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Ohio Valley Antiques Event Through April 6

Posted by admin on April 5th, 2012

The Ohio Valley Gold and Silver event will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, April 6 at Hampton Inn, 109 S. Galena Ave., Freeport.

Ohio Valley Antiques Event Through April 6

Members of the community can bring in gold, silver, and collectible items for selling them to collectors from around the globe.

“Gold and silver markets have not been this strong for over 30 years,” Ohio Valley spokesperson Dennis Kouts said in a press release.

The event is free and there is no limit on the number of pieces that can be brought for sale and highly sought after items include paper currency, coins, war memorabilia, vintage jewelry, musical instruments, and toys made before 1970.

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Yahoo To Lay Off 14 Percent Of Its Workforce

Posted by admin on April 5th, 2012

YahooIn its deepest round of job cuts in years, Yahoo will lay off 2,000 people, or 14 percent of its workforce as new Chief Executive Scott Thompson makes attempts for jump starting growth from within a leaner company while saving millions of dollars.

“We are intensifying our efforts on our core businesses and redeploying resources to our most urgent priorities,” Thompson wrote. “The changes we’re announcing today will put our customers first, allow us to move fast, and to get stuff done,” Thompson said in a memo to employees on Wednesday, obtained by Reuters, adding that the changes will results in a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” company.

California-based Yahoo said it will be saving $375 million annually from the cuts and incurring a pretax cash charge in the second quarter of $125 million to $145 million.

“You can’t cut your way to revenue growth,” said Colin Gillis of BGC Partners. “What people want to see out of Yahoo is they want to see a plan and provision for revenue growth.”

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Price Of Stamps To Be Increased By Royal Mail

Posted by admin on March 16th, 2012

Ofcom, the new postal regulator, has proposed that Royal Mail will be allowed to set its own prices for first class post. However, the price of second class will remain regulated by the new postal regulator and the Royal Mail, as part of these proposals, may be allowed to increase the price of a first class stamp significantly from April 2012.

Price Of Stamps To Be Increased By Royal Mail

Adrian Bailey, Chairman of the committee, recently told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, “We will be questioning whether a potential 53% increase in the second class stamp and an uncapped increase in the first class stamp will have anything other than a disastrous impact on traffic. The people who will be hit will be the elderly, the vulnerable, and those on low incomes, but also small businesses as well.”

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Hollywood Glamour Revealed at Antique Jewelry & Watch Show

Posted by admin on February 17th, 2012

Hollywood Glamour Revealed at Antique Jewelry & Watch ShowA major producer of antique shows in North America, U.S. Antique Shows, recently announced the launch of its newest show, the Chicago Antique Jewelry & Watch Show.

The show, based in Chicago, will expose mid-west collectors to the finest antique, estate, vintage jewelry, and watches. The Show will take place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers on April 20-22, 2012.

“We are very excited to bring this unique and diverse merchandise to the residents and jewelry community of Chicago, said Andrea Canady, Show Director.  “We are not only featuring pieces from all eras of jewelry history, but attendees will also have the chance to get up close and personal with jewels from the stars.”

“We are honored to be able to feature these Hollywood treasures at the inaugural show, said Jeff Cohen, N. Green & Sons. “For years many collectors have only dreamt of being able to view pieces owned by celebrities and now this event will give them the opportunity to feel a deeper connection.”

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Coin And Antique Buyers Coming To Dover

Posted by admin on January 30th, 2012

Coin And Antique Buyers Coming To DoverIn search of rare and unique collectibles, the Ohio Valley Refinery & Roadshow is making a stop in Dover for January 31- February 4 at the Comfort Inn.

The Ohio Valley Refinery has the resources to pay top dollar for gold, silver, and collectible items. “Gold and silver markets have not been this strong for over 30 years,” states company spokesperson, Dennis Kouts. Its specialists make offers based on rarity, collectability, condition, and market value.

Almost all coins and paper currency, vintage jewelry, war memorabilia, musical instruments and toys made prior to 1970 are highly sought after. The event is free, call 217-726-7590 for more information.

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State Troopers Looking For Antique Burglars

Posted by admin on January 7th, 2012

Alaska State Troopers are searching for burglars who made off with truckloads of antiques from a local shop.

State Troopers Looking For Antique Burglars

On November 29, Bill Lowe who owns Treasure Trunk Antiques at Mile 37.5 of the Glenn Highway discovered that a pair of storage buildings housing “a lifetime’s worth” of antiques and unique items had been stolen.

“I’m thinking they might have made more than one trip there,” he said, adding the buildings held “everything I’ve collected in the last 40 years. They almost cleaned me out. There were 14 or 15 bicycles with the balloon tires, Schwinn bicycles from the ’60s that were in mint condition, a Texaco gas pump from the ’50s. … These are things you don’t see anymore, and there’s not a whole lot of antiques in Alaska.”

Lowe says in a post on his Facebook page that Alaska Native dolls and baskets, a 13-pound mastodon tooth and a 100-year-old large brass cash register are also gone with the theft.

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Stolen 80k Antique Cello Returned

Posted by admin on January 3rd, 2012

An irreplaceable antique cello that was stolen in broad daylight from its owner more than three months ago has been returned to its owner.

Stolen 80k Antique Cello Returned

Renowned Melbourne cellist Rosy Hunt embarked on a tireless campaign to find the rare French family heirloom after it was taken just a few minutes before she was due to set off for a performance. A passing motorist took the $80,000 instrument after Hunt buckled her young daughter into the car and placed the instrument on the ground.

“I turned around for less than 30 seconds and then it was gone,” Hunt said. “The moment it was stolen, there was just this sort of gut-wrenching panic. It’s heart wrenching when you lose your beautiful tool of trade … it’s not like a power drill, it has a soul.”

The antique cello was returned this week after Hunt boosted a reward offer to $4,000.

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New Antique Store To Reside In Grand Island

Posted by admin on December 16th, 2011

New Antique Store To Reside In Grand Island

Billie Berta and Jerri Cuterer are about to open their own 5,000-square-foot antique store, called Primitive Touch Antique Warehouse, at 520 W. Third in downtown Grand Island.

The mother-daughter antiquing team is currently leasing about 1,300 square feet in the Railroad Towne Antique Mall.

“This is what we have been looking for five years,” Berta said. “These old buildings are so gorgeous,” Berta said. Berta purchased the building earlier this year and is performing a $258,000 renovation.

It would be the first facade grant awarded in the 500 block of West Third if the facade grant of $70,443 is approved by the Community Redevelopment Authority.

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Nine Held For Selling Fake Antique Jewellery

Posted by admin on December 5th, 2011

Nine Held For Selling Fake Antique JewelleryNine persons, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly selling fake gold jewelry, mostly to doctors.

The police have seized about 25kg of fake gold from the gang.

The gang, which posed as street vendors, preyed on many people many in different cities. Its members frequently changed their locations. They duped doctors into buying what they claimed were antique jewellery excavated from hidden treasures.

Dr Chaitra, a resident of JP Nagar and one of the victims, filed a complaint with the police stating that a gang visited her clinic seeking treatment. The gang members offered to sell jewellery to her as they were in dire need of money. Later, she came to know that the jewellery was fake.

The JP Nagar police, headed by inspector SK Umesh, arrested the gang members from Ramachandrapura near Chandapura, on the outskirts of the city. Gang members confessed to have visited Dr Chaitra’s clinic. They consulted Dr Chaitra for various ailments for a couple of months. Earlier, they told Dr Chaitra that their relatives had stumbled upon a treasure while carrying out excavation work in Golconda, near Hyderabad. They claimed that the jewellery belonged to the British era and was worth a fortune.

The nine arrested were agents who had procured jewelry from a disposal gang in Gujarat.

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Kidderminster Antique Dealer’s Home Raided

Posted by admin on November 27th, 2011

Kidderminster Antique Dealer's Home RaidedA burglar who made a night-time raid on the home of a Kidderminster antique dealer has been jailed for twenty-seven months at Worcester Crown Court.

Martin Gwynne was eventually arrested after being seen on the roof of a school.

From Kidderminstershuttle.co.uk:

Gwynne, 39, of Oak Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, who pleaded guilty, was said to have problems with heroin.

His first victim was William Arris on July 16 in Chester Road North, Kidderminster, said Stephen Davies, prosecuting. Items including jewellery, binoculars and ornaments were stolen.

Police were alerted next day by a report that Gwynne was trying to sell the stolen items at an antiques centre in Kidderminster and had also gone to Cash Converters. All the stolen objects had been recovered.

Gwynne’s previous convictions included drug use and shoplifting.

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