldsfairshow.
com, SH: 10am-4pm
Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 St. Charles.
Chicagoland Antique Advertising Slot Machine
& Jukebox Show, Pheasant Run Resort,
Rt. 64 North Ave., 815-353-1593, www.
chicagolandshow.com, SH: Sat. 9:30am-5pm,
Sun. 9:30am-3pm
Mar 31-Apr 1, 2012 St. Charles.
Kane County Flea Market, Kane Cty Fgds,
Rt. 64 & Randall Rd., 630-377-2252, www.
kanecountyfleamarket.com, SH: Sat. noon-5pm,
Sun. 7am-4pm
Apr 7-8, 2012 Grayslake. Antique Market,
Lake Cty Fgds, Zurko Midwest Promotions,
115 E. Division St., Shawano, WI 54166,
715-526-9769, zurko@frontiernet.net, www.
zurkopromotions.com
Apr 13-14, 2012 Brocton. Antiques &
Crafts Market, Red Barn Market, Rt. 49, S. of Rt.
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org, SH: Fri. noon-5pm, Sat. 8:30am-3pm
Apr 20-22, 2012 Glencoe/Chicago.
Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair,
Chicago Botanic Garden, 973-808-5015, Stella
Show Mgmt. Co., info@stellashows.com, www.
stellashows.com, SH: 10am-5pm
Apr 20-22, 2012 Chicago.
Chicago Antique Jewelry & Watch Show,
Chicago Hotel & Towers, 239-732-6642,
showinfo@usantiqueshows.com or
acanady@usantiqueshows.com, www.
chicagoantiquejewelryandwatchshow.
com/home.asp, SH: Fri. & Sat. 11am-7pm, Sun.
11am-6pm
Apr 21, 2012 Wheaton. National Civil
War Collectors’ Show & Sale, DuPage County
Fairgrounds, Zurko Midwest Promotions,
115 E. Division St., Shawano, WI 54166,
715-526-9769, zurko@frontiernet.net, www.
zurkopromotions.com
Apr 21-22, 2012 Woodstock. Antique
Show, 847-881-6531, Salt Box Productions,
www.saltboxproductions.com
Apr 21-22, 2012 Chicago. Modern
Vintage Chicago Spring Fashio & Jewels
Explosion, 1340 W. Washington St., 312666-1200, info@randolphstreetmarket.
com, www.randolphstreetmarket.com
modernvintagechicago.
Apr 22, 2012 St. Charles. Antique &
Collectible Toy & Doll Show, Kane County Fgds,
Rt. 64 & Randall Rd., Antique World Shows, Inc.,
847-800-3009, herb@chicagotoyshow.com,
www.chicagotoyshow.com
INDIANA
Mar 24-25, 2012 Fort Wayne. Antiques
& Collectibles Show, Nat’l. Guard Armory, 130 W
Cook Rd., 260-226-3898, www.meyerantiques.
com, SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Mar 25, 2012 Indianapolis. Indy Toy
Soldier Show, Marriott East Hotel, 317-3521231, www.playsetmagazine.com/indyshow/
Mar 25, 2012 Fort Wayne. Doll & Bear
Show & Sale, The Lantern Reception hall, 4420
Ardmore Ave, 419-228-4657, B&L Promotions,
rmangold@woh.rr.com, SH: 9:30am-3:30pm
Apr 21, 2012 Indianapolis. Indy Padlock &
Key Show & Sale, Ramada Inn, 6990 E21, I-70
Exit 89, 317-251-3951, SH: 9am-4pm
Apr 28-29, 2012 Evansville. Collectors
Carnival Antique & Collectibles Show,
Vanderburgh Cty 4-H Center, 201 E. Boonville,
New Harmony Rd., Collectors Carnival, 812471-9419, info@collectorscarnivalshows.com,
www.collectorscarnivalshows.com, SH: Sat. &
Sun. 9am-4pm
IOWA
Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 Le Mars. Antique &
Flea Mkt Show, 712-546-8821, Le Mars Area
Chamber of Commerce
Mar 31, 2012 Dyersville. 11th
Annual Midwest Toy Truck & Construction
Show, farmtoys@dyersville.com, www.
nationalfarmtoymuseum.com, SH: 9am-3pm
KENTUCKY
Apr 15, 2012 Burlington. Antique Show,
Boone County Fgds, 513-922-6847, www.
burlingtonantiqueshow.com
Apr 20-22, 2012 Ashland. Antique Show &
Sale, Elhasa Shrine, 13450 St Rt 180, 606-9288573, 304-360-0988, SH: Fri. 6pm-8pm, Sat.
LOUISIANA
Mar 23-25, 2012 Jackson. 47th Jackson
Assembly Antiques Show & Sale, 225-6345619, 225-634-7155, tourism1@bellsouth.
net, www.felicianatourism.org, SH: Fri. & Sat.
Apr 21-22, 2012 Slidell. Annual Antique
Spring Street Fair, First, Second & Erlanger St,
985-641-6316, www.slidellantiques.com, SH:
10am-5pm
MAINE
Jan 14-Apr 8, 2012 Portland. Making
Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors &
Artists second floor, 207-775-6148, www.
portlandmuseum.org
Mar 25, 2012 Augusta. Augusta Armory
Antiques Show, Western Ave. (Rt. 202), 207582-2849, SH: 10am-3pm
Apr 15, 2012 Bath. Antiques Shows, Bath
Middle School, 207-443-8983, P.T. Promotions,
polly@bathantiquesshows.com, www.
bathantiquesshows.com, SH: 10am-3pm
Mar 25, 2012 Montague Center.
Montague Grange Winter Antiques Market,
413-367-0042, SH: 7:30am-1pm
Apr 14, 2012 Greenfield. Annual Classic
Postcard Show, 1st Congregational Church, 43
Silver St.., 978-249-0156, SH: 9:30am-3:30pm
Apr 15, 2012 Whitman. Spring Doll &
Teddy Bear Show, Knights of Columbus, Rt. 18,
781-447-6079, ncgt0401@yahoo.com, SH:
10am-3pm
Apr 16, 2012 Swansea. Patriot’s Day
Antiques Show/Sale, Venus de Milo Restaurant,
Rt. 6, 508-679-3572, SH: 11am-4pm
Apr 21-22, 2012 Concord. Spring Fever
Antiques & Design Show/Sale, Armory, 91
Everett St., 781-862-4039, New England
Antique Shows, info@neantiqueshows.com,
www.neantiqueshows.com, SH: Sat. 10am-5pm,
Sun. 11am-4pm
MICHIGAN
Mar 24-25, 2012 Hastings. Antique Show,
Barry Co. Fairgrounds, 616-292-5797, SH: Sat.
Apr 1, 2012 Lansing. 55th Michigan
Antiquarian Book & Paper Show, Lansing
Ctr., 333 E. Michigan Ave., 517-332-0112,
mmabda@curiousbooks.com, SH: 9:30am-5pm
Find the extended 2012 antique show and auction
calendars online at www.antiquetrader.com.
MARYLAND
Mar 23-25, 2012 Easton. 19th Annual
Charity Antiques Jewelry & Art Show, Waterfowl
Festival Bldg., 40 S. Harrison St., 410-822-0444,
jdavis@mhamdes.org, www.mhamdes.org, SH:
Fri. preview 6pm-9pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun.
11am-4pm
Mar 31-Apr 1, 2012 Pasadena. Antique
& Vintage Furniture, 410-227-3489, SH:
8am-4pm
Apr 7, 2012 Havre de Grace. Spring
Chesapeake Postcard Fair, Community Center,
410-939-0999, marymartinpostcards@gmail.
com, www.marylmartin.com, SH: 9am-4pm
Apr 21-22, 2012 Gaithersburg. Black
Memorabilia & Collectible Show, Montgomery
County Fgds, L. Johnson Promotions, Ltd., 301649-1915, Ljohnsonshows@aol.com, www.
johnsonshows.com
Apr 21, 2012 Havre de Grace. Wide
Community Yard Sale, 410-939-6562, 410-9392100, www.hdgtourism.com, SH: 8am-4pm
MASSACHUSETTS
Mar 23-24, 2012 Wakefield. 41st
Annual Antique & Collectibles Show, 1st Parish
Congregational Church, 1 Church St., 781-2451539, fpccx1644@aol.com, www.fpccwakefield.
com, SH: Fri. 5pm-9pm, Sat. 9am-3pm
Mar 24-25, 2012 Duxbury. 31st Annual
Duxbury Spring Antique Show, High School,
781-934-0111, www.duxburyboosters.org
Mar 24, 2012 Spencer. Annual Greater
Worcester Postcard Show, Knights of Columbus
Hall, Meadow Rd., 978-249-0156, SH: 9:30am3:30pm
Apr 15, 2012 Lansing. Mega Malls Flea
Mkt, Mega Mall, 15487 Old 27 in North Lansing,
517-749-6244, megamall@tds.net, www.
themegamall.net, SH: 10am-3pm
Apr 21-23, 2012 Petoskey. 32nd Annual
Gift, Gourmet & Souvenir Show, 800-482-1333,
www.petoskeygiftshow.com
MINNESOTA
Mar 24, 2012 Woodbury. Sound +
Vision MN A Music, Comics, Pop Culture &
Movie Show & Sale, Valley Creek Mall, 1750
Weir Dr., soundvisionmn@gmail.com, www.
soundvisionmn.webs.com, SH: 9am-3pm
Apr 1, 2012 Bloomington. 41st MN
Antique Bottle, Advertising & Stoneware Show
& Sale, Crowne Plaza & Suites Airport, 34th
Avenue South & American Blvd., 952-920-4205,
steve@antiquebottledepot.com
Apr 22, 2012 Vadnais Heights. Dolls
& Toys & Bears OH MY!, Commons, www.
dollstoysbearsohmy.com, SH: 10am-4pm
MISSISSIPPI
Apr 13-15, 2012 Jackson. Bagwell
Antiques Show & Sale, Mississippi Trade Mart,
I-55 at High St., Bagwell Antiques Show, 662231-9654, bagwellantiques@afo.net, SH: Fri. &
Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. noon-5pm
Apr 20-21, 2012 Greenwood. Nativity
Show & Sale, Nativity Episcopal Church, 400
Howard St., mpsmith8080@att.net, SH: 10am5pm
MISSOURI
Mar 24, 2012 Paris. 29th Annual Mark
Twain Lake Antique Show & Sale, High School,
660-327-4814, 660-327-4298
Events Calendar
NEBRASKA
Mar 31, 2012 Omaha. Postcard & Paper
Show, Westside Community Conference Ctr,
3534 S. 108th St., PO Box 3402, Omaha, NE
68103-0402, 402-981-2646, 402-292-2646,
paperetc@aol.com, SH: 9am-5pm
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Mar 25, 2012 Lebanon. Alice Peck Day
Memorial Hospital Antiques Show, High School,
207-882-6302
NEW JERSEY
Mar 25, 2012 Rutherford. 10th Annual
Postcard Show & Sale, Kip Center, 55 Kip Ave.,
201-939-8782, Virginia Marass, 201-708-5762,
vmarass@peoplepc.com, SH: 10am-4pm
Mar 30-31, 2012 Allendale. 15th Annual
Spring Depression Glass, Pottery, China Show
& Sale, Guardian Angel Church Auditorium,
973-267-7511, 973-838-2419, SH: Fri. 6:30pm10pm, Sat. 10am-4pm
Apr 1, 2012 Wayne. Toy & Collectibles
Show, Company #1 Firehouse, Parish Dr.,
973-726-9897, www.waynenjtoyand
collectiblesshow.com, SH: 8am-2pm
Apr 14, 2012 Ocean Grove. 10th Annual
Antique Postcards & Paper Show, Youth Temple,
732-774-1869, www.oceangrovehistory.org, SH:
9am-4pm
Apr 14-15, 2012 Teaneck. Antiques,
Armory, 1799 Teaneck Ave., 973-927-2794,
973-224-2797, www.jmkshows.com, SH: Sat.
Apr 14-15, 2012 Mendham. 31st Spring
Antiques Show & Sale, High School, 973-8955482, www.mendhamrotaryclub.org, SH: Sat.
Apr 22, 2012 Wayne. NJ Model Car, Kit,
Diecast Show, P.A.L., 1 Pal Dr., 716-434-0733,
www.oldtoylandshows.com, SH: 9am-noon
Apr 22, 2012 Elmwood Park. 14th
Annual Metro Vintage Advertising Collectors
Show, American Legion Post 147, 1 Legion
Place, 201-493-7172, www.metropetro.weebly.
com, SH: 8am-1pm
NEW YORK
Mar 17-21, 2012 New York. Traditional
Japanese Art in Asia Week New York Exhibition,
Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79 St., 212222-4688, info@jada-ny.org, www.jada-ny.org
Mar 25, 2012 Brewerton. The Empire
State Bottle Collectors Assn 42nd Annual Spring
Bottle Show & Sale, Fire Hall, 9625 Rt. 11, 315469-0629, dtuxill1@twcyn.rr.com
Mar 25, 2012 Clarence. 52nd Clarence
Jaycees Antique Show & Sale, Town Park
Clubhouse, 10405 Main St., 716-759-2315,
rwlenz@aol.com, SH: 10am-4pm
Mar 30-31, 2012 Watertown. 47th Annual
Antique Show & Sale, Dulles State Office Bldg.,
315-782-8356, wilson.sherrym@gmail.com,
SH: Fri. 5pm-8pm, Sat. 10am-4pm
Mar 31, 2012 New York. New York Photo
Show, Lighthouse, 111 E. 59th St., www.
usphotoshows.com, SH: 10am-4pm
Mar 31-Apr 1, 2012 Hempstead. Spring
Long Island Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair,
Hofstra University, 200 Hofstra Dr, 603-5092639, flamingoeventz@metrocast.net, www.
flamingoeventz.com, SH: Sat. 11am-6pm, Sun.
11am-4pm
Mar 31-Apr 1, 2012 Corning. ACGA
Brilliant Weekend Affair, Museum of Glass, 703425-5574, glasslion1@cox.net, www.cutglass.
org, SH: Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-3pm
Mar 31, 2012 Mayfield. Historical Society’s
Antique Show & Sale, Mayfield Elementary
School, 80 N. Main St., 518-661-5800, cedahl@
juno.com, SH: 9am-4pm
Apr 1-29, 2012 Middletown. Every Sat. &
Sun. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market,
Orange County Fairgrounds, 845-282-4055,
www.ocfleamarkets.com, SH: 6:30am-5pm
Apr 12-15, 2012 New York. New York
20th Century Art & Design Show & Sale (NYC20),
708-366-2710, Dolphin Promotions, 954-5636747, rosemary@dolphinfairs.com or gordon@
dolphinfairs.com, www.nyc20.net
Apr 13-14, 2012 New York. Manhattan
Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair-The NYC
Shadow Show, 135 W. 18th St., 603-5092639, flamingoeventz@metrocast.net, www.
flamingoeventz.com, SH: Fri. 5pm-9pm, Sat.
9am-4pm
Apr 14-15, 2012 Bedford. Spring Antiques
Show, Rippowam Cisqua School, Rt. 22, 914234-9636, www.stmatthewsbedford.org, SH:
Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
Apr 14, 2012 East Northport. 35th
Annual Long Island Postcard Club Show &
Sale, Christ Lutheran Church, 631-462-8307,
jsarjay@aol.com, SH: 9am-4pm
Apr 15, 2012 Rochester. G.V.B.C.A. Bottle
& Antiques Show, 585-226-6345, gvbca@
frontiernet.net, www.gvbca.org, SH: 9am-3pm
Apr 15, 2012 Syracuse. Collectorsfest
Sports Memorabilia & Toy Show, State Fgds,
607-753-8580, evenings, cnypromotions@
twcny.rr.com, www.cnypromotions.com, SH:
10am-4pm
6pm, cathijon@sssnet.com, www.cjtrains.com,
SH: 10am-4pm
Apr 1, 2012 Urbana. 26th Annual Collectors
Toy Show, Champaign Cty. Fgds, Park Ave,
937-826-4201, SH: 9am-3pm
Apr 1, 2012 Cincinnati. The Queen City
Barbie Doll Club’s 18th Annual Doll & Toy Show
& Sale, Holiday Inn, I-275 North, exit 46 (3855
Hauck Road/ I-275, exit 46/Route 42), 513-2078409, askmargie@aol.com, SH: 10 AM-3 PM
Apr 7-8, 2012 Dayton. Flea-N-Tique,
Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 1043 So. Main
Street, 937-256-5051, Rainbow Productions,
SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Apr 14-15, 2012 Canton. Olde Stark
Antique Faire, Stark County Fairgrounds, 305
Wertz Ave, 330-794-9100, oldestark@neo.
rr.com, SH: Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Apr 14, 2012 Wilmington. Ohio Country
Antique Show, Roberts Convention Centre, Exit
50, I-71, 513-738-7256, www.ohiocountry.com,
SH: 9am-4pm
NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 22-Apr 21, 2012 Charleston.
Festival of Houses & Gardens, 843-720-1183,
www.historiccharleston.org/festival
Mar 23-25, 2012 Charleston. Int’l
Antiques Show, Memminger Auditorium,
56 Beaufain St., 843-723-1623, hcf@
historiccharleston.org, www.historiccharleston.
org
PENNSYLVANIA
Mar 25, 2012 Gilbertsville. PA Model
Car, Kit, Diecast Show, New Hanover Fire Hall,
2154 Swamp Pike, 716-434-0733, www.
oldtoylandshows.com, SH: 9am-noon
Apr 14-15, 2012 Bethlehem. Norm
Schaut’s “Antique City” Fun Fair of Bethlehem,
Lehigh University Fieldhouse, 800-822-4119,
Seaview Show Management, 800-2251007, Kwik-Tickets or early buyers, www.
antiquecityshow.com, SH: Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun.
10am-4pm
Apr 15, 2012 Pittsburgh. Koinz Antique
& Collectible Show, Castle Shannon Firehall,
412-680-7254, SH: 8am-2pm
SOUTH CAROLINA
Mar 24, 2012 Winston-Salem. Piedmont
Tobacco Memorabilia & Postcard Show, Dixie
Classic Fgds, 336-813-7677, SH: 9am-3pm
Mar 24-25, 2012 Wilmington. Herb &
Garden Fair, Popluar Grove Plantation, 10200 US
Hwy 17 N, 910-686-9518, www.poplargrove.
com
Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 Wake Forest.
Woman’s Club Antiques Show & Sale, Ledford
Ctr, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Wingate St., 919-817-9270, www.wake-forestwomans-club.com
Apr 4, 2012 Wilmington. Farmers’ Market,
Popluar Grove Plantation, 10200 US Hwy 17 N,
910-686-9518, www.poplargrove.com
Apr 4-8, 2012 Charlotte. Int’l Collectibles
& Antiques Show, Metrolina Tradeshow Expo,
704-714-7909, info@icashows.com, www.
icashows.com
OHIO
Mar 24-25, 2012 Columbus. Scott
Antique Market Antiques & Collectibles, Ohio
Expo Center, I-71 exit 111 (17th Ave), 740-5694112, Scott Antique Market, 740-569-2800,
www.scottantiquemarket.com, SH: Sat. 9am6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Mar 25, 2012 Dalton. C J Trains-Spring
Greater Wayne County Train & Toy Show,
Buckeye Event Ctr., 624 Henry St., 941 Buchholz
Dr., Wooster, OH 44691, 330-262-7488, after
TENNESSEE
Apr 21, 2012 Watertown. Mile Long
Spring Yard Sale, 615-237-1777
TEXAS
Mar 26-Apr 7, 2012 Round Top. Old
Henry Farm Antique Show, 800-322-5177,
www.roundtop-oldhenryfarm.com
Mar 28-Apr 7, 2012 Round Top. Spring
Antiques & Collectibles, American Legion Post
#338, 1503 Hwy. 237, 281-388-1075, Arbor
Antique Services, www.arborantiques.com
Mar 29-Apr 7, 2012 Warrenton. Cole’s
Antiques & Collectibles Show, 3637 S State Hwy
237, 281-961-5092, www.colesantiqueshow.
net, SH: 10am-7pm daily
Mar 30-Apr 7, 2012 Warrenton. Round
Top’s Neese House Antique Show, 4013 Hwy
37, 832-671-7821, kj@johnstonandco.com, SH:
9:30am-5pm
Mar 31-Apr 7, 2012 Burton. LaBahia
Antiques Show & Sale, LaBahia Hall, 237-290
Events Calendar
W., first stop from Houston, 7 mi. from Round Top, 979-289-2684,
labahia@swbell.net, www.labahiaantiques.com
Apr 3-7, 2012 Round Top. Marburger Farm Antique Show, 713622-0300, 800-999-2148, rick@marburgershow.com, www.roundtopmarburger.com
Apr 4-7, 2012 Round Top. Round Top Spring Antiques Fair, 512-2374747, info@roundtoptexasantiques.com, www.roundtoptexasantiques.com
VERMONT
Mar 25, 2012 Montpelier. Antiques Market, Elks Country Club,
Country Club Rd, 802-751-6138, www.montpelierantiquesmarket.com,
SH: 7:30am-1:30pm
Apr 14, 2012 Wells River. 2nd Annual Class of 2014 Antique &
Artisan Show & Sale, 802-757-2711, Gayle Lynn Renfrew work Ext 1100,
802-633-3026, home, SH: 9am-3pm
NEW YORK
Mar 21-22, 2012 New York. Jewelry, Watches, Silver & Coins
Auction, 212-427-2730, www.doylenewyork.com, SH: 10am
Apr 4, 2012 New York. 19th & 20th Century Photographs &
Photobooks Auction, Swann Auction Galleries, 212-254-4710, www.
swanngalleries.com
Apr 4, 2012 New York. American Furniture, Decorative Arts & 19th
Century Paintings Auction, 212-427-2730, www.doylenewyork.com, SH:
10am
Apr 12, 2012 New York. Fine Books Auction, Swann Auction Galleries,
212-254-4710, www.swanngalleries.com
Apr 14, 2012 New York. The Mapping & Discovery of America,
Bonhams, 580 Madison Ave., www.bonhams.com
Apr 15, 2012 New York. R.M.S. Titanic: 100 Years of Fact & Fiction,
Bonhams, 580 Madison Ave., www.bonhams.com
VIRGINIA
Mar 24-25, 2012 McLean. 3rd Antiques Show, Madeira School, 8328
Georgetown Pike, 434-361-1770, www.dfshows.com, SH: Sat. 10am-5pm,
Sun. 11am-4pm
Apr 6-7, 2012 Harrisonburg. 23rd Annual Woodmen of the World
Farm Toy & Collector Truck Show & Sale, Woodmen Activities Ctr., 540879-9249, SH: Fri. 6pm-9pm, Sat. 8am-1:30pm
OHIO
Apr 13-14, 2012 Newark. All-Heisey Spring Benefit Auction, 740345-2932, www.heiseymuseum.org
TEXAS
Apr 10, 2012 Dallas. Fine Silver & Vertu, 800-872-6467, www.ha.com
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
Apr 14-15, 2012 Wheeling. 58th Annual Oglebay Institute’s Antiques
Show & Sale, Oglebay Resort, 304-242-7272, www.oionline.com, SH: Sat.
Mar 25, 2012 Kewaskum. Annual Sporting Goods Auction, 262-3383030, info@paulauction.com, www.paulauction.com
Apr 15, 2012 Kewaskum. Antique Consignment Auction, 262-3383030, info@paulauction.com, www.paulauction.com
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Apr 14-15, 2012 Vancouver. Kerrisdale Antiques Fair, Kerrisdale
Arena, 5670 East Blvd., 604-980-3159, 21st Century Promotions,
www.21cpromotions.com, SH: 10am-5pm
ENGLAND
Mar 22, 2012 London. Stanley Gibbons’ First Public Auction of 2012,
399 Strand, www.stanleygibbons.com/auctions
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ENGLAND
Mar 21-25, 2012 London, Chelsea. Antiques Fair, 01460 30897
Penman Antiques Fairs, www.penman-fairs.co.uk
Mar 23-25, 2012 Harrogate. Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Great Yorkshire
Showground, 01278 784912, www.cooperevents.com, SH: 11am-5pm
Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 Gloucestershire. Antiques & Fine Art Fair,
Westonbirt School, 01278 784912, www.cooperevents.com, SH: 11am5pm
50TH FISHERSVILLE
ANTIQUES
AUCTIONS
EXPO
CALIFORNIA
Mar 25-26, 2012 San Francisco. Period Art & Design Auction,
Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Avenue, www.bonhams.com
Mar 26, 2012 San Francisco. Salon Jewelry & Watches Auction,
Mar 31-Apr 1, 2012 Beverly Hills. Julien’s Auction, 310-8361818, cngalloway@aol.com or cgalloway@juliensauctions.com, www.
juliensauctions.com
Apr 15-16, 2012 San Francisco. Period Art & Design Auction,
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Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012 Woodhaven. Spring “Live” Auction, 703-8455555, www.bid.showtimeauctions.com
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Fishersville, Virginia
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434-847-8242
Mar 31, 2012 Cameron. Living Estate, River of Life Baptist Church,
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phones; you’ll be surprised at what you
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Now is the time for your business to go
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the cost of building your site the first
time around.
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advertising, except for email.
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ers looked at your offer and exactly
when they looked at it. Can you say
that about newspaper, yellow pages
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I know what you’re thinking: It seems
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get the “big new thing,” then you’re in danger of losing customers and going out of
business. You’ve probably heard it all before. And I have to admit that sometimes,
you don’t always need the latest gadget.
But I’m not talking about getting the latest gadget; I’m talking about a sea change
or paradigm shift in the way that people
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And if you don’t believe it’s that serious,
just ask the Western Union Telegraph Co.
They’ll be happy to explain it to you.
Spivey's Books
Liquidation #3
100's of Maps, Prints and Rare Books
Sat, March 24th at 10:00 a.m.
Inside DSA Gallery located 30 miles east of
Kansas City at the western edge of
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Kruse auto company
files for bankruptcy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A
northeast Indiana classic car dealership owned by former auction house
owner Dean Kruse and his wife has
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Bunker Lakes Inc., which does
business as Bunker Lakes Dealership,
filed for bankruptcy Feb. 22 in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Fort Wayne.
The filing lists Kruse’s wife, Kristin
McGrade, as president, and indicates
she and Kruse each own 50 percent of
the company.
Attorney Dan Skekloff, who is
handling the bankruptcy for the
company, says the business could reorganize.
Skekloff says the business has no
employees and isn’t operating. He
says Bunker Lakes is about $5 million
in debt and has $10 million in assets.
It’s just the latest problem for
Kruse, who has been the subject of
numerous lawsuits.
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AUCTION
Antique Glassware,
Collectibles and Furniture
Monday April 2, 2012
LONE JACK, MO
6:00 PM
801 N Center St., Gardner, KS
529 West Lone Jack - Lee's Summit Road
17th, 18th and 19th Century Maps, Rare Books,
RR Stocks, Atlases, Post Cards, Ephemera,
Advertising, Illustrations, Vellum Indentures,
MUCH MORE! 100's of good Books!
Dirk Soulis Auctions
1.800.252.1501 • 816.697.3830
www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com
Stricker’s Auction Company will be auctioning
the contents from the Benedictine Sisters of
Piedmont, Oklahoma.
Also hundreds of pieces of antique glassware
and collectibles from the living Estate of
Norma Kampschroeder of Lawrence, Kansas.
There will be a mix of nice furniture as well.
Don’t miss this Big Auction.
You must be present to bid.
For pictures go to:
www.StrickersAuction.com
Call for more information:
Ron Stricker
Auctioneer
913-963-3800
Jerry Stricker
Auctioneer
913-856-7074
‘American Digger’ debuts March 20 on SPIKE
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BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS WANTED
COMIC BOOKS WANTED, pre-1965. Also
Big Little Books, pulps. Top dollar paid.
Comic Art Foundation, PO Box 1414,
Oklahoma City, OK 73101. 405-236-5303.
3321368
TIRED OF Ebay? Sell your Sports Cards
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CHINA, GLASS, & POTTERY
WANTED
WANTED: ROYAL BAYREUTH FEEDING
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Sunbonnet Babies feeding dishes with the
BAKING (Saturday) scene. Mike Young,
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FURNITURE
PASADENA, MD Liquidation Antique
& Vintage Furniture Sale-dates
March 31-April 1, 2012 8am-4pm
Shop clearance all items deeply
discounted. Large selection of
tables, chairs, desks bureaus,
China cabinets, servers, end tables,
stools, hoosier cabinet location:
456 Royal Beach Rd. Pasadena, MD
21122. Cell 410-227-3489, Office
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INDIAN & WESTERN
RELATED ITEMS
BUYING: INDIAN ARTIFACTS. PAYING
TOP $$$$$$$$$ for baskets, bead work,
blankets, pots, jewelry, Kachinas, etc.
FREE ESTIMATES. CALL TOLL FREE: 800492-6786. Daniel Brown, PO Box 149,
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WANTED
Antique or modern paperweights wanted by collector. Single paperweights
or collections. All calls or
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CARNIVAL GLASS
CARNIVAL GLASS BUY/SELL any amount.
Also VanBriggle, Roseville, Rookwood,
Nippon, Meissen, Art Glass, Czech. Glass,
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KITCHEN COLLECTIBLES
ANTIQUE KITCHEN Sink 60”L x 20”
deep porcelain over cast iron Mfg.
by Standard Sanitary Co. Louisville
S/N P6316-8570 6-15-25 $950.
Phone 330-690-0554 or email:
sykorax38@yahoo.com cfw8002206
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LAMPS
TOP DOLLARS PAID FOR CARBIDE CAP
LAMPS, oil wick/lard lamps, blasting cap
tins, scatter tags, carbide lamp parts and
small mining artifacts needed in my
collection. Larry Click 703-241-3748 or
email LarryClick@msn.com cfw7117566
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MILITARY
BUYING MILITARY MEMORABILIA,
books, manual, uniforms, patches, field
gear, souvenir- WWI TO VIETNAM, all
Armed Forces. B&L Collectibles, 95
Holyoke St., Easthampton, MA 01027.
800-323-8543.
Email
blcollec@concentric.net 3321187
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TWO NEW/UNUSED 16 size hunting case
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MOVIE, TV MEMORABILIA
WISH TO purchase two Mutoscopes with
the following reels: (1) “Toodles” (2) “The
Girl on the Park Bench.” These were sold
at the Philip Weiss auction in New York, on
October, 2010. Please contact David
Weiss, 2072 77th St., Brooklyn, NY
11214. Price no object! cfw7774895
TV Video/DVD
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Collectors of
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240
1 Year = 26 Issues
REGINA MUSIC Box wanted. Any cond.
Also want Edison and Victor phonographs.
Dave Ogden, PO Box 223, Northbrook, IL
60062. Phone or Fax 847-564-2893.
Email: mech999@flash.net cfw5965040
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DELAWARE, MARYLAND, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia. Pay
well. Will travel for large groups 10,000+.
Contact before shipping. HERZOG (APS),
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MISC. SPECIALTY ITEMS
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
AUCTION GALLERY 15,000’ 3 acres area
population 6 million established Antique &
Auction Area downtown Scottsville no
competitors, For Sale $4 Million/terms-or
lease. Strout 602-620-3999 cfw8110171
COOKIE JARS: Send LSASE with 2 stamps
for list. Carols Collectibles, 31 Vitruvius
Ct., Oakley, CA 94561. 925-679-8033.
3321444
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
BEATLES CONCERT tickets wanted, also
other Beatles items from the 1960s. Jeff,
507 Normal, Normal, IL 61761. 309-2757010. 3321301
Buying Gold-Filled Eyeglasses. Paying
Top Dollar. Any Condition. Immediate
Payment. Call 724-427-5590 (24hr
recorded
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Beautiful Market Street Antiques
Shop for Sale in Wheeler Michigan.
Market Street Antique shop for sale
in Wheeler Michigan. This is a
beautiful established antique shop
that is still open for business. My
husband and I are looking to retire
and hit the road. The shop is approx.
6000 sq. ft and has a 56 x 96 ft pole
barn. We have held auctions, flea
markets, estate sales etc. in the pole
barn. It has a little more that 3 acres
of
commercial
property
a
nd is located on M-46 highway.
Please visit our web page at
marketstreetantiques.homestead.com
and check out our shop. Price has
been REDUCED! $195,000.00. For
more information please call me at
989-845-4837 or email me at
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WANTED: ENEMA equipment from the
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and breast pumps. Please send items in
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State St., Apt. 206, Portland, ME 04101.
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PHONE: 276-783-6143
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LIMITED EDITIONS,
COLLECTIBLES WANTED
WANTED DAVID WINTER COTTAGES
Wanting to purchase David Winter
Cottages in Mint Condition and preferably
in original boxes Contact Matt: Email
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SILVER, METAL FOR SALE
FLATWARE MATCH sterling/ silverplate
2,600+ patterns. Box 125, Algonquin, IL
60102-0125. Phone Tony 847-458-8398.
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ALWAYS BUYING MANDOLINS, GUITARS,
BANJOS, of all known makers, especially
Gibson, Martin, Vega, Fender. Describe for
fast reply. ELDERLY INSTRUMENTS, POB
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ARIZONA
PHOENIX, Antique Outpost, 10012 N. Cave
Creek Rd., Phx. 85020 Largest variety antqs/
colls/postcards. (602)943-9594 10-5 Tue.-Sat.
Spend the day at an outstanding “Mom ’n Pop”
business since 1967. “A collector’s haven.”
Inventory of over 200,000 postcards. Call ahead
for particular wants. New inventory added daily.
Items from 1800’s to 1960’s. Always a smiling
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ARKANSAS
PENA’S
COLLECTIBLES AND ANTIQUES
9918 HWY 63 SO. PINE BLUFF, AR 71603
870-534-8070
Open 10am Tues. thur Sat.
Specializing in: Carnival Glass, High
Quality Crystal and much, much, more.
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CALIFORNIA
AUBURN, antiquebeadpeddler.com Antique
Bead Peddler is an online business that offers
beautiful vintage beads, jewelry findings, antique
rhinestone and pearl clasps, mixed rhinestones
which contain many hard to find shapes and
colors, filigree stampings to repair or create
jewelry, crystal and glass vintage pendants,
Original Victorian glass, clothing and hat
ornaments, hundreds of vintage flatback and
bevel glass cabochons, vintage hatpins and
jewelry. For info call: 530-885-3511
SAN BRUNO, CA 94066, Costa’s / “Just things”,
Harry P Costa (Near S.F. airport) 575 San Mateo
Ave, Toys - Trains Hot Wheels, collectibles Bought
& sold. E-mail: carmelag@aol.com, Ph. (650) 8719425 Fax (650) 588-7545 Cell (650) 219-7941
SAN CARLOS, Antique Telephones, Radios,
Microphones, Edison-Victor, Early Fans, Toys,
Barber Poles, Restoration, Repair, Buy, Sell,
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Mall, 28450 Felix Valdez. Located in the heart of
wine country. I-15 to Rancho California Road exit,
go west to Vincent Moraga Dr., then left on Felix
Valdez. Southwest California’s largest antique mall.
30,000 sf; 150 dealers. Antiques, pottery, glass,
collectibles, a unique outdoor architectural garden
section. large furniture selection, coins, stoneware,
clock repair and more. Open daily 10am-5pm.
Phone: 951-699-9449 - Website: mygrannysattic.
net - Email: mikemygrannysattic.net
COLORADO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Legend Antiques
Wholesale Warehouse. Over 22,000 sq. feet,
1,000+ pieces of showroom-ready antique
furniture and accessories. 2155 Broadway St.,
Mon-Fri 9:30-5:30, Sat 10-4, 719-448-9414.
www.legendantiqueswholesale.com
COLORADO SPRINGS. Antique Gallery
Inc. Downtown’s Oldest & Largest Award
Winning Antique Mall. Friendly Folks &
Service. Free Parking. Open Daily. 10 am
- 6 pm, Mon - Sat. Sundays, 11 am - 4 pm
719-633-6070. 117 South Wahsatch Ave.,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Check Us Out
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CONNECTICUT
EAST HARTFORD, Smalls, Sterling, Ephemera,
Philatelic, Numismatic, Dealer discounts
available Tom’s, 1100 Main St., 06108 Hours:
10-6, Mon.-Sat. toll free 877-OLDETOM. Dealer
consideration given. www.goodoletom.com
DELAWARE
LAUREL, Louis & Shirley O’Neal, 12537
Sycamore Rd., 302-875-3391, O’Neals Antiques
Estate Jewelry, O’Neal’s Antiques, One of the
Most Interesting Stores on Delmarva! Our
Mission at O’Neal’s is to provide quality antiques
and expert experience. Here, customer service
is out number one priority and we strive to
satisfy every customer that enters our store. We
specialize in Antique Estate Jewelry & Diamonds,
www.onealsantiques.com. One owner in 10,000
square feet store, furniture ready for the home,
email: Shirley@onealsantiques.com
FLORIDA
MIAMI/DADE COUNTY, Antique Mall Y’All, over
250 dealers, the largest Antique Mall in MiamiDade County, 17430 SW 97 Ave., Left @SW 174
St. & US#1 or Turnpike exit 13, east to US#1.
Open 7 days 305-969-0696.
SANFORD , Smiley’s Huge Antique Mall, Over 200
Shops, Voted “Best of Best” mall in Florida, 8 mi.
S. of Gainsville, FL, On I-75 at Rd. 234 (Exit 374)
Micanopy, Open Daily 10-6, Ph. 352-466-0707,
Visit our Web Site: www.smileysantiques.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Estate Antiques & Fine
Art Auctions, Monthly Gallery Auctions, Estates
Purchased, Quality Consignments Accepted,
BURCHARD GALLERIES INC., 2528 30th Ave., N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33713 (800) 520-2787, www.
burchardgalleries.com
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Good Old Days, Inc. 2138 W. Belmont
Antique Furniture, Clocks, Watches, Dishes,
Chicago Stained Glass, Fireplace Mantles,
Cubs & Sox Photos, Radios, Neon Beer Signs,
Much more. 2 miles from Wrigley Field - open
everyday, free street parking. Email: vvbailey1@
msn.com ebay name: goodolddaysinc Web site:
goodolddaysinc.com 773-472-8837
GURNEE, The Gurnee Antique Center, LLC is
one of Chicagoland’s largest Antique Centers
featuring quality antiques - no crafts or new
collectibles. The spacious 24,000 square foot
building houses 200 dealers displaying a wide
range of merchandise from the 1700’s through
the early 1960’s: furniture, Americana, porcelain
& pottery, glass, vintage jewelry & clothing,
art, sports & advertising memorabilia, toys
& holiday items, books, militaria, jukeboxes,
silver - name it and you will likely find it here.
Located just 6 miles south of the Wisconsin
border, the Gurnee Antique Center is just off
I-94 at the 132 Grand Avenue Exit, adjacent
to Six Flags, and just East of Key Lime
Cove.Open 7 days a week: 10-5 MondaySaturday; Sundays 12-5 & Thursday ‘til 8 pm.
www.gurneeantiquecenter.com, 847-782-9094
ROSEMONT Expand your customer base by
diversifiying your inventory. . . Join us at the
28th Annual iHobby Expo, October 11-14,
2012, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center,
Rosemont, IL. Website is www.ihobbyexpo.com
VOLO, 3 Large Antique Malls, Gift and
Collectibles Mall, 300 Dealer Shops, Open
Year Round - 7 Days a Week, 10 am - 5 pm,
Rt. 12 & 120 in Volo, Illinois, 815-344-6062 or
VOLOSHOPPING.COM, “Gift Cards Available”.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Missouri Valley Antique
Mall. Lg. selection of quality antiques. No
Reproductions! Lots of furniture 1/2 Mi. West of I-29
on Hwy. 30. Open 7 days. Dealers Welcome!
712-642-2125
WALNUT, IOWA’S ANTIQUE CITY Located on
I-80, at exit 46, just 46 miles east of Omaha
Nebraska, or 85 miles west of Des Moines,
Iowa.
Great food & convenient lodging
available. With 12 Antique Stores, Bakery,
Quilting and Gift Shops, Museum and one-room
schoolhouse! For information call 712-784-2100
www.iowasantiquecity. Most shops are open
Mon.-Sat. 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. and Sun 12:00
noon-5:00 p.m all year round, except major
holidays. A quaint little town with a dozen antique
shops and malls offering quaIity antiques of every
description!
KANSAS
AUGUSTA, Paramount East Antique Mall,
10187 SW HWY 54. New eastside location!
20,000 more sq. ft. of fabulous antiques for your
shopping pleasure. Open 363 days annually. (316)
775-3999. www.paramountantiquemall.com
EL DORADO, Haverhill Antiques, 811 S.
Haverhill Rd. Phone 316-321-3199. Over 4,000
sq. ft. of Antiques & Collectibles - glassware, art,
primitives, jewelry & much more. 1 block north
of college.
WICHITA, Paramount Antique Mall, 13200 W.
U.S. Hwy 54, “Voted Best Antique Mall” in Discover
Mid-America. Largest antique mall in greater
Wichita, featuring fine antiques & collectibles.
40,000 sq. ft. Open 363 days annually. (316)
722-0500. www.paramountantiquemall.com
KENTUCKY
BOWLING GREEN, Vette City Antique &
Collectibles Mall, Exit 28 I-65 Bowling Green,
KY. Open 7 days a week. 270-393-9500.
MASSACHUSETTS
CHESTNUT HILL, Whether you live in the
Boston area or are just visiting - please come
by to view our collection. Viewing our collection
is by appointment only. All our posters are
original, authentic vintage posters. We do not
sell reproductions. Nancy Steinbock Vintage
Posters, 12 Garrison Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
02467. Telphone 800-438-1577; Fax 617-9283387; nancy@nancysteinbockposters.com; www.
nancysteinbockposters.com
MICHIGAN
DETROIT, Blue Water Antique Dealers
Association, 25 Southeast Michigan Antique
Shops. Antique shows Nov. & Apr. in Detroit area.
Denise Kelley, president, dkelley7@att.net, www.
bluewaterantiquedealers.com. Like Blue Water
Antique Deaelrs on Facebook.
STERLING HEIGHTS, www.uticaantiques.comA Can’t Miss Merchandise Extravaganza! 26th
year! Sat. 8-5, Sun. 8-4. 2012 Dates: May 1213, July 7-8, Sept. 8-9. Largest & Oldest show in
Tri-County Area! 100’s of Dealers Selling quality
antiques. Indoor & Outdoor Spaces Available.
Call 586-254-3495
The Olde Farmhouse
Antiques and Gifts LLC
2918 Blue Star Highway
Douglas, Michigan 49406
269-857-6100
Open 7 days a week from 10:00-6:00
Featuring furniture, vintage jewelry, glassware,
pottery, nautical items, and fine gifts
INDIANA
LAPORTE, TAKE THE LAPORTE COUNTY, IN
ANTIQUE TOUR - 10 shops and malls (over
250 dealers) within a 20 minute drive. Only 1
hour east of Chicago & just west of South Bend.
Visit us at www.olddoodads.com to print a tour
brochure
IOWA
LECLAIRE, Big River Antiques where Interstate 80
crosses the Mississippi River. 423 N Cody Road
(Hwy 67) A multi dealer shop open 7 days 11-6
& afternoons on Sunday. Buy - Sell - Appraise
563-729-1002 We’ve Got the Goods!
MINNESOTA
LONG LAKE, Long Lake Antiques, 10,500 sf.
Jewelry, Glassware, Furniture, Primitives and
more. Central MN 8 mi. N. of Willmar, 8879
Long Lake Rd., Spicer. Toll-free 866-220-2069.
longlakeantiques_al@yahoo.com
www.longlakeantiques.com
MISSISSIPPI
PICAYUNE, BARZE PLACE ANTIQUES &
COLLECTIBLES MALL, 213 Highway 11, South
I-59 between Exits 4 & 6, Nearly 40 vendors and
consignors, 6,000 sq. ft., 601-749-0756. Mon.,
Wed. & Fri. 10 am - 5:30 pm, Tuesday 10 am - 5
pm, Saturday 10 am - 4:30 pm, Closed Thursday
and Sunday. www.theyune.com
MISSOURI
CUBA, LONE STAR ANTIQUES MALL, I-44 Cuba,
Exit 208 N Outer RD WST (80 miles west
of St. Louis). Open 7-days a week, 9 am
- 5 pm. Phone: 573-885-6255. 9,000
sq. ft. QUALITY ANTIQUES. 2ND MALL
VISIT US ON FACEBOOK
NEBRASKA
CROFTON, Jeanne’s Antiques: 1 mile east
of Crofton on Hwy. 12. Quality Oak, walnut
& Pine Furniture, Crocks, Churns, Roseville,
Hull, Watts, Carnival, RS Prussia, Royal
Bayreuth, Jewelry, Silverware & Sets, Clocks,
Celluloid Dresser Boxes, Hardware, Primitives,
Leaded Windows, Kerosene Lamps, Hanging
Fixtures, Old Shades for Fixtures, Victorian
Pictures, Salesman Sample Items, Religious
Items, Dollies, etc. Phone: 402-388-4631.
E-mail: jeannes@gpcom.net. Web site:www.
jeannesantiques.com.
NEVADA
LAS VEGAS, Charleston Antique Mall, 307 West
Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89102. Phone:
702-228-4783. Featuring Quality Antiques &
Collectibles. Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat.; 11-5 Sun.,
16,000 sq. feet. www.charlestonantiquemall.com
NEW JERSEY
PRINCETON, Beauty! History! Romance!
Mystery! PERFUME BOTTLES (We Unlock
Their Secrets!) International Perfume Bottle
Association, www.perfumebottles.org, Susan:
732-492-2003
NEW YORK
RIDGEWOOD QUEENS. DiMola Bros. Inc.
1640 Summerfield St., Ridgewood, Queens, NY
11385. Tel: 718-326-6969, Fax: 718-326-7979
www.dimolabros.com. Musuems aren’t the only
place history comes alive!! please view our
company blog: http://welovegarbage.wordpress.
com. Rubbish Removal, Interior Demolition,
Carting and Commercial Recycling. Leave the
labor and carting to us! One call does it all. We
cater to out of town cients and meet deadlines
before your due back home!
NORTH CAROLINA
VALDESE, Dolls & Designs by Sandi, 122 Main
St. W, Valdese, NC 28690, 828-893-0640, MF 10:30am - 4pm other times by appointment.
Largest porcelain doll maker in NC, Supplies,
Classes, Antique Reproduction Costumes. Doll
Hospital Now Open. www.dollsanddesigns.webs.
com; email dollsanddesign@embarqmail.com
OHIO
East Liverpool, OH
Pottery City Antique Mall
200 dealers 40,000 sq. ft.
till 6 p.m. 7 days a week
409 Washington
D-town exit off U.S. 30
330-385-6933
PARKMAN, Auntie’s Antique Mall, 15567 Main
Market (Rt. 422) Parkman, Ohio 44080. Multidealer. 14,000 sq. ft. Open 7 days 10-5, 440548-5353.
Black Swamp
Antique Mall
- Over 40 Vendors We Appraise • Buy
Sell a Huge Variety
of Antiques
We are Allen County’s
Only Year Round Mall
Venders Applications
Always Welcome
Thousands of Unique Items
for Your Collecting Pleasure
Antique Furniture • Cut & Pressed
Glass • Silverware • Comm. Plates
Carnival Glass • Stained Glass
Old Records • Books • Pottery
Stamps Estate • Jewelry
Comic Books • Old Coins & Currency
Our Hours: Mon. - Sat. 9-6 • Sun. 12-4
238 N. Main St., Delphos, OH 45833
877-260-0348 • Fax: 419-692-0372
OKLAHOMA
VINITA, Gene’s Collectibles, 223 S. Wilson.
Antique furniture, primitives, quilts, jewelry,
postcards Open 6 days, closed Tues.
918-256-5313.
PENNSYLVANIA
Heidelberg Antique Mall
1451 & 1550 Collier Ave.
Heidelberg, PA 15106
(412) 429-9222 or (412) 429-9223
Open 10-5 Tues.-Sun. – Closed Monday
I-79 Exit 55, Turn left – Six lights Turn left – 10,000 Square Feet
or I-279, Exit 2 to 50 Turn left – 4 lights
www.Heidelbergantiquemall.com
antiques@Icubed.com
Belle
Vernon,
International
Nippon
Collectors Club, Join Nippon Collectors, www.
nipponcollectorsclub.com, Call: 301-748-2427
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEXAS
WISCONSIN
COLUMBUS
Antique Mall & Museum
TENNESSEE
SHERMAN, A Touch Of Class Antique Mall.
Over 150 booths! 38,000 sq. ft. Historic
Bldg. Quality Antique Furniture, Collectibles,
Glassware, Toys, Signs & Primitives from
some of the “Best Dealers in the Southwest”.
Open 7 days. Just 20 mi. S of the OK border
and 60 mi. N of Dallas. HWY 75 Exit 58 then
3 blks. E. 118 W. Lamar, Downtown Sherman,
TX. 903-891-9379 toc@airmail.net.
SANTEE, I-95 Exit 98 Ingrid’s Antique Mall
at Santee Outlets. Open 7 days a week. Full of
Antiques & Collectibles. 803-854-2917
GREENEVILLE, www.greenevilleantiqueappraisalfair.
com, Tourism Department of the Greene County
Partnership, 115 Academy Street, Greenville,
TN 37743, 423-638-4111/Fax 423-638-5345 Email: tkinser@greenecop.com, Contact: Tammy
L. Kinser, CTTP
RUGBY, Spirit of Red Hill Nature Art &
Oddiments. Located in Historic Rugby (www.
historicrugby.org), a lovingly preserved 1880’s
English village in rural East Tennessee. Original
nature art, prints, cards & gourd art, vintage &
antique quilts, books, smalls, linens, dishware,
tools, ephemera, etc.; one-of-a-kind gifts made
with vintage items. A small shop in a unique
setting with much to offer. Open: Mon.-Sat.
10:30-5:30, Sun. noon - 5:30 (closed Wed.) EST
423-628-2991. Email redhill1@highland.net
Closed Jan. thru March.
SEVIERVILLE, Ed Livingston Olden Days
“Nostalgic Antiques & Collectables” Tin Signs
- Clocks - Thermometers - Auto Stuff - 1846
Windfield Dunn, Sevierville, TN 37876. 1-843830-1792
PIGEON FORGE, Ed Livingston “Nostalgic
Antiques & Collectibles”, Train-horns, Country
Mill Antiques. 843-830-1792. 3333 Parkway,
Pigeon Forge, TN.
WEARS VALLEY, Ed Livingston “Nostalgic
Antiques & Collectibles”, Train-horns.
Wears Valley Antique Gallery. 3234
Wears Valley Rd., Sevierville, TN. 37862
843-830-1792.
VERMONT
WOODSTOCK,
WANTED: WOODBLOCK
PRINTS American, European, Canadian, c. 18901950. Esp. Arthur Wesley Dow & Provincetown
Prints. STEVEN THOMAS, INC. Fine arts &
Antiques 1-800-781-8028 • Box 41, Woodstock,
VT 05091 email: stinc@sover.net Website: www.
woodblock-prints.com
VIRGINIA
MANASSAS, Pink House Antiques, We
Buy/Sell unique gifts, antiques & collectibles!
Call: 571-229-9243 or visit us at 9201
Prescott Ave, Manassas, Virginia 20110, www.
pinkhouseantiques.com
KING GEORGE, A Unique House Collectables
and Antiques. 9600 James Madison Highway/Rt.
301. Ph: 540.625.2006 web: www.auniquehouse.
com. OPEN 7 Days a week! Monday-Saturday 10
am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 5 pm
WASHINGTON
TACOMA, We are the Northwest Miniature Bottle
Club. We are looking for mini bottle collectors to
be part of our club. We offer a monthly newsletter,
Monthly meetings (in the pacific northwest),
bottle raffles and help for collectors to find bottles
they are looking for. We also sometimes purchase
collection for use in our raffles. Our club website
is www.minibottleclub.com. Dues are $15 per
year and the contact info is Ron Gabbard, 5412
South K Street, Tacoma, Washington 98408, 253241-8213.
Visit our Web site
“Wisconsin’s Largest Antique Mall”
Enter every day 8:15 am-4 pm.
82,000 sq. ft., 222 dealers in 444 booths.
Entire 3rd floor – furniture.
Customer Appreciation Days April 2-8
20% discount all items $10 or over.
28th Anniversary
239 Whitney, Columbus, WI 53925-0151
www.columbusantiquemall.com
(920) 623-1992
TOMAH, Antique Mall, 68 quality dealers. Open 7
days. 1510 Eaton Avenue, Tomah, WI 54660, I-94 &
Hwy 21 East, Exit #143. 608-372-7853.
E-mal:info@antiquemalloftomah.com
www.antiquemalloftomah.com.
MILWAUKEE, Landmarks
Gallery and
Restoration Studio, 231 N. 76th St., Mke, WI
53213. Quality artwork as well as in-house
restoration of paintings, prints, documents,
frames, photos, and art objects. Free estimates.
Written appraisals f fine art for estate insurance and
retail also offered. WWW.LANDMARKSGALLERY.
COM. Toll free ph: (800) 352-8892 Tues-Fri.
10am-6pm Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1pm-5pm Email: landmarksart@gmail.com
MILWAUKEE, Riverview Antique Market, Best
place in Milwaukee for Historic WI Art, 15,000
square feet of quality 18-20th century antiques.
Open 7 days a week 10 am-5 pm. 175 S. Water
St., Milwaukee, WI 53204, 414-278-9999 www.
RiverviewAntiqueMarket.com
MOUNT HOREB, Wisconsin’s Online Auction
www.WisconsinSurpus.com.
The
Online
Bidding Service of Lust Auction Services, www.
LustAuctions.com. Registered Wisconsin Auction
Company #1
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Anderson Militaria .........................13
Antique Helper Auctions ...............56
Arleigh’s Quality Collectibles ........13
Asheford Institute Of Antiques ......21
Hart Associates ............................55
Heritage Promotions .....................45
Hollis, D.C. ....................................49
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International Perfume Bottle Assoc.
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Ivey-selkirk Auctioneers ................53
B & D Promotions .........................55
Bags Unlimited .............................33
Binghamton Sertoma Club ...........19
Blue Ridge Knives ........................49
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Canning Enterprises Inc. ..............21
Cleveland, Dwight ........................49
Collect.com ...................................48
Collectibles Insurance Services....14
Collector’s House..........................33
Continental Antique Shows ..........47
Crying Hill Antiques LLC ..............29
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Dirk Soulis Auctions......................46
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Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware....19
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James D Julia, Inc.........................14
JFK Promotions ............................47
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KCF Market, INC. .........................14
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Labahia Antiques, LLC .................13
Lakewood 400 Antiques Market .....3
Lemars Antique Mall .......................1
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McKeon, Tad .................................48
Miller Advertising Agency ...............4
Mugler Auction Service L.L.C. ........2
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Nadeau’s Auction Gallery .............29
New England Appraisers
Association .................................19
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Planned Parenthood .....................14
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Robert Edward Auctions ...............47
Rock Island Auction Company......54
Rowlands Relic’s ..........................19
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Show Promotions Inc................1, 28
Silver Queen Inc ...........................49
Simmons And Co Auctioneers ......29
Sleeper Auction Center ..................3
Smiley’s Antiques Mall ..................33
Southeastern School of Auct. .......49
Stanton’s Auctioneers ...................55
Stricker Auction.............................46
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The Old Shed ...............................46
Townsend Promotions, Inc.
.......................................13, 19, 47
Tri State Antique Market ...............13
The advertisers’ index is provided as a reader service. Occasional last-minute changes may result in ads appearing on pages other than those listed here.
The publisher assumes no liability for omissions or errors.
Collector Feature
Collector spends 30 years pursuing
Vernor’s Ginger Ale memorabilia
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TROY, Mich. (AP) – It started innocently
mounted or displayed in virtually every nook and
enough for Keith Wunderlich.
cranny in the basement of his Troy home.
“I’ve always been interested in Detroit
The collection is both testament to
history and Detroit products,” said WunWunderlich’s passion and a shrine to
derlich, who does double duty as superVernor’s, the historic Detroit company
intendent of New Haven Community
and the unique product it produces.
Schools and an administrator in the
Wunderlich will tell you how Deneighboring L’Anse Creuse district.
troit pharmacist James Vernor devel“Faygo, Better Made, Stroh’s,
oped, almost by accident, the secret
Hudson’s … about 30 years ago, I beformula that would become Vernor’s
gan picking up little bits and pieces
Ginger Ale.
of Detroit.”
According to Wunderlich, and the
Wunderlich’s collection was modest
company, Vernor left a batch of his
until one day he made a discovery while
syrup in an oak barrel for four years
rummaging through the garage of his parwhen he was called to join the Civil
c
ents’ home. “I stumbled across an old box of
War. When he returned, he discovered
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Vernor’s (Ginger Ale) bottles,” he said. “All
the syrup’s taste had improved with the agof a sudden I had more Vernor’s stuff than
ing. Vernor’s Ginger Ale was born, and for
anything else. I decided to just concentrate Vernor’s light-up clock, molded plastic
decades the company advertised the drink
on Vernor’s.” In the ensuing three decades, case, 12-inch diameter, yellow face,
as barrel-aged for four years.
green logo, red and black numerals,
Wunderlich’s collection grew.
While the story’s accuracy has been
manufactured by Tommy Tucker, Very
Today, hundreds of bottles, signs, clocks Good working condition, sold for $225
questioned, the success of the soft drink
and countless other memorabilia are at Rich Penn Auctions, May 6, 2011.
company is well-documented. For well over
a century, Vernor’s and Detroit were practically synonymous. Wunderlich has memorabilia to back up the
claim.
“Anything that says, ‘Detroit’s Drink’ is really rare,” he said.
Among his favorite items are a soda dispenser that dates to
about 1910; a 2-foot tall Vernor’s gnome that was part of a factory
tour of the bottling plant in the 1920s; a James Vernor business
card that reads, “pharmacist and florist;” and countless signs,
clocks and other items bearing the Vernor’s logo.
The collection even includes a couple of coin-operated (10 cents)
soft drink cooler/dispensers that still function.
“It eats up about $25 a month in electricity so they’re not turned
on very often,” he said.
Wunderlich’s wife, Mary, indulges her husband’s passion, provided he sticks to one unbreakable rule. The collection is restricted
to the basement. “It can’t be on the main floor,” she said.
Mary concedes the family – the Wunderlichs are parents of four
children – are used to the Vernor’s shrine, but when visitors
see it for the first time, they are impressed. “To see their
reaction is really fun,” she said.
Rare
Vernor’s
Several years ago, three descendants of James Vernor
Ginger Ale
heard about the collection and paid a visit. “They wanted everydispenser, pictorial
thing,” Wunderlich said.
multi-colored porcelain
Wunderlich said he can’t put a monetary value on his collection.
sides, complete, all original
except for one knob, Excellent
Not that it matters. He has no plans to sell any of it.
condition, 16 by 19 by 21 inches, sold for $2,750
“The money isn’t (as important) as the history,” he said.
at Showtime Auction Services, April 1, 2011.
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$62,500
International Perfume
Bottle Association
Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas set a
record March. 1, 2012 for illustration artist
Hugh Joseph Ward (American, 19091945). The 30-by-21-inch oil on canvas is the original
illustration for the April 1937 Spicy Adventure Stories
pulp magazine.
You’re invited to attend the following:
With slight condition issues,
including a relined canvas,
scattered minor
abrasions on
the extreme
edges and
minor points
of in-painting
on the upper
background,
the final price
of $62,500
(including
buyer’s premium) doubled
its estimate
of $25,000 to
$35,000.
Perfume Bottle Show & Sale
Admission $5.00 (2-for-1 with Ad)
Saturday, May 5th 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 6th 10–12 noon
Saturday, May 5th 2:15-3:15 p.m.
Door Prizes, Refreshments, Starter Packet
Register-Call Mike (321) 689-7221
Perfume Bottles Auction
Friday, May 4th 5:00 p.m.
Free admission
HYATT REGENCY • JACKSONVILLE - RIVERFRONT
225 E. Coastline Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32202
www.perfumebottles.org
Photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
“Collecting Perfume Bottles, 101” A FREE Learning Program
Ivey-Selkirk
auctioneers & appraisers
TOYS & COLLECTIBLES
since 1830
24th Annual Convention, Jacksonville 2012
auction in Saint Louis - Friday, March 30, 2012 at 9:30am
preview March 27 - 29
French
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19th
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Height 18”
Selection of
Continental &
American Dolls,
Carousel Horse,
Pressed Steel
Trucks,
Wind-Ups,
Cor Cor Train
and Cast Iron
Vehicles
7447 Forsyth
St. Louis, MO 63105
314.726.5515 or 800.728.8002
contact T. Beye tbeye@iveyselkirk.com
dolls - D. Krol dkrol@iveyselkirk.com
information & catalogue
online www.iveyselkirk.com
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to be offered. Visit our website to preview more items to be offered and
watch presentation videos on featured items in this historic sale.
Excellent Cased Three Barrel Set Maynard Single Shot Percussion
Excellent
Rifle/Shotgun Attributed to President Abraham Lincoln
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IN THIS AUCTION
Exceptionally
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Rare Fully Documented,
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Action Rifle with 30 Inch Barrel
Superb
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Furnished, Engraved and Inscribed
Philadelphia Deringer Percussion
Pocket Pistols, in Case with
Accessories, Attributed to Brigadier
General Thomas Jefferson Brady
FEATURED IN THIS AUCTION
r Over 700 Outstanding Colts
Nearly 100 Colt percussions, Over 100 single action Army
revolvers, high conditioned and rare Bisleys, over 50
Woodsmans including prototypes, quality early autos,
derringers, high condition Colt Longarms, and an original 1883
Gatling gun with carriage.
r Over 350 Excellent Winchesters
Two 1 of 1000’s, Winchester Centennial Model 1876 Revolver,
Iron Frame Henry, Volcanic Carbine and pistol, a Briggs Patent
Henry originally from the Winchester Museum, and high
quality examples of nearly all lever action models.
r High-Grade Sporting Arms
High quality side by side, over/under, slide and semi-auto
shotguns. Nice collection of over 100 slide actions featuring
engraved and gold inlaid examples.
r Quality Military Arms
The finest collection of over 130 Lugers ever offered by RIAC
including the most significant presentation Luger extant,
and many other historical and rare Lugers. 90+ P-38s, early
Nambus, and many quality sniper rifles. Over 100 1911’s
including three Singers, 30+ desirable M1’s, Trench Guns,
and military knives. Comprehensive collection of high power
pistols from pre-nazi commercial to early 1970’s models.
r Antique Military Arms
Rare Schofield Revolvers, civil war arms featuring two Berdan’s,
Henry rifles and Confederate arms. Outstanding RemingtonLee rifles from the collection of author Gene Myszkowski.
r Also
Antique Flintlocks and Percussions including historical and
presentation examples, cased ivory pair of dueling pistols,
rare Sharps rifles and pistols, and over 230 rare and desirable
Randall Knives.
Exceptionally Rare
Winchester Model 1876
Centennial Revolver Featured in “The
Book of Colt Firearms” by R.L. Wilson
19th Century Antiques & Americana
Featuring Territorial Stoneware, Presidential items
from Lincoln and Grant, the diversity of Tiffany,
Illinois River decoys, oil paintings and much more.
150+ LOTS
OF 19TH
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Rare and
Magnificent Tiffany
32” Laburnum Lamp
LIGHTING to
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The Diversity of Tiffany & Co.
Magnificent
Tiffany Fluted
Stem Vase
Desirable Civil War Tiffany
Cavalry Officers Saber with Scabbard
Rare Colt Model 1862
Police Revolver with L.D.
Nimschke Engraving and
Tiffany American Eagle Grips
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An excellent sale including over 150 antique phonographs, music boxes, 30 wall telephones, 75
wall, shelf, double dial, calendar and grandfather
clocks, 80 lots of radios and radio related items
and lots more. Nearly 800 lots to be sold over the
course of the two day event. Go to our website
for an online copy of the catalog and over 350
photographs of the items to be sold. Call for a
free 40 page catalog.
Stanton’s Auctioneers & Realtors
Steven E. Stanton – (517) 852-0627 or
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Email – Stantonsauctions@sbcglobal.net
Website – www.stantons-auctions.com

2012 - F+W Media

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