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Thanks to the ongoing craze for all things vintage, antique fairs are enjoying a surge in popularity.
While visitors to Newark have risen by 21 percent since 2009, Ardingly has attracted 28 percent more in that period.
From Telegraph.co.uk:
The advantages to an antique-hunting day trip are clear: inspiring stands (some styled up to rival the Fulham shop windows they supply), unparalleled choice, exceptional prices.
But, if you are intending to trawl thousands of stalls in a day, says designer Kit Kemp, who is already composing her next Newark wishlist, you need a plan of campaign. “You have to be careful you don’t get carried away. It’s a good idea to go with an area in mind.”
Kit, who furnishes the super-stylish Firmdale hotels with a mixture of vintage and modern pieces, targets antiques that sit well in a contemporary interior. “I love old weathervanes and workbenches that used to hold lathes, really good, solid pieces of oak or sycamore. If you just sand them down, they look fabulous, quite sculptural.”
Interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch finds Ardingly particularly inspiring. “It is a very decorative fair as well as being cosmopolitan, with exhibitors from France and eastern Europe.” She buys “rustic dining tables with zinc tops and old grain sacks which can be used for upholstery”.
Edward Cruttenden, who runs the Sunbury Antiques Fair at Kempton Park racecourse, reckons he knows the reason why: “I think recently vintage has really seen an upturn. With more designers talking about it and famous people buying vintage, the younger generation is becoming ever more attracted to it.”
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Collectible coins and bullion would become subject to sales tax in South Dakota and the tax rate would increase for boats longer than 12 feet, according to recommendations by the Legislature’s sales tax review panel.
According to the state Revenue Department’s estimates, the suggested changes would not raise much in additional revenue for state government’s treasury.
From Aberdeennews.com:
Rep. Mark Willadsen, R-Sioux Falls, agreed to carry the legislation to eliminate the sales-tax exemption for coins and bullion. The repeal will generate about $32,000 annually, based on collections prior to the exemption’s passage in 2007, Revenue’s Jan Talley said.
The sponsor of the coin and bullion exemption was the late former Rep. Gordon Pederson, R-Wall, whose funeral is Thursday.
The vote was 8-7 today in favor of seeking the repeal. Several legislators declined to vote for recommending repeal because of the timing.
“I’d hate to walk by and have him sit up in the casket,” Rep. Mike Verchio, R-Hill City, said.
The vote was 11-4 to recommend changing the tax rate on purchases of boats longer than 12 feet. The current excise tax is 3 percent. The panel’s proposal is to repeal the excise tax and levy the standard state sales tax of 4 percent.
Sen. Tom Hansen, R-Huron, volunteered to carry the boat-tax legislation. Making the vote easier for some panel members was the knowledge that shorter boats already are subject to the 4 percent tax rate.
The full Legislature will be asked to consider proposals of the panel during the 2012 regular session that opens in January.
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A Cottondale man has been accused of stealing hundreds of collectible coins and hundreds more in cash and other valuables from a Grand Ridge motel owner.
David Thomas, 29, and his companion in the taxi also face drug-related charges.
From Jcfloridan.com:
According to a press release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas had stayed at the Durden Family Inn in the past and was identified as a suspect when the thefts were discovered. Investigators received a tip that he was traveling in a taxicab and the car was pulled over. Thomas got out and ran, authorities said, and a deputy pursued him. A taser was used to subdue Thomas and take him into custody near the Pilot Truck Stop on State Road 71 after he resisted arrest, authorities reported. A deputy reported seeing Thomas throw a black backpack into the bushes behind the Waffle House on SR 71 during the pursuit. When investigators retrieved it, according to the release, they discovered the coins, cash and other stolen items.
The items were stolen from an area outside the city limits, according to Marianna police.
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Fiona Bruce, who inherited the job of presenting the Antiques Roadshow, has caused a stir among the program’s loyal viewers who she has clearly failed to win over.
The 44-year-old Bruce has been accused by avid fans of ‘dumbing down’ the show who said she is more interesting in her persona instead of items on the show.
From Dailymail.co.uk:
The newsreader replaced veteran host Michael Aspel last month following his retirement, and many are now calling for the return of his more low-key style.
Dozens of complaints have been posted on the BBC website by disgruntled viewers, many claiming Bruce has only been brought in to ’sex up’ the show, and that she is granted too much airtime.
One viewer wrote: ‘How irritating is Fiona Bruce on the Antiques Roadshow? She appears to have little, or no knowledge about any antiques, and treats it all as a great joke.
‘The Antiques Roadshow show is fast losing its credibility while this giggly, gauche female is appearing on it.’
Another added: ‘I started watching Antiques Roadshow only to realise that it has become the Fiona Bruce Show. In the past, the antiques and the members of the public were the story – now it’s all about her. Get her off before she ruins it.’
Despite the fact that some Antiques Roadshow viewers complain that Bruce has ’sexed-up’ the program, BBC remarked that viewing figures are up by over half a million and it is extremely pleased.
Collecting stamps is one of the world’s most popular hobbies and you will be surprised to note that more than 20 million people in the United States alone collect antique postage stamps.
If you want to pursue stamp collection as a hobby, you can buy stamps from Philatelic Bureau and Counters, nearest post office, or pen friends abroad. Some of your available options would be mint stamps (unused stamps), commemorative stamps, first day covers, information sheet accompanying each commemorative stamp, miniature or souvenir sheets, and catalog of postage stamps.
Some of the popular stamp themes are animals, dogs, cats, butterflies, birds, flowers, art, sports, Olympics, maps, Disney, scouting, space, ships, famous people, chess, Chinese New Year, and festivals. Recently, the Royal Mail, USPS, Australian Post, and Canada Post issued stamp on the Royal Wedding of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton.
It is worthwhile to note that collection of postage stamps is generally meant to access historical value and geographical aspects of different countries and stamp collectors can earn significant income by selling their antique postage stamps.
One of the best things about stamp collection is that the stamp collector sharpens and satisfies his aesthetic tastes while pursuing this hobby. Moreover, an antique stamp collector gets access to interesting details such as national and international events, geography, flora and fauna, agriculture, science, monuments, politics, history, prominent personalities, soldiers, warriors, scientists, arms and ammunition, modes of transport etc. with this hobby. Not only this, collecting stamps help collectors of antique postage stamps to make friends across the globe besides cultivating a meticulous and focused attention to detail.
The Main Street antique shop of Bob Weber is more of a museum than a retail store and Weber has been doing more buying than selling since the economy tanked a few years ago.
“This business did really good for four or five years until the economy chopped the legs off local spending,” Weber said. “I haven’t sold much, but I’ve made some great purchases.”
From Ravallirepublic.com:
Visitors include serious collectors, people doing historical research and those wanting to sell antique or unique treasures.
“That’s the best part, when people come to sell me stuff,” he said.
His shop is home to the Hamilton Café sign that graced the space above the Ford’s Department Store women’s section. The towering treasure was the first neon sign in Hamilton and inspired frequent customer Hank Williams Jr. to write an album by the same name. The front cover of the album, also hanging in Weber’s shop, features Hamilton’s earliest neon lights.
Weber is very proud of his corner dedicated to Hamilton police and sheriff’s memorabilia including historic photos of marshals, criminals and evidence of the evolution of peacekeeping. His display includes billy clubs, handcuffs, badges, patches and Montana code books.
Weber named his own little store “Burnt Forty Collectibles” after a Hamilton historical story that makes him chuckle.
If you want to feel the groove of antiques and collectibles, this compilation of inspiring quotations will help you stay close to this world in one of the easiest ways.
As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language. – Pablo Picasso
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. – Georgia O’Keeffe
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. – Paul Strand
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. – Fran Lebowitz
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life. – Henry Miller
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself – life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose. – Willa Cather
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. – Theodore Dreiser, Life, Art, and America, 1917
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. - Henry Moore
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In this YouTube video, Antiques, Collectables and Declutter Expert Jamie Breese talks about Royal Commemoratives following the announcement of William and Catherine’s engagement. The wedding on 29 April, 2011 has generated enough buzz and would be nothing short of a treat for admirers of antiques and collectibles.
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