This looks like it might be a fun collectibles auction ... after all - you don't see a mesh belly dancer outfit listed in many auction bills. What a great way to start a new year!


We will be holding our annual New Years Day Antiques and Collectibles auction Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the American Legion Hall, Meadowbrook Lane, New Egypt, N.J. 08533. Auction starts at 12 noon, preview at 9am.

Partial listing of antiques, collectibles and decorative accessories: Victorian Fish Knife and Fork serving Set; Victorian gold filled with 10k & cameo slide chain; Victorian sugar shaker; Marx b/o train in box; Effanbee vintage fairy tale character dolls in boxes; vintage advertising labels, Belly Dancer mesh outfit;

 slot cars + trucks; NASCAR posters; 4 Kiss Dolls: grasshopper planter; Saks Fifth Ave. decanter; vintage figural cookie jars; sterling jewelry; lots of costume jewelry; Victorian painted pitcher; vintage cocktail ware; Weller teapot; Religious lot of vintage rosaries, medals; Catholic Last Rites kit; vintage wire frame glasses with cases; sterling candle holders, sterling compote, Whiting & Davis mesh purse, graniteware deep oval roaster; 1964 World's Fair paper; several scrapbooks with vintage greeting cards; 1,000's of non-sports cards, Marvel Comics, Hulk, James Bond etc;

Depression glass, lots of assorted glassware, stemware, china, pottery and porcelain. U.S coins, silver dollars, proof and mints sets etc.; Collection of classic automotive repair manuals 70's and 80's - muscle cars, classics, original shop manuals; vintage paper from central NJ towns, deeds, cancelled checks, tax bills, etc; early 60's bread storage basket; automotive tools; glassware and knickknacks from the 50's; framed prints; vintage photographs and photo albums;

vintage pharmaceutical bottles and other bottles; milk bottles' Mickey Mouse items; assortment of vintage military items including ammo magazines, WWII flares, belt knife, canteen, first aid kit, luger holster, WWII destroyer paperwork, early wood ammo boxes, trench art shell, several WWII boxes with flares etc. WWII machettes, WWII compass, weapons parts, repro WWI trench knife;

1990's Exxon Race car, old roadmaps + travel pamphlets, old N.J. license plates, Victorian vase, Hermes bag, perfume bottles, vintage purses, vintage lipsticks & compacts, advertising collectibles, vintage paper and old postcards, country and kitchen collectibles; loads of small collectibles; toys, pictures, prints; lamps, assorted furniture, decorative items, old tools, odd & unique items, loads of nice tray lots of all types of goodies. Loads of other neat stuff and undiscovered treasures.

Consignments need to be brought in December 31st. 9am - 5pm. No box lots or low end this sale. You never know what might show up here. 10% Buyers premium. Lots of seating, non smoking, snack bar. Dec. 31 and day of sale only 609-758-8131

Directions: NJTPK Exit 7A to I-195 East to 6 Flags Exit; Rt537W go west past Great Adventure to Rt528 (3rd light) turn left go to Meadowbrook Lane (Across from Agway) turn left.From Rt 206 go east on Rt 537 to Rt 528 turn right go to Meadowbrook Lane.

Large glass theft from an antique mall in Stillwater, MN.

I hope they catch the person who did this. If you're in the MN region, meaning the upper Midwest, beware someone peddling several thousand dollars worth of Carnival glass.

Stories like this, and there are plenty, do indeed make me wonder how often this happens and how often it's not reported. I can't help but think that some dealers and malls might think of it as the cost of doing business.

This is wrong and I hope that the security cameras got the people. Again, be on the lookout for stolen glass...

Living for so many years in NYC, I had more than my share of opportunities to check out the Robert Sower's window at JFK Airport's American Airlines terminal. It is - was - truly- an architectural masterpiece and a piece of Modernism that never lost its glory.

 

As an entry point to NYC and America for many millions of flyers, it spoke philosophically of the American spirit, its artistic soul and its ability to make the seemingly impossible possible. As a piece of art, I love this thing.

Now it's gone. Or going, at least, as reported across the nation and against the best efforts of the good folks at Save America's Window.

They did their best to get a sponsor to get behind the project, but many musuems said it would be too hard to keep the piece intact. Personally, I don't believe it and think it's a damn shame the window is coming down, piece by piece, to be scattered across the nation and possibly the world.

Often, traveling through JFK, the airport was so hectic to get into or out of that the only respite I was given, the only moment of zen and calm, was when I could walk out and see the sun streaming in distinct blades through those colored panes, or reflecting the light of night time, reminding me I had indeed just come home.

Goodbye to the Sower's window and goodbye to a distinct American art treasure.