Antique Trader Blog - Thursday, June 25, 2009

Time running out for free listing in Industry Directory
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

If you haven't done so already you owe it to your business to submit a free listing in the 2009 Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Industry Directory.

Inside we list contact information for hundreds of auction houses, show promoters, shops and malls to create a free and trusted reference guide for you and thousands of other collectors and trades people. Did I mention a listing was free? Click here to download the form.

Need a few more reasons to submit a free listing?

Every subscriber gets one. The directory is going to be packaged with the next copy of Antique Trader!
Be seen with the best. Hundreds of companies are participating
Stake a claim. Promote your business as an industry leader.
It only takes a minute. Fax the form to our offices.
Take control. You decide how customers find your listing.

Inside its pages, the Company Guide contains information on hundreds of businesses involved in the antiques trade. The Product Guide sorts businesses across several categories business owners said best described their merchandise or service.

Because the antiques trade is so diverse, feel free to suggest more product categories or your favorite auction house, shop or event for the next edition.

antique | Antique Blog | Antique News | Antiques publications | Antiques Show | Auction

Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:53:37 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

You're collecting what?!
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

This week, Antique Trader would like to know:

What types of antiques and collectibles do you see young people buying?

E-mail Eric.Bradley@fwmedia.com and share your thoughts, or post a reply here on the Antique Trader blog.

Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques, blog, question of the week

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:49:17 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

I'll make that bid!
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

As many of you know (at least those of you who follow Antique Trader on Twitter and Facebook), editor Eric Bradley and I showed up at the same auction last Saturday.

It was a multiple-estate and consignment auction held in Weyauwega, Wis., at the Liebe auction facility. There were crocks galore (some in "barn found" condition: dirty but in great shape), Fiesta ware, carnival glass, Depression glass - all going for bargain basement prices.

There was even an absolutely gorgeous walnut cylinder desk. It went for only $595.

But then there was a pizza oven that went for almost $40; that left Eric and me scratching our heads.

I didn't have a child in tow that I had to entertain or keep busy so I was able to thoroughly enjoy myself. Of course, if my daughter were there to distract me, I probably wouldn't have ended up with a truckload (literally - not figuratively) of treasures to haul home. ... I still haven't sorted it, by the way. There's soooo much!

I did score a beautiful painted green chest that will go great with my dining room cupboard (CLICK HERE to see the post about the cupboard: Falling in love with old paint) I'll try and get a picture posted.

As I was soaking up the whole auction experience, I was watching around the room and watching the crowd. I can't help but smile when I think about all the different bidding styles bidders use.

Some bidders make a show of it: they raise their cards with flourish and they drop out of the bidding with just as much theatrics: with a disgusted shake of the head and turn their bodies away.

Some are sneaky; they signal the auctioneer with an almost imperceptible nod of the head or flick of the card.

Some use intimidation; they hold their card up and keep it there, signaling the crowd that the item will be theirs at any cost.

What style do I use? I'm all business. I keep steady eye contact and raise my card confidently and clearly. I don't bid just to run the price up. I bid because I want something. Don't get me wrong; I've got a set price in my head what I will go up to ... and usually I stick with it.

Ah, good times! So, where's the auction next weekend?

What is your bidding strategy? Or maybe that's a secret ...

We'd love to hear your auction stories. Post a reply here or e-mail them to Eric.Bradley@fwmedia.com or Karen.Knapstein@fwmedia.com.

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Antiques Auction | Auction | green living

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:37:33 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [2]

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Regional collectors club conventions
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

American Cut Glass Association Annual Convention to be in Vienna, Va.

The American Cut Glass Association will hold its ACGA Annual Convention on July 24-26, 2009, at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner Hotel, in Vienna, Va.

The convention gives ACGA members a great opportunity to learn about glass and extra time for sight-seeing in the area. There will be a spectacular display of some of the world’s most elegant cut glass, plus lectures by leaders in cut glass and related fields.

For additional information on joining the American Cut Glass Association or about the Annual Convention, visit www.cutglass.org.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fenton Glass Collectors to meet in August for convention

The 19th Annual Convention of the National Fenton Glass Society will be held on Aug. 1-3, 2009, in Marietta, Ohio.

The convention headquarters will be the Comfort Inn. Glass displays and seminars are open to the public. Members and their guests will enjoy a dinner cruise aboard the Valley Gem Sternwheeler, participate in Glass ID, attend the NFGS annual meeting, play Fenton bingo, and enjoy the banquet followed by a whimsey auction.

For more information on the NFGS convention or the National Fenton Glass Society, visit www.fentonglasssociety.org.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Carriage Association of America to hold 2009 conference in Leesburg, Va.

The Carriage Association of America will hold its 2009 CAA Conference on June 17-20, 2009, at the Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg, Va.

For additional information on The Carriage Association of America or the upcoming 2009 conference, visit www.caaonline.com.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sewing Machine Collectors to meet in Charlotte in 2009

The International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society will hold their annual convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 17-18, 2009.

The convention will include a sewing machine auction and row upon row of sales tables, plus tours and other activities.

For additional information visit www.ismacs.net/events.html or e-mail Graham Forsdyke at graham@ismacs.u-net.com.

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:01:10 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Louisville (Ky.) Antique Mall to close
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

BizJournals.com reports that the Louisville Antique Mall will close. At a meeting last night, owner Denise Golden told dealers the mall will close at the end of June.

"The antique business has been hit especially hard during this economic recession," Golden said in a news release. "Antiques are not essential purchases, and although traffic has been good through the mall, people just aren’t spending as much."

The mall moved to its current location at 834 E. Broadway in January 2008, after operating on Goss Avenue from 1983 to 2008. Golden said in the release that the renovated, five-story art deco building that currently houses the antique mall is for sale.

The economy claims yet another venue for dealers. Let's hope they find a new one soon.

Antiques | Architecture

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:01:04 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Monday, June 22, 2009

Alabama historic sites endangered
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

An interesting item in today's mail: one of Alabama's Top 10 endangered historical sites list a number of schools - a result of cities closing older buildings and opening new ones.

According to a report from the Alabama Historical Commission, the Birmingham Board of Education recently closed, or proposed to close, 28 older schools. Many are eligible for the National Register and are landmarks within their neighborhoods. Not all schools can be saved, the commission states. Members are asking city officials to identify the most significant buildings and devise a citywide plan to adapt them for new uses.

Among the buildings classified as "endangered" are: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and Community Day School in Hamburg, Wilcox County and the Barton Academy in Mobile.

The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and Community Day School was built in 1912 to be the only African American Baptist congregation in the area. It is still important for its architectural features such as original siding, retained cornices and unusual wood paneling.

Mobile's Barton Academy building is the state's first public school and remains one of the state's finest example of Greek Revival architecture. It is one of the nation's oldest school buildings which is why local advocates want to give it a second life as an arts magnate school.

You can learn more about the Alabama Historical Commission by contacting John Green, editor of the report, at Jgreene@preserveala.org.

Antiques Blog | Architecture

Monday, June 22, 2009 11:42:41 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Friday, June 19, 2009

Vargas hottie - still turning heads 70 years later
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Readers are commenting on a rather racy drawing heading to auction July 15. Some say the very first Vargas girl is a little too risque for Antique Trader readers.

One commenter said the image was perfectly acceptable in 1940- the year Alberto Vargas sketched the relining nude blond bombshell for the pages of Esquire Magazine. Vargas became one of the most prolific and popular pin up girl artist of all time. Not only are his actual images valuable (the original drawing is estimated to bring $20,000 to $30,000) but back issues of Esquire are more valuable because of Vargas' work.

What do you think? Do you think the Vargas print is a bit too racy to include in Antique Trader and on its Web site?

Let us know here or on Twitter. We'd love to print your reaction in next week's issue.

*Posted by Eric
eric.bradley@fwmedia.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Friday, June 19, 2009 10:29:54 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Isn't she beautiful?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Both Barbie and the newest cover of Antique Trader.

We were so busy ... it slipped by me that I didn't load up the newest cover image.

Here it is.

What do you think?

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

• Reference books available about your favorite collectibles HERE
• Antique Trader message boards HERE.
• Browse the Antique Trader Classifieds or place your FREE online ads HERE.
• Find us on Twitter HERE.

Antique News | Antiques | Antiques Auction | Antiques Blogs | Antiques News | Antiques publications | Toys

Friday, June 19, 2009 9:30:06 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Question of the week: statute of limitations on antiquity theft?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

In this week's Antique Trader, we ran a couple of articles on antiquities being returned to their countries of origin. In one case, the antiquities were removed from Italy for two decades and sent to the States.

In the other case, antiquities were returned to Cambodia from Thailand.

These articles (and others that we've been reading in the news) lead us to ask you Antique Trader readers:

Why do you think there should or should not be a statute of limitations on the theft of antiquities?

Post a reply here, or drop a line to eric.bradley@fwmedia.com.

Or log in to the Antique Trader message boards and post a reply to the question of the week HERE.

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

• Learn more about Antique Trader HERE.
• Reference books available about your favorite collectibles HERE
• Antique Trader message boards HERE.
• Browse the Antique Trader Classifieds or place your free online ads HERE.
• Find us on Twitter HERE.

Antiques, blog, question of the week

Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:44:31 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Antiques and collectibles feature articles
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Something for everyone? What's missing?

Collecting military patches

Collecting North American Indian artifacts

Speaking of Dolls: Once odd, now interesting - You've got to check this one out. What do you all think of the baby doll with the bee on its face? It makes me shudder every time I see it!

Ask Antique Trader: Renaissance Revival server great for storage

Useful antiques are still a good buy

Troops rally in Old Toy Soldier Auctions’ May 16 sale

Modernist posters realize record-setting sales at Swann Galleries’ May 21 auction

Impressive lifetime collections hit the block, June 27

We're closing in on 700 Twitter followers! You'll find us at http://twitter.com/antiquetrader

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:03:50 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Friday, June 12, 2009

Star of the North will shine soon
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Star of the North antique show at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds June 26-28, 2009.

The antique show will be held in the Education Building located near the entrance of the fairgrounds.

According to their press release:

The Star of the North has something to offer for every collector from beginning to advanced. You will see an exciting array of wonderful antiques in every category from Civil War, Historical, Political, advertising, coins, fine art glass, fine porcelains, flow blue china, paintings, Moser, jewelry, sterling silver matching service, art pottery, holiday collectibles, prints, decorative antiques, carnival glass, cut glass, Fenton glass, Cambridge, Royal Bayreuth, Royal Doulton, Nippon, hatpins, napkin rings, match safes, bookends, door stops, notary seals, postcards, ephemera, furniture, primitives, reference book seller and much, much more.

Show Hours: Friday: 11 am – 8 pm; Saturday: 11 am – 7 pm and Sunday 11 am – 4 pm. Admission is $6 and is good all three days of the show – MENTION THE STAR OF THE NORTH NEW RELEASE AND RECEIVE $1 OFF ONE ADMISSION AT THE DOOR.

For show information, call 641-832-2700 or 507-269-1473 or e-mail sales@ iridescenthouse.com

— Posted by Karen Knapstein (karen.knapstein@fwmedia.com)

Antique Show | Antiques Show

Friday, June 12, 2009 8:53:02 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Thursday, June 11, 2009

24 charged with Native American artifact looting
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

Exciting news ... especially when we just went to print yesterday with a front-page feature on collecting Native American artifacts ... Score one for the good guys!

From the LA Times:

24 charged in crackdown on Native American artifact looting

Reporting from Washington and Denver -- Striking at a longtime practice in the Four Corners area, federal authorities Wednesday unsealed indictments against 24 people in what they called the largest investigation ever into the looting of Native American artifacts on public lands.

CLICK HERE to read the full story

This is an area of collecting where extreme caution must be exercised. There are only a handful of auction houses in the U.S. that handle reputable Native American artifacts (they're listed in the Antique Trader feature on collecting in this area).

BTW: You can read the article on collecting Native American artifacts here: Collecting North American Indian artifacts

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Antiquities | Historic Preservation | stolen antiques

Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:07:20 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Vintage market opportunity
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

The SoWa Antiques Market (Boston) is open every Sunday (except holidays) through Oct. 25 (open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free admission; free parking).

Looks like a great opportunity for those in the area to browse and pick up a "selection of antiques and quality collectibles, including vintage fashion, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern furniture, jewelry, books, art glass and more."

Held at 540 Harrison Ave., Boston.

For information call 781-862-4039 or visit http://www.sowaantiques.com.

If you go, please let us know what you think. Is it worth the trip? Did you find a treasure to take home?

Post a reply here or drop us a line ...

I'll quote my niece when I once gave my husband a five pound Hershey's chocolate bar: "Share - share - share!"

— Posted by Karen Knapstein (karen.knapstein@fwmedia.com)

P.S. Thank you Shaun for the heads-up!

Antique News | Antique Show | Antiques | Antiques News | Antiques Show

Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:48:02 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Question of the Week: Getting in touch with other collectors
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

This week, we'd like to know how you get in touch with other collectors.

Do you network with folks with similar interests at shows and conventions? Or do you use online services like Facebook, My Space, or Twitter to get in touch with others who share your interests?

Or are you an "island" and keep to yourself when it comes to collecting?

I've not considered that option before ....

Please post a reply here or in the Antique Trader message boards, or drop us a line at karen.knapstein@fwmedia.com and let us know.

Antiques Blog | Antiques Blogs | Antiques, blog, question of the week

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:33:14 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [2]

Tick ... tick ... tick ...
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

And time ticks away. Here it is, past six p.m. on Wednesday, and I haven't blogged since Saturday! Where did those days go!?

Ah, yes, I remember - I was in the throes of getting the newest edition of Antique Trader ready to go to the printer ...

If I do say so myself, it's another good issue, folks. This week's features are on the challenges of collecting Native American artifacts and on collecting military patches.

Interesting stuff.

Here's a look at the cover:

— Posted by Karen Knapstein

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Visit the Antique Trader Web site HERE. Sign up for our FREE newsletters!
• If you really like what you see, get your own subscription to Antique Trader HERE.

Antique News | Antiques | Antiques News | Antiques publications | Antiquities

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27:17 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

Comments [0]

Google Sponsored Links

Free Updates

Navigation

Search

Archives

More Links