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BRIMFIELD, Mass. – Subscriber Faye D. Richards reports someone stole her blue Hampshire Pottery vase during the May 14 J&J Promotions show during the Brimfield spring antiques market. The vase was taken at approximately 1:30 p.m. while Richards assisted a customer.

The vase is a signed piece by Emma Robertson, circa 1904–10, Keene, N.H. Measuring 8 1/2 to 9 inches tall with a bulbous body, the vase is decorated in a blue glaze matte design and mottled texture. Artist’s markings on the bottom of the vase are a uppercase “M” and lowercase “A.”

The resale price was estimated to be between $700 and $1,200. Anyone having information about this item is asked to contact Richards at 860-485-1713 or 170 Scoville Hill Rd., Harwinton, Conn. A theft case, number 10-36-OF, has been opened by the Brimfield Police Department, which may be reached at 413-245-3442.

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Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:28:40 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

RWCS sponsors latest Antique Trader sweepstakes
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

We’ve been very busy working up new ways for readers to interact with fellow collectors and collections. One project in particular is a great opportunity for lovers of Red Wing stoneware and art pottery ceramics.

Antique Trader is teaming up with the Red Wing Collectors Society to bring you a whopper for our monthly, online-only Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes. In exchange for signing up to receive our two, free weekly e-newsletters through the sweepstakes, entrants have a chance to win a $150 prize package through the month of June.

The Red Wing Collectors Society is one of the oldest most active, engaged and knowledgeable clubs in the United States. You can lean more about this great group of people at www.redwingcollectors.org, which incidentally is the No. 1 source of Red Wing Pottery knowledge in the world. Its famous national convention is scheduled for July 8-10, 2010, in — where else — Red Wing, Minn.

The prize package includes a one-year membership in the RWCS, which includes the official newsletter six times a year, a rare 2009 RWCS convention commemorative advertising bean pot (available only to RWCS members and limited to 3,600 pieces) AND a 2010 RWCS convention commemorative, yet to be released, that’s only available to members at the July 8-10 convention.

You can enter at http://sweepstakes.antiquetrader.com/. This is the first time we’ve ever offered such a prize package and we’re proud to partner with the RWCS. Remember, this is an online only sweepstakes.

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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:31:25 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Antique Trader is giving a free antique appraisal to attendees of the Chicago Antique Market
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Own an antique or collectible?
Of course you do!

Want to know its value?
Absolutely!

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Come meet Antique Trader at Chicago's largest antiques and collectibles festival May 29-30! Every attendee to the Chicago Antique Market at the Randolph Street Market Festival will giving free antique appraisals at the inaugural Antique Trader Appraisal Fair. After shopping from aisles and aisles of more than 300 vendors inside and outside Chicago’s historic Plumbers Hall, regional and nationally-known antiques experts will answer your questions on family heirlooms and rare items from your collection.

Situated under the big top tent, every attendee is eligible for a free appraisal of an antique or collectible with additional appraisals (as time allows) available at $10 each. Appraisal fair hours are limited to 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 29 and from 11 to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 30.

Among the experts scheduled to appear:

* Mark Moran, appraiser and senior editor of Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2011 Price Guide, 44th Edition antiques and collectibles books for Krause Publications and an appraiser for PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.”

* Brett Benson owner of Jewel Sphinx Extraordinary Objects and Jewels

* Daryle Lambert, founder of the 31 Corp., and author of the book 31 Steps to Your Millions in Antiques and Collectibles.

Among the unique “show within a show” features at the Chicago Antique Market include:

* The Indie Designer Market, the lower level of Plumber’s Hall, features the hottest young designers creating avant garde and one-of-a-kind fashion, art and jewelry.

* The Vinyl Swap Meet, where thousands of collectible records from 45’s to LP’s, jazz to rock and show tunes are availabel to buy, swap or sell.

* The Fancy Food Market, offering all types of chocolates, cakes, breads, spices, olive oils, salsa to bring home or enjoy during the event.

More Info:

Chicago Antique Market at the Randolph Street Market Festival Saturday & Sunday, May 29-30, 2010

1350 Block W. Randolph Street & inside Plumbers Hall, 1340 W. Washington Street, Chicago.

Free pickup and drop off from Water Tower Place, 835 N Michigan Ave.

Show hours

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 29
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 30

Antique Appraisal Fair Hours

1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 29
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 30

Tickets

$10, available at the gate or in advance online

Chicago Antique Market
312-666-1200
info@chicagoantiquemarket.com
www.chicagoantiquemarket.com

-Posted by Eric Bradley

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:59:13 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Blue & White Pottery Club to convene in June
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Blue & White Pottery Club was founded in 1981 by a handful of Blue & White Stoneware pottery enthusiasts and collectors, principally in the Midwest. The Blue & White pottery interests include Blue & White, Uhl, Blue & Gray (Utica/Flemish), Sleepy Eye, Spongeware, Red Wing, and other stoneware. The Blue & White Pottery Club now has more than 300 members reaching from coast to coast and border to border.

The principal goals of the Blue & White Pottery Club are to share information, encourage learning, and foster an appreciation of the distinct history, wide variety, and increasing collectability of Blue & White Stoneware pottery. Equally important goals are the promotion and nurturing of friendships with fellow collectors and to further the equal opportunity for all to participate in new discoveries and exciting information about Blue & White pottery.

Attending the Club’s annual convention each June is a highlight of membership; this year it will be held June 10-12, 2010, at the Cedar Rapids Marriott in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. One of the highlights of the convention is the Club Consignment Auction consisting of approximately 120 pieces of premium stoneware including Blue & White, Sleepy Eye, Red Wing, Western, Whites Utica as well as others.

To join the Blue & White Pottery Club, a membership form can be found on their website at www.blueandwhitepottery.org and you will also find this years convention agenda along with more information about convention and the Blue & White Pottery Club.

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Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:49:03 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Check out Antique Auction Podcast
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

For the last year, auctioneer and appraiser Martin Willis and co-host Phyllis Kao have reported on nearly every facet of the antiques hobby through their independent Website AntiqueAuctionPodcast.com. Across 25 different segments, the two record and broadcast live interviews with notable personalities, dealers and artists on topics ranging from $1 million comic books to what it's like to be a real-life American picker.

Guests range from silver expert William Whetstone and company, authors of the book World Hallmarks, Vo. I to Reyne Haines, author of the book Vintage Wristwatches to artists Mark Stock and Mark McNair.

Willis has more than 35 years of experience in the auction business working in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Colorado and California, who's handled tens of thousands of antiques, collectibles and fine art pieces. Kao is a classical violinist and scholar who has recently returned to her antique roots by immersing herself in antique auctions, specializing in silver flatware and silver hollowware.

It's one of our new favorite sites and it's even available via a free subscription on iTunes so that new installments are downloaded automatically.

-posted by Eric Bradley

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:18:53 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Welcome to your new Antique Trader
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Welcome to the new Antique Trader.

I hope we’ve prepared you for the new magazine format. A change this important is never easy but it is an important one for us, and, we think, for you. We have spearheaded this new era of Antique Trader with you and your needs and wants in mind.

The new size is evident — a svelte, new version of the tabloid that has been Antique Trader’s format for the last 10-odd years. In this week’s issue, we introduce you to a few new features that we hope you’ll like.

In response to calls for more pictures and prices, you’ll find a feature we call Top Lot. It’s a photo from a recent auction or online sale that touts a stunning antique or a record price. However, this isn’t a feature only reserved for auction houses. Show circuit dealers, group malls or shop owners are welcomed to submit a photo of a recent sale and its price to us for publication. This is a chance for hardworking dealers to pat themselves on the back and show that buyers are still buying and sellers are still selling.

All submissions should be sent to Top Lot c/o Antique Trader, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54945 or sent to eric.bradley@fwmedia.com. This week’s Top Lot is a $6,000 shaving mug sold by a budding new dealer in Seattle. You can read more HERE.

We have featured a number of guest columnists in the last year, but none have been more outrageous and downright funny than this week’s column by The Antique Crank. A longtime dealer, The Antique Crank has been “telling it like it is” on behalf of dealers on Twitter, the hot online social-networking site. The Antique Crank says things dealers sometimes wish they could say out loud. His tongue-in-cheek column is HERE.

For those of you who reminded me that many readers are not on Twitter or Facebook (or even own a computer in general), we have a fascinating story from auctioneer Wayne Jordan. His article [you can read it HERE] shows us that, like the owners of The Golden Gallery of Galax, Va., dealers can live on a different continent and still make a profitable living in antiques without being “wired.”

Let us know what you think of the new format and styles by sending a letter to the editor to eric.bradley@fwmedia.com.

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Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:20:27 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Collectors keep Quimper market vibrant
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

This week’s cover story on Quimper pottery illustrates what’s best about collectors.

Collectors are those people who, when they develop an affinity for a particular item, read and research everything there is on that topic. They stick with their appreciation no matter the obstacles. The hobby is more about personal enjoyment than it is about dollars and cents. So it is, evidently, with Quimper collectors. Chriss Swaney’s article shows demand is still strong for Quimper pieces even though skilled faience makers in France create new pieces every year.

Dealers say they are experiencing this demand at shows as well. Noted Quimper expert Joan Datesman told me that she continues to make her strongest sales and meet the most engaged customers at shows. Although the market is more sophisticated than it was 30 years ago, the market is still vibrant with new people inquiring about the pottery every month. She said many of these inquiries are from those who are just now inheriting collections; it will truly be exciting during the course of the next few years to see these fantastic items come to market.

On page 14 we highlight a spectacular family collection coming to market. The Tom Gray collection has the makings of becoming a part of North Carolina history. Every object in the sale has a personal story directly connected to Gray, his mother, cousin, great-uncle or the Moravians who settled in Forsyth County, N.C. The 560-lot sale is a rare opportunity for North Carolinians to enjoy their heritage on a new level.

Elsewhere in this issue, as seen on page 6, I was glad Anne Gilbert sent along a value on old barn cupolas. These structures are everywhere where we live and many are pretty additions. I have often wondered myself what the stately provincial additions would be worth on the open market. Now that everyone will know they can be worth up to $800 apiece, I wonder how many will stay on the tops of barns and how many will find a home inside an urban loft somewhere.

On page 18 we offer you a sneak preview of our newly-designed Antique Trader. The issue will offer more pages, more color photos and more coverage on online sales and auctions. We will be keeping many of our popular features and adding new ones, and I think you’ll really be pleased with the final result.

This week’s guest column by dealer/picker Doug Singleton is the last contribution to our coverage on The History Channel’s “American Pickers” show. Rumor has it that a second season has been ordered. Stay tuned.

Eric Bradley
Editor

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:47:00 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)

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Friday, February 26, 2010

McCoy art pottery keeps Cabin Fever at bay
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Every so often a line from Pixar's Ratatouille pops in my head: "The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations ... the new needs friends."

So whenever a new shop opens up I try to be the first in line. Such was the case with a local shop that specializes in Art Deco and Mid Century Modern antiques and vintage furniture. It's a nice little shop tucked inside a two-story, brick building nestled in an aging downtown. Inside is a great assortment of consigned items and those resold by the shop owners.

On the first floor one can find Danish modern furniture and teak candlesticks, handsomely matched with Atomic 50s lamps and snack trays that are too cool for a thrift store but too new for an antiques shop.

I took my time and made sure to visit th

e basement. There on a shelf were two sleek green spheres peeking out from underneath shocks of dusty, dried eucalyptus stems poorly paired with clumps of burgandy silk flowers.

A closer look showed the bent stalks were crammed into a piece of florists foam that had been glued to the bottom of a nice pair of Nelson McCoy Art Deco vases from the 1940s. A quick rub of the thumb revealed their shiny glaze and the famous NM mark on the bottom.

The price sticker on the side said the pair were marked 75 percent off - about $5. The vases have a new home on our bookshelf - minus the eucalyptus.

Take some time to explore someplace new this weekend. We'd love to hear what you discovered.

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Friday, February 26, 2010 2:55:58 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)

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