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Renewal Plans For 110-Year-Old Grant Building

Renewal Plans For 110-Year-Old Grant BuildingHistoric Grant Grocery and Deli, a 110-year-old landmark on U.S. 1 at First Street that has been empty for two years will be restored by Chris Pozgar.

Pozgar purchased the 4,000-square-foot structure and said he will be investing more than $500,000 to convert it into an antique-themed cafe with an old-fashioned ice cream store.

“I’d loved this building since I was a kid,” said Pozgar, who grew up in the Eau Gallie area and has lived in Grant-Valkaria for 15 years. “I watched it for years dilapidate, and it was just bothering me.”

The 46-year-old entrepreneur said he will change the name to Grant Station and hopes to open in January 2013.

The main goal of Pozgar is to bring back the historic ambiance of the building that was stripped of almost everything after the store closed. “There’s a ton of history here, and I just want to restore that, hold it dear,” Pozgar said on a recent morning at the store, where he spends most days working on the rehab. “We are going to take it back in time. I’m going to restore all the history.”

How To Start An Antique Business?

How To Start An Antique BusinessIf you have a liking for beautiful things from the past, an antique business could be a good business option for you. The best thing would be that you will access resources on how to find the best antiques, appraise, purchase, antique sales, antiques collection, etc.

One of the best things about antique business is that it can be operated from home. Moreover, it is a low risk and high return business and can be started alongside your regular job. All in all, dealing in antiques and collectibles can be an excellent business without leaving your regular job.

Before you plan to do so, it is important for you to have a clear understanding about antiques and collectibles (also spelled as collectables).

Antiques are defined as anything above 100 years fold while collectibles is a term for distinguishing more recent items from antiques. Collectables are things that people collect, usually belonging to the past, including old movie memorabilia and comics books.

If you already have some antiques in your personal collection, half of the battle is already won before it even started. If you are in the process of building up your inventory, you need to be financially strong as the antiques business is an expensive business. In case you want some resources or tips on how to get things going, you can access local and international collectibles news, antiques show, antiques collection, and antiques blogs.

To get the best antiques, you need to check out estate sales, garage sales, and flea markets for interesting things that are saleable. You may buy antiques online but make sure that you are buying genuine antiques and collectables from a reputed auction house or antiques store. You can even offer commissions to other collectors if they provide assistance in selling antiques owned by you.

Antiques Dealers To Compete On Reality Show

Antiques Dealers To Compete On Reality ShowPBS is giving the genteel “Antiques Roadshow” a fierce partner with “Market Wars” that will be an antiques hunt reality competition show.

On Wednesday, PBS announced that the 20-episode series from the producers of “Antiques Roadshow” will send professional antiques dealers in a nationwide hunt for the best vintage bargain. The auction will be won by the dealer whose item snares the biggest profit.

The show will expose the “real, rough and tumble competition” in the antiques marketplace, the producers of “Market Wars” promise. The series will start next summer, teaming on Monday nights with “Antiques Roadshow.” Viewers need not worry that PBS will be overtaken by reality shows, PBS chief Paula Kerger told the Television Critics Association.

Section of antique wall stolen

Section of antique wall stolenOn Friday, a unique and large family heirloom (antique wall section) valued at $10,000 was reported stolen from where it had been stored in rural Saline County.

A nearly 100-year-old portion of a wooden wall through which postal transactions were conducted in Harold Sr. and Martha Cooley’s grocery store in Kipp was stolen between Dec. 1, 2010, and Friday, granddaughter of the couple reported to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office.

“It’s a really cool piece,” Sheri Cooley, of Raymore, Mo., said of wall, which is about 5-foot high by 10-feet wide. “It’s unique and large and would be hard to distribute.”

Kipp residents located in east-central Saline County used to pick up their mail from the metal post office boxes on one end of it.

Rare Picasso etchings donated to British Museum

Rare Picasso etchings donated to British MuseumAll of Vollard etchings by Picasso are to be shown in London after being donated to the British Museum.

These prints were created as a visual diary of life of the artist with Marie-Thérèse Walter, his young mistress and muse. It was Marie who became the inspiration for some of his most famous work — and caused the downfall of his marriage.

The etchings that were created between 1930 and 1937 will go on show at the museum in central London next summer.

Antique Expert At Two Clinics

Antique Expert At Two ClinicsThe Delta Museum and Archives Society is once again hosting a pair of antique identification and appraisal clinics backed by popular demand.

Well-known antiques appraiser Al Bowen will be on hand for identifying and dating objects from any historical period, providing a detailed history, description and verbal appraisal of objects.

From Delta-optimist.com:

More than just providing a market value for your object, Bowen shares his amazing wealth of knowledge through entertaining anecdotes from more than 30 years in the antique appraisal business.

After your objects have been appraised, you can stay for refreshments while hearing about other people’s treasures.

The clinics will be held in the museum’s annex, 4918 Delta St.

There are two sessions: 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.

The cost is $12 per person, which includes a verbal identification and appraisal of two objects. Additional objects are $5 each to a maximum of two additional objects.

Observers are welcome at $5 per person.

Manik Bagh Antiques To Be Auctioned

According to a statement by the Sotheby’s auction house at Delphi on Tuesday, two rare pieces of art deco furniture, including an armchair and a liquor bar, designed for the palace of the erstwhile ruler of Indore, will be put on sale by Sotheby’s in Paris.

These antiques will be part of the 20th century decorative arts and contemporary design sale that will be held on November 22.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

The Transat armchair was designed by artist-decorator Eileen Gray and the liquor bar was designed by Eckart Muthesius. The two pieces adorned the Manik Bagh palace interiors between 1920s-30s. The pieces are among the seven decorative arts and antique furniture to go under the hammer.

The black-lacquered chrome and leather Transat armchair is estimated to fetch $1,382,000, Sotheby’s said. The armchair was acquired at a sale of furniture from the ruler’s palace in May 1980.

The auction house said the palace’s 1930 interiors were created by the German architect and interior designer Eckart in collaboration with avant-garde artist-decorators Gray, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Le Corbusier, and Louis Sognot.

Art and antique photos released after theft

Police has released pictures of artwork and antiques stolen from a stately home in Shropshire.

Paintings, antique furniture, and more than 100 bottles of wine were taken in the burglary.

From BBC.co.uk:

The police said they were not releasing the address where they were taken from for “security reasons”.

Det Con Dave Bettison said: “I am appealing for information from fine art galleries and others who may be approached and offered these items.”

The stolen items include a signed watercolour by Albert Neuhuys and a 19in (48cm) tall mantle clock.

Exact value of the stolen property may run into “many thousands of pounds”, police said.

Collectibles Store Opens In Wallingford

A local musician and lifetime collector of rare and unique items has opened a new shop of oddities in Wallingford.

The place is at Shadowland, a small, red-walled store of horror, art and spiritual ephemera at 438 North Colony St.

From Myrecordjournal.com:

Collectibles Store Opens In Wallingford“This kind of bridges the gap between the underground music and art worlds, and to showcase things that are creepy and dark,” he said. “I wanted to surround myself with things that I’m interested in because I knew that people would also be interested in the same things, for the oddball on your list that you want to get a gift for.”

Morton, 38, said he moved to Wallingford about a year ago and opened his store last month to fill a gaping niche for the art and macabre-culture-minded community. He said the store is a beacon of sorts for people interested in retro culture, art, music, and history and off-the-beaten-path curios.

Morton sells many of his collectibles online, and just a small taste of his collection of antique weaponry, artwork, and figurines lines his store’s walls and shelves.

Exact Copy Of Bella Swan’s Wedding Dress To Go On Sale

Exact Copy Of Bella Swan's Wedding Dress To Go On Sale

The Carolina Herrera wedding dress worn by Bella Swan for her marriage to Edward Cullen will soon be on sale.

Shoppers will be able to get their hands on an exact copy of the ‘Edwardian-inspired’ dress when Breaking Dawn, Part One is finally released on November 18th.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

Pricing has not yet been revealed but typical dresses range anywhere from £300 to £3,000.

The designer recently created a copy of Kate Middleton’s Alexander McQueen gown and last month unveiled a collection inspired by Disney characters.

In the meantime, stills of the wedding scene have been released showing Bella, played by Kristen Stewart, and Edward, played by Robert Pattinson, getting but details of the dress have been kept firmly under wraps.

The official replica will be exclusively sold by Alfred Angelo in his Signature stores in the U.S and independent retailers worldwide from November.