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 Friday, May 01, 2009
Antique Trader's new sweepstakes
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Well, with the end of April comes the close of the April Treasure Hunt Sweepstakes, for a copy of the Guide to Fakes and Reproductions.  But with the beginning of May comes the launch of our newest sweeps: for a fan-carved bird with accompanying postcards. If you will recall, in February we ran a story on the old-world fan-carving tradition. (You can read it HERE.) Fancarversworld.com ( http://www.fancarversworld.com) has been gracious enough to allow us to give away one of these beautiful hand-carved, fan-carved birds. Thank you Fan Carver's World and Sally and David Nye.  The Grand Prize winner will win the bird and a set of fan-carving postcards. Four runner-ups will each win a set of postcards. So visit http://sweepstakes.antiquetrader.com/EntryForm.aspx and enter once each day! Good luck everyone! (By the way, even if the graphic hasn't changed, you're still entering for the fan-carved bird ... the Web site hasn't caught up with the calendar yet ...) — Posted by Karen Knapstein~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Ephemera | Folk Art | Postcards
Friday, May 01, 2009 8:50:54 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00) 
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Antique Trader Question of the Week
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
This week we'd like to know: How much time do you plan to dedicate to your collecting interests this summer? Where do you intend to look (shops, malls, flea markets and the like) for your antiques and collectibles?Post a reply here or in the Antique Trader message boards. Or you can e-mail us at sandra.sparks@fwmedia.com or mail comments to Antique Trader Inbox, 700 E State St, Iola, WI 54945. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Antiques, blog, question of the week
Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:01:31 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Goldmine Gives Away More Than $8,000 In Prizes In Superfan Competition
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Whether you’re a card-carrying member of the Kiss Army or have boxes
and boxes of Beatles memorabilia, we want to see your collection!
Goldmine magazine is offering music-lovers the chance to demonstrate
their dedication to collecting and compete for the title of Ultimate
Superfan and a grand-prize package worth more than $4,000. Ten other
contestants will also win prize packages; the total of all prizes being
offered is more than $8,000!
Contestants must submit an essay along with digital photos or video
clips demonstrating their claim to superfandom. The deadline for
entries is Aug. 15, 2009. Winners will be announced Sept. 15, 2009.
The Grand Prize winner will receive a new Spector Bass Guitar with case
from KScope Records and Spector Bass; a Ringo Starr autograph with
Certificate of Authenticity from Auction Outlet; a signed copy of Billy
Joel’s album The Stranger with Certificate of Authenticity from
GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com and more.
Ten First-Place winners, as well as the Grand-Prize winner, will
receive a set of nine Ben Harper vinyl albums from EMI/Capitol Music; a
$750 prize pack from SPV Records; a copy of “Lennon and McCartney:
Together Alone, A Critical Discography of Their Solo Work” from Jawbone
Press and more.
Other prize sponsors include Music Video Distributors, Streetlight
Records, Horizon Music, Mooreland Street Records, Whosontour.com,
Arhoolie Records, JAM Records, Righteous Babe Records, Poobah, On the
Rock Books, Angel Air Records and Varese Sarabande Records.
For complete rules and prize lists, and to enter online, visit http://www.goldminemag.com/superfan.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:46:34 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Pulp Fiction convention in the Windy City
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
The guilty pleasures of tough guys and bad girls ... and Chicagoland (Lombard, Ill., to be exact) is lining up for a weekend (May 1-3) packed with such pleasures.
The press release we received touts: The
three-day event will celebrate the uniquely American form of popular
literature. Attendees will hear from pulp
fiction historians, see vintage pulp cover art, watch films
inspired by the great pulp writers and find rare issues of such seminal
publications as The Shadow, Spicy Detective, Amazing Stories, Black Mask, Weird
Tales and thousands
more.
Highlight of this year's convention is a celebration
of the once infamous now highly regarded (and considered relatively
innocent) Spicy pulps. In their heyday, such titles as Saucy Movie
Tales, Spicy Mystery and Private Detective set
depression-era men's blood pumping with risque covers featuring scantily
clad damsels in distress
(oft “dressed” in high heels and sheer negligees) and deliciously
illustrated snappy stories explaining the devilish details.
The first
Spicys hit the newsstands in 1934 from the ironically named Culture
Publications whose owners soon gained far more renown and respect as the
publishers of the clean cut Superman comics.
The 25 cent
Spicy of the 1930s – usually sold under the counter to avoid corrupting
innocent youth and incurring the censor's ire – is now a coveted
collectors item, bringing hundreds for a single issue and thousands for an
original painting.
The salute
to the Spicys will include an exhibit of rare pulp cover art (including
many by the King of the Spicy covers, HJ Ward), rarely seen feature films
inspired by the Spicy pulps and special exhibitions and panel discussions about the
unique genre. ADMISSION is $35 for all three days; $25 on
Friday; $25 on Saturday; $15 on Sunday. Ages 13 and under free with
parent. Fee includes access to all convention events and program book
containing pulp articles and reprints.
SHOW
HOURS: FRIDAY 5/1: Noon-Midnight; SATURDAY 5/2 9am-Midnight; SUNDAY
5/3 9am-4pm.
LOCATION: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown
Center, Lombard Il 60148 888-627-9031. For
general information visit the Windy City Pulp site: www.windycitypulpandpaper.com or Doug
Ellis at 847-217-4241;
email: info@windycitypulpandpaper.com.
A pulp and fiction show that is open until midnight — Looks like a lot of fun ... If any of you go, drop us a note here and let us know how it was.
— Posted by Karen Knapstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Antique news odd | Antique Show | Antiques Show | pop art
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:14:23 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Brand new issue of Antique Trader headed to press
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Another great issue of Antique Trader that we're really excited about. Here's a peek:  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.
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• Reference books available about your favorite collectibles HERE
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• Browse the Antique Trader Classifieds or place your free online ads HERE.
Antique News | Antiques News | Antiques publications | Antiques, Atlantique City, Antiques Show, Antique Trader, Collectibles | Vintage Fashion
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:55:44 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Reyne Haines on CBS Early Show each month
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
You can read the accompanying article, "Trash or Treasure?" on the CBS Web site by clicking HERE. Reyne Haines (in case you missed it earlier this month) launched her own blog at http://www.threeormore.net/. We encourage you to check it out when you get the chance for valuable antiques and collecting information.
—Posted by Karen
Antique Blog | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:41:59 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Bonanzle passes 1.7 million items & 50,000 users
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
A few weeks ago, Antique Trader signed up on Twitter. You can follow us at http://twitter.com/antiquetrader and see "the man behind the curtain" and check out what we're up to ;) Many of our followers and followees, if you will, list in the Bonanzle ( www.bonanzle.com) marketplace. Bonanzle published a press release on April 26 touting excellent growth and success (considering it's going head-to-head with the ever-present 700-pound online marketplace gorilla eBay): BONANZLE GOING VIRAL
Seven months out of Beta, Bonanzle surges
past 50,000 registered users and becomes the second largest eBay
alternative marketplace – in the same week
Kirkland, WA, April
26, 2009 – Just seven months out of beta, Bonanzle has continued to
climb the ranks as one of the brightest stars of ecommerce, surpassing
50,000 registered users and 1.7 million unique items in the same week.
Innovative tools, simplicity, and an emphasis on non-generic
inventory have attracted over 13,000 sellers to Bonanzle since its
September 2008 launch. These sellers have taken it upon themselves to
spread the word about Bonanzle amongst their friends and fellow
sellers, intent on building Bonanzle into the largest marketplace for
finding “everything but the ordinary.” Thanks to their efforts,
Powersellersunite now shows Bonanzle to be the second largest eBay
alternative marketplace, with more than 1.7 million unique items
available for purchase.
Despite the success of the site in
building out inventory, Bonanzle’s team insists that the focus of the
site remains on providing the best experience for buyers looking to
purchase non-generic items. Says Founder Bill Harding:
“We
continue to be stunned at the support our selling community has given
us, and what they continue to achieve in terms of building inventory
and traffic. For our part, we’re intent on reciprocating their efforts
by adding new features to the site every week, many of which are aimed
at improving the buying experience so buyers remember Bonanzle as the
easiest site to find the rare, unique, or otherwise non-generic item
they’re looking for.”
“Our latest effort on this front will
debut at the end of this week, and will allow buyers to browse our 1.7
million item inventory on a variety of new dimensions. For example, if
you were shopping for soccer shin guards, and you wanted to see only
those made with fiberglass protection, we would provide that option.
When combined with our site-wide chat system, which facilitates real
time answers to buyer questions, we believe our reputation as the best
marketplace to find everything but the ordinary will continue to grow.”
If
you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an
interview with Bill Harding, please call Mark Dorsey at 206-396-7321 or
email Mark at mark@bonanzle.com.
How about you readers? Have you experience buying and/or selling on Bonanzle? Has it been a good experience?
Antique News | Antiques News | eBay | green living
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:20:31 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Weekend do-over?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff
Is it possible to request a do-over for the weekend? I think I could have done better. I really wanted to get out and visit one of the "local" flea markets (local for me is within 100 miles), but the weather and my schedule didn't co-operate. How far will you travel to attend a one-day show or flea market - or auction, for that matter - as a buyer, browser or spectator? If I travel any great distance, I certainly want to make the trip worth my while and soak it ALL in ... How about you? — Posted by Karen
Antique Blog | Antiques Auction | Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques Show | Antiques, Atlantique City, Antiques Show, Antique Trader, Collectibles
Monday, April 27, 2009 8:23:04 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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