March 15, 2009
Boston Antiques Weekend Canceled
Boston Antiques Weekend has been canceled. It had been scheduled for the weekend of April 18 and 19.
March 1, 2009
Kerr Memorial Museum's Fifth Annual Antiques Show
The Kerr Memorial Museum's Fifth Annual Antiques Show is next weekend. It is one of the largest antiques shows in Western Pennsylvania. The show is at the Oakmont Country Club 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 7 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 8. Admission is $10.
February 25, 2009
Redding Guns, Antiques & Collectibles Show
The Redding CA Lions Club's 27th annual Guns, Antiques & Collectibles Show will be on Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8. The show has been expanded to more than 250 tables filled with antiques and exhibits.
February 11, 2009
Instant Relatives
Bill Epping combed through a box of old pictures marked "Instant Relatives" at a booth at the Urbana Antique Show and Flea Market on Sunday, Feb. 8.
In an instant, there it was — a century-old, sepia-tinged photograph of one of Epping's relatives, Anna Mary Fitzmaurice-Witt.
Read More About Instant Relatives
In an instant, there it was — a century-old, sepia-tinged photograph of one of Epping's relatives, Anna Mary Fitzmaurice-Witt.
Read More About Instant Relatives
February 1, 2009
LAND AND ROSS ANTIQUES sale Feb. 2009
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January 7, 2009
Charles Eberly of Harrington Kansas
The letters written to Charles Eberly of Harrington Kansas from his Brothers, John of Carlisle PA & WH (?) of Steeltown PA and Friend John Clelan of Shermansdale, PA telling of family, happenings, friends in PA and ASKING ABOUT WORK OUT WEST. Apparently young fellows that are anxious to escape from farming, working in steel mill, brickyard, etc. with tales of unusual and/or humorous local happenings, information on relatives and friends. A few passages:
On faint blue lined stationery folded white paper with impression of Indian head in upper left corner Carlisle
April the third 1881?
Dear Brother Charley ...I got A Leter from Will the other Day. He Dident Say Mutch A Bout the West He Sed He got 22 ½ Per month that is good for out thear I Rote to Heim and told Him if he couldge me a job of maisson in Some of of them New towns that I would Have work all Summer that I Would come out nreby you ---- Some of them towns that Has Now maissons in that is the Plase that i Would Like to Strik Now I mean wat I Say You find out and let me Now Soon wat I could get A Day or By the Perch And if I Don’t Move out I Will come out Be tween this and Harvist and tell me ware thay git thear Stone and Lime Marry Brown Says She Will go along if we ? move out it has Been Prety Rough this Spring in Hear yet thear is no slowing Don yet that I Herd of and if you Like I out thear And I come You Would Beter get Eva to come a Long for thear is Not mutch to Be Maid in Hear Specily if you must Work By the Day ---- them Houses out thear Hasent got Walls under them all . Watt Dos Homes Rent for out hear in them Little towns ... He Says the old fokes Likes the West So far ... from your Brother
John Eberly
STEELTOWN PA 1886 ... I think I will go home on the 20 of this month I quit working at the furnice on the 22 of May I am working in the Brick Yard now but it don’t Soot me I will work 2 weeks yet han I will quit there and go harvesting I think I will go 2 Hartigles(?) ... It got 2 hot for me at the furnice there was a man burnt at No 1 furnice he Lived Eight days he was a Negro he was burnt with hot Sinder...I go 2 work at five o clock and we et don Half past ten then we must wait til 3 then we tak us lunch(?) one our We work a bout 6 or 4 ours but it goes Like the Devel they make 24 hundred(?) for a days work the molders gets 250 per day the welers gets 145 per day." (probably pence or pennies)"
SHERMANSDALE: "Pisgah is the same as usual it is as lonsom as ever We still read the testment yet last nite I was away playind til one oclock I wish I war out there with you for I am so tired of this cuntry that if I don’t get of this I will die sinc you and John has left here I have no plase to run to at night some times me and Edward Gibney goes to george shelehammers in the eaving and play cards. John wardecker likes the west to he hired the next day after he got there for sixteen dolors a month on a farm ... I was along with Joshef Slisher’s ----- to the cave We had lots of fun and lots to drink. The driver and I got drunk and run in ar buggy and smashed it to peaces and the team run off they run a good ways bfour me -- could get them"
One envelope with these letters addressed to “Charles Eberly, Herington Kas.” Address was crossed off and replaced with “Box 2214 Hope” on front with a cancellation of “Herington Kas Aug 29”. Back of envelope had cancellation of “Hope Kan Aug 29”.
This great batch of antique letters is up for sale on Ebay Item number: 250351115830.
On faint blue lined stationery folded white paper with impression of Indian head in upper left corner Carlisle
April the third 1881?
Dear Brother Charley ...I got A Leter from Will the other Day. He Dident Say Mutch A Bout the West He Sed He got 22 ½ Per month that is good for out thear I Rote to Heim and told Him if he couldge me a job of maisson in Some of of them New towns that I would Have work all Summer that I Would come out nreby you ---- Some of them towns that Has Now maissons in that is the Plase that i Would Like to Strik Now I mean wat I Say You find out and let me Now Soon wat I could get A Day or By the Perch And if I Don’t Move out I Will come out Be tween this and Harvist and tell me ware thay git thear Stone and Lime Marry Brown Says She Will go along if we ? move out it has Been Prety Rough this Spring in Hear yet thear is no slowing Don yet that I Herd of and if you Like I out thear And I come You Would Beter get Eva to come a Long for thear is Not mutch to Be Maid in Hear Specily if you must Work By the Day ---- them Houses out thear Hasent got Walls under them all . Watt Dos Homes Rent for out hear in them Little towns ... He Says the old fokes Likes the West So far ... from your Brother
John Eberly
STEELTOWN PA 1886 ... I think I will go home on the 20 of this month I quit working at the furnice on the 22 of May I am working in the Brick Yard now but it don’t Soot me I will work 2 weeks yet han I will quit there and go harvesting I think I will go 2 Hartigles(?) ... It got 2 hot for me at the furnice there was a man burnt at No 1 furnice he Lived Eight days he was a Negro he was burnt with hot Sinder...I go 2 work at five o clock and we et don Half past ten then we must wait til 3 then we tak us lunch(?) one our We work a bout 6 or 4 ours but it goes Like the Devel they make 24 hundred(?) for a days work the molders gets 250 per day the welers gets 145 per day." (probably pence or pennies)"
SHERMANSDALE: "Pisgah is the same as usual it is as lonsom as ever We still read the testment yet last nite I was away playind til one oclock I wish I war out there with you for I am so tired of this cuntry that if I don’t get of this I will die sinc you and John has left here I have no plase to run to at night some times me and Edward Gibney goes to george shelehammers in the eaving and play cards. John wardecker likes the west to he hired the next day after he got there for sixteen dolors a month on a farm ... I was along with Joshef Slisher’s ----- to the cave We had lots of fun and lots to drink. The driver and I got drunk and run in ar buggy and smashed it to peaces and the team run off they run a good ways bfour me -- could get them"
One envelope with these letters addressed to “Charles Eberly, Herington Kas.” Address was crossed off and replaced with “Box 2214 Hope” on front with a cancellation of “Herington Kas Aug 29”. Back of envelope had cancellation of “Hope Kan Aug 29”.
This great batch of antique letters is up for sale on Ebay Item number: 250351115830.
December 18, 2008
Miami Beach Antique Show 2009
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is set for January 22 - 26, 2009, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla. For show information, please call (239) 732-6642 or visit www.dmgantiqueshows.com.
December 16, 2008
33rd Annual Pineapple Antique Show & Sale
Next years Pineapple Antique Show & Sale will celebrate its 33rd year in a new location at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, located at 801 N. Tamiami Trail Sarasota.
SHOW DATES: Tuesday March 17, 2009 (Evening Preview Party & Sale), Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, 2009—presented by the United Methodist Women of historic First United Methodist Church, Sarasota. 40 quality antique dealers are represented at The Pineapple Show, featuring American & English Antiques, Fine Art, Fine Jewelry, China, Collectibles, Crystal, Elegant Glassware, Linens, Porcelain, Pottery, Primitives, Toys and more!
SHOW DATES: Tuesday March 17, 2009 (Evening Preview Party & Sale), Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, 2009—presented by the United Methodist Women of historic First United Methodist Church, Sarasota. 40 quality antique dealers are represented at The Pineapple Show, featuring American & English Antiques, Fine Art, Fine Jewelry, China, Collectibles, Crystal, Elegant Glassware, Linens, Porcelain, Pottery, Primitives, Toys and more!
December 8, 2008
Toronto 15th Annual Winter Antiques Sale
The 15th Annual Winter Antiques Sale, Toronto’s largest winter antiques show, offers thousands of fabulous antiques and collectibles. Fans of vintage fashion will love exploring the racks of retro clothing offered by top Toronto vendors that fills 2,000 square feet in Sherway Square. From Parisian armoires to up-market country pine, discerning buyers can browse for unique antique furniture and accessories and discover a variety of decorator items from whimsical east coast folk art to classic architectural items. The show also offers a rare opportunity to visit vendors from Montreal, Ottawa and western Ontario all under one roof.
December 6, 2008
The Murfreesboro Tennessee Antique Show
The 41st annual Murfreesboro Tennessee Antique Show 2009 show dates will be July 17-19. For more information, visit the Web site www.murfreesboroantiquescene.com
December 4, 2008
Woman's Club of Wilmette holds 67th annual antique show
THE 67TH PREMIER NORTH SHORE ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE
• Woman's Club of Wilmette, 930 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois.
• Pre-sale and preview party 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, admission $25, good for entire weekend.
• Show and sale 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. Admission $8, good for both days.
• (847) 251-0527. www.womensclubofwilmette.org
• Woman's Club of Wilmette, 930 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois.
• Pre-sale and preview party 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, admission $25, good for entire weekend.
• Show and sale 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. Admission $8, good for both days.
• (847) 251-0527. www.womensclubofwilmette.org
December 2, 2008
Antiques show reveals its million doller find
The first £1 million discovery unearthed on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow is to be revealed. They are keeping the identity of the record-breaking item a closely guarded secret until the show is broadcast. It was valued by art dealer Philip Mould, who is an authority on antique portrait paintings.
November 27, 2008
Folklife Museum “Toyland at the Museum” exhibit
The Folklife Museum in Farragut TN invites patrons to relive their childhood by visiting its “Toyland at the Museum” exhibit, on display through Jan. 16. They have toys from the middle 1800s all the up to 1950.
November 25, 2008
Flemington New Jersey 39th annual Antique Show
The 39th annual Antique Show at the Hunterdon Central High School Field house will be bigger and better this year. The show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30. The Hunterdon Central Field house is at 84 Route 31, Flemington.
This year’s show will have 60 quality primitive and country dealers showing antiques from every category. Fourteen new vendors will be added this year, in addition to the 46 returning dealers.
Available for purchase will be fine country furniture, folk art, antique quilts, estate jewelry, stoneware, basketry, antique prints, books, tools and glassware.
This year’s show will have 60 quality primitive and country dealers showing antiques from every category. Fourteen new vendors will be added this year, in addition to the 46 returning dealers.
Available for purchase will be fine country furniture, folk art, antique quilts, estate jewelry, stoneware, basketry, antique prints, books, tools and glassware.
November 23, 2008
English Mahogany Barley Twist Chest of Drawers Cabinet
This cabinet is a most interesting piece. The intricate carving is impeccable but my favorite is the way that the barley twist is seperate and complete from the chest of drawers itself. All five drawers are dovetail constructed! Absolutely beautiful!!! It is made of solid mahogany and has a warm, hand rubbed fruitwood finish.
The carving on this piece was completely done by hand and must have required a master carpenter. The detail and skill it must have taken is truly incredible. The pictures do not do this piece justice. It is a rare find, so don't miss out!
Measures: 43" T x 37" W x 21" D
November 16, 2008
November 8, 2008
Ellerslie Letter
This is a 4 page handwritten letter (no envelope) that is written by a mother to her daughter in July of 1848. It seems her mother has taken a trip to Ellerslie (at least that is what I think it says) and she describes the place and her incredible time spent there in great detail.
I’ve quoted some parts of the letter to give you a better idea…..
“July 24, 48
My Dear Child,
Here we are at last in one of the loveliest spots I ever beheld; nature has done great things for it and acts if she has not exhausted her resources as the novel writers say, has certainly used them to great advantages and I think were you to spend a week here you would be quite a convert to the idea of a country life. The ladies here seem to think that with a visit to some fashionable watering place in the summer and some weeks spent in the city during the winter, you might find it quite endurable especially with some chosen companion like (male or female) Camellia, to relieve the ______of family society. We are awakened by the sweetest songs of the feathered Hibe, how much more harmonious and soothing than that of bells, are regaled with cream by the gallon and fruit by the bushels. Flowers bloom around us in bewildering confusion. Fruit hanging in such clusters invite the hand to pluck it on all sides. The Delaware peruses its simplified courses between hills where height emulates the distant mountains and the evidence of whose sides is reflected with marvelous distinctness from it’s clear bosom. The village smiles at our feet and to ____all we can have a shower bath every afternoon…….When we meet we can compare notes and see whose place is the most beautiful, Mrs. Jacob’s or Dr. Paul’s. He and your father are gone today to the “Meadows” some twelve miles distance……We are called to pray at 7 in the morning at which all are punctual. Breakfast some after then the family disperses to their several employments then meet in the hall at eleven when Miss Lidney reads til one at which hour we dine after which each attends to her chambers to sleep or not as inclination dictates and then comes the bath then tea then a walk around on the river returning from which we all seat ourselves on one of the delightful piazzas until the evening……If a pair of Mary’s slippers can be found bring them with you. Also a white petticoat that was lying folded up in my room……..Yours truly affectionate mother.”
I’ve quoted some parts of the letter to give you a better idea…..
“July 24, 48
My Dear Child,
Here we are at last in one of the loveliest spots I ever beheld; nature has done great things for it and acts if she has not exhausted her resources as the novel writers say, has certainly used them to great advantages and I think were you to spend a week here you would be quite a convert to the idea of a country life. The ladies here seem to think that with a visit to some fashionable watering place in the summer and some weeks spent in the city during the winter, you might find it quite endurable especially with some chosen companion like (male or female) Camellia, to relieve the ______of family society. We are awakened by the sweetest songs of the feathered Hibe, how much more harmonious and soothing than that of bells, are regaled with cream by the gallon and fruit by the bushels. Flowers bloom around us in bewildering confusion. Fruit hanging in such clusters invite the hand to pluck it on all sides. The Delaware peruses its simplified courses between hills where height emulates the distant mountains and the evidence of whose sides is reflected with marvelous distinctness from it’s clear bosom. The village smiles at our feet and to ____all we can have a shower bath every afternoon…….When we meet we can compare notes and see whose place is the most beautiful, Mrs. Jacob’s or Dr. Paul’s. He and your father are gone today to the “Meadows” some twelve miles distance……We are called to pray at 7 in the morning at which all are punctual. Breakfast some after then the family disperses to their several employments then meet in the hall at eleven when Miss Lidney reads til one at which hour we dine after which each attends to her chambers to sleep or not as inclination dictates and then comes the bath then tea then a walk around on the river returning from which we all seat ourselves on one of the delightful piazzas until the evening……If a pair of Mary’s slippers can be found bring them with you. Also a white petticoat that was lying folded up in my room……..Yours truly affectionate mother.”
October 21, 2008
Cambridge Glass Co of Cambridge, Ohio
Vintage 1940s - 1950s acid-etched tapered vase by Cambridge Glass Co of Cambridge, Ohio in the "Rosepoint" pattern.
October 13, 2008
PARKER COFFEE GRINDER
PARKER COFFEE GRINDER, NUMBER 200 MODEL DATED MARCH 9, 1897. SOLID CAST IRON, DOUBLE WHEEL 9" DIAMETER, 13" TALL. RAISED LETTERING "THE CHA'S. PARKER CO. MERIDEN CONN USA" ON BOTH WHEELS AND THE BASE. ORIGINAL IRON DRAWER MARKED "PAT'D. NO. 200 MARCH 9, 1897".
September 17, 2008
KIENZLE ART DECO CLOCK
THIS CLOCK IS A TRULY SPECIAL WORK WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL BLACK-LACQUERED FRAME AND ELEGANT FACE. PRODUCED BY THE RENOWNED GERMAN CLOCK MANUFACTURER, KIENZLE.
THE CLOCK IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF ART DECO DESIGN.
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