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 Friday, March 21, 2008
I wear two hats
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Sandy Sparks here, posting on Noah's blog. While the cat's away... When I'm not wearing my Associate Editor - Antique Trader hat, I can be found wearing my other headpiece, that of Editor - Postcard Collector magazine. National Postcard Week is the first week in May. Every year readers send in a sample of the postcards they make to celebrate their special week. Some are completely hand-made, some are photographs, some are computer-generated, but all are creative and fun. Postcard Collector shows them off on the pages of the magazine and this year, on the magazine's Web site: www.postcardcollector.com.
 Want to join the fun? I can't promise to make you rich and famous, but I do promise to enjoy every postcard sent and yours might even make the cover! Put your creativity in gear and make a postcard. Send it, in an envelope, please, to: Postcard Collector 700 East State St Iola WI 54945 attn: PC WeekIf you want to trade with other postcard makers, add a note to that effect. Who knows? You might discover one more thing to collect — postcards! Questions? Email me at sandra.sparks@fwpubs.com. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.
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3/21/2008 4:13:12 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Thursday, March 20, 2008
Awesome Japanese Buddha sells for $14M
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Wow.
This an awesome sculpture, but - perhaps, jus' a l'il bit - overpriced. $14M? That's Monopoly money, right? right? Of course, it was a t Christie's, so I'm betting the bid wasn't all about the piece itself.
I couldn't imagine spending that kind of cash on something, plus, I can't help but think that spending that kind of money on a piece of sculpture - a relic of the material world, which - according to The Buddha - doesn't even really exist, except in the constructs of our minds as determined by karma - that is completely contrary to the teachings it represents...
Hmmm... Have to mediate on that one.
Oh, and I really love the blog that I pulled this story from - Bad at sports - which is an often humorous look at the world of contemporary art...
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3/20/2008 12:45:43 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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"Something really dramatic just happened with our cornflake."
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
I posted about this the other day, the corn flake shaped like Illinois...
The AP is reporting that eBay pulled it for some violation or another. Not to worry, though, it's been taken care of and is now back online for all the people dying to have it...
I was a little worried, myself, but am now happy to report that you can get the Illinois flake, as well as one that looks like Hawaii and a couple other states...
The line, "Something really dramatic juts happened with our cornflake" is one of the best I've ever heard...
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3/20/2008 12:21:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Kyle is stumped! Can you identify this item?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Sandy Sparks, Associate Editor and AT blog poster du jour here... QThis glass car bottle is 20 inches long. Do you know its age? What was it used for? – D.L.., Granbury, TexasA This large car-shaped glass bottle is a mystery to me. The style of the auto would seem to date it to the late 1920s or early 1930s. I know that various household products, such as vinegar, were bottled in “figural” bottles during that era but if this had an identifying paper label it has long ago disappeared. Perhaps some reader can tell us more about this unusual piece. It certainly doesn’t seem to be listed in the various bottle references I checked. Help solve the mystery! If you know what this unusual jar was used for, let us know. 
Antique Glass
3/20/2008 9:58:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Trader blog for the next two weeks...
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Howdy folks... Just an FYI, for the next week I'll be on a vacation of sorts - taking my daughter to see family in Arizona and Las Vegas - March 19-March 25, to be exact. I will, however, still be posting here and there, and I do believe that Associate Editor Sandy Sparks and Web Editor Karen Knapstein will be doing some posting as well. After that break, I'll be heading out to the Atlantique City Antiques Show, March 29-30, where I'll be working and emceeing the appraisal event, which is always a lot of fun - just being in the same building as Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen is always a good time - and I'll be doing some live blogging of the show, as well as regular posting, so keep checking. Enjoy, be well and happy Easter, Passover, or whatever you choose to celebrate this time of year...  antique | Antique Blog | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs
3/18/2008 4:25:54 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Just what I've always wanted! A corn flake that looks like Illinois...
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Um... I'm... I'm just not sure what to say about this, or why I'm even posting it... I feel a little confused, and fragile... Somebody hold me...  antique | Antique Blog | Antique news odd | Antiques | Antiques Auction | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques News | Antiques Spoof | Auction | eBay | Ephemera | Modern | pop art
3/18/2008 11:19:13 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Decent source for antiques news
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
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3/18/2008 11:00:21 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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No go for Guernsey's for Jack Ruby's pistol in Vegas
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
I wrote about this a few weeks ago, as a native of Dallas, about my mixed feelings about Ruby's gun going on the block as part of a truly superb Pop Culture antiques auction last weekend. At the sale, as reported here at the Dallas Morning News - only appropriate, don't you think? - the sale featured a mess of great stuff that sold for big bucks, any of which I would have loved to have myself, especially the suit that John Lennon wore on the cover of Abbey Road (the greatest album from the greatest rock band ever, n'est pas?) or Sally Field's habit from the Flying Nun (not really...).  Ruby's gun, however... I just don't know. The Kennedy assasination is still raw in this country, especially in Dallas, and I can't say I'm sorry it didn't sell for big bucks. The guy who owned it, who paid more than $200,000 for it, would accept no less than $1M for it. He came close, with the highest bid reaching $900,000, but he wouldn't part with it for less than the big $1M. Oh well. It will be sold, I reckon, to a private bidder, outside of the sale, and we'll see it again someday soon. I wonder what the folks in Big D think about - I mean really think about it. Any Texans out there want to sound off? Anyone? Anyone? antique | Antique Blog | Antique News | Antiques | Antiques Auction | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques News | Auction | pop art
3/18/2008 10:57:14 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Be on the lookout for stolen antiques in Mid-state Pennsylvania
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Heads up here for a theft in central PA. Here's the link, as well as the text, below. Antiques stolen in Monroe Twp. barn burglaryby MATT MILLER, Of Our Cumberland County Bureau Monday March 17, 2008, 11:14 AM An array of antiques were stolen during a burglary at a barn in the
200 block of Martin Road in Monroe Twp., Cumberland County, between
March 11 and Friday, state police said. The stolen items included an antique wooden sofa and chair made in
1875, two 1930s floor model radios and 25 pieces of grain processing
equipment made between 1905 and 1950, police said. A lawn mower, a
drill press and two extension ladders also were taken. Anyone with information can call police at 717-249-2121. antique | Antique Blog | Antique News | Antiques | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques News | stolen antiques
3/18/2008 10:46:20 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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