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 Saturday, March 22, 2008
A staggering fine art find in England - painting worth 700 times what a 20-something slacker paid for it
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Wow. Just wow.
Suitcase of money falling from the sky...
Find a painting in a shop, pay about $700 bucks for it, find out it's worth about $500,000... NOt a bad days work for an umemployed 23 year old in England.
Not a bad life's work, actually. No pic, so I don't know what it looks like. Thing is, too, the guy is going to keep it probably... How un-American...
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:46:10 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) 
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Even with so much uncertainty, Iraqi antiquities continue to amaze
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Here's one more reason to love the Internet. This came from a news feed out of Thailand and India.
It's about an ancient Babylonian town found by Iraqi archeologists.
With such a steady stream of bad news coming out of the region, it is good to know that scholarship and the unearthing of the past continue to go on. This is indeed an interesting read, especially if you're like me and you love anything that relates back to the ancient world circa B.C., where so much human societal culture dawned.
Pretty cool.
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:35:02 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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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Friday, March 21, 2008 2:13:12 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
This week's edition of Antique Trader is coming your way!
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:51:36 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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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Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:45:43 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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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Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:21:50 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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
Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:58:15 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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... 
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:25:54 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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... 
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:19:13 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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Decent source for antiques news
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:00:21 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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?
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:57:14 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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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.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:46:20 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Retiring eBay CEO Whitman joins McCain campaign...
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
This is posted, from the AP Wire, with absolutely no bias either way on behalf of Antiques Trader. It's just simply an interesting bit of news about that dear friend of all online antiques... Meg Whitman. Retiring eBay CEO Whitman joining McCain campaign
Source: AP - AP Wire Service
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Outgoing eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is joining Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign as national co-chairperson.
The McCain campaign said Friday that she will help raise money and policy development and travel the country on his behalf.
Whitman also helped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during his bid for the Republican nomination.
She announced in January that she would retire from the online auction company after a decade at the helm.
She is leaving as eBay Inc. faces slowing growth.
Like I said, Trader has no opinion. It's just interesting...
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Monday, March 17, 2008 1:52:35 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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When your own life becomes an antique...
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Tom Schroder, one of the editor's of the Washington Post, posted this editor's note yesterday and I found my self moved by it's insight, and impressed with its ability to convey such depth with such brevity.
I'm not quite at the point where my life has become an antique, but the things I loved as a child sure as heck have become collectible, especially the beloved stand-up first gen arcade games I wasted so many hours as a pre-pubescent boy playing on Satruday afternoons at Prestonwood Mall in Dallas. Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong, Jr., Tron, Red Baron, Pole Position, Jack the Giant Killer, Red Baron, Jungle Hunt, these were just a few of the games I ruled... Now they're being collected at big bucks. Much like Mr. Schroder, when I see these things now at shops or shows, priced too high, or undervalued, I simply have to walk away... 
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Monday, March 17, 2008 8:57:08 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Trader Question of the Week: What's the single most valuable antique you've ever bought at a show?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
I guess it's only fair to open this question up to a broader range of sources, so let's say then: What's the single most valuable antique you've ever bought at a sale of any kind? How's that? When I go to a shop or a show, I tend to forget value and buy with nostalgia. This doesn't take me back too far, to the 1970s and early 1980s, so I always end up with a beaten-up Star Wars action figure, or dog-eared football card of some Dallas Cowboy I loved as a kid. Once, though, on a lonely Sunday while waiting for a movie to start in Downtown Waupaca, WI, I wandered into an antiques store to try and find something for my daughter. After an hour of looking, and believing I would leave empty-handed, I came to the last booth and saw it: A Lawson Wood print of two monkeys and a bear with the caption, "A good story, well told." I loved it immediately. The giggling bear, one wise ape scratching his chin with amusement, and one more monkey telling the story with an arm draped over the bear and a casual hand about to make the final point. The ground is littered with apple cores, nuts and banana peels. Simply awesome. Monetary value? Who knows? Sentimental, seeing my daughter's face light up whenever she looks at it and points, then says, "Papa!"? There's no value that can be placed on that. So, what's the single most valuable antique you've ever bought at a sale of any kind? Send your answer to me at noah.fleisher@fwpubs.com, or post your answer in the comments below.
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Friday, March 14, 2008 3:23:20 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
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