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Renewal Plans For 110-Year-Old Grant Building

Posted by admin on January 16th, 2012

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.”

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Section of antique wall stolen

Posted by admin on December 29th, 2011

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.

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Keen Competition For Antique Signs And Toys

Posted by admin on December 23rd, 2011

Keen Competition For Antique Signs And ToysAntique toy expert and Antiques Roadshow senior appraiser Noel Barrett hosted a Nov. 18-19 auction that featured clockwork toys and automata from the Frank Mohr collection.

The sale also included early advertising signs and toys from the personal collection of a Tennessee-based dealer known for his well-cultivated taste in antiques of many types, Bill Powell.

The auction realized $1,187,000 (all prices quoted inclusive of 15 percent buyer’s premium), with Saturday’s sales exceeding the session’s total high estimate by a whopping 40 percent. The Internet live bidding was provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

“It was like an old-fashioned sale in terms of turnout. It drew about the same size crowd we had in the very same hall 23 years ago, at our first auction in New Hope. You don’t see that sort of turnout nowadays, with so many people opting for the convenience of phone and Internet bidding. It was one heck of a crowd,” said Noel Barrett.

“In fact, I was able to point to a poster in the auction and say, ‘I sold this 23 years ago, and now it’s come back to us,’” Barrett continued. “That’s what the Bill Powell collection represented – antique toys and signs that had been off the market for decades. It was very exciting to see such a full house. All of the major buyers turned out.”

Noel Barrett will conduct his next sale on Nov. 16-17, 2012, the weekend before Thanksgiving.

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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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Jeffrey S. Evans Antique Auction To Emphasize On South

Posted by admin on November 23rd, 2011

Jeffrey S. Evans Antique Auction To Emphasize On SouthJeffrey S. Evans & Associates has announced its 21st annual fall cataloged auction of Americana and fine antiques spotlighting Virginia and the South.

The auction will take place on Saturday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern at the firm’s gallery at 2177 Green Valley Lane in Mount Crawford.

From Acn.liveauctioneers.com:

The sale will include a large selection of Virginia and other Southern decorative arts; 18th- and 19th-century American furniture; fraktur and folk art; samplers and other textiles, folk pottery, a large collection of ironware, antique firearms, a collection of Southern silver, a large selection of 18th- and 19th-century English and Asian ceramics and fine jewelry. Ninety-nine percent of the lots will sell without reserve.

Virginia furniture is highlighted by a fine Chippendale walnut corner or smoking chair (lot 536) from the second half of the 18th century. This rare survivor is attributed to Isle of Wright County and was published by John Bivins in his 1988 volume The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 (p. 173). Another closely related example resides in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and is illustrated on page 108 of Southern Furniture 1680-1830 by Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown. The Colonial Williamsburg example is attributed to Southampton or Greensville County, Va., just west of Isle of Wright Co. The chair offered in this auction is from the private collection of Dr. Charles and Elizabeth Umstott of Newport, News, Va., and was acquired from the late John Bivins Jr. It carries an estimate of $6,000-9,000.

On Friday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. the Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Fall Lecture Series will be held at the firm’s Mount Crawford.

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East Texas Town Named Antiques Capital

Posted by admin on November 17th, 2011

East Texas Town Named Antiques Capital

A town in East Texas, Gladewater, has been a thriving community of antiques malls and stores.

However, many stores had closed, gone out of business, and boarded up following the recession of the 1980s. The late Beth Bishop led a group of antiques dealers in a move that would eventually see the town officially recognized as “The Antique Capital of east Texas”.

From Blog.christiandaviesantiques.co.uk:

The dealers started with booths in Gladewater Mall, which is now owned by Margaret Larkin. Individuals set up booths selling antique goods and collectibles. Gradually a number of other malls and antiques stores opened, until the Main street and two adjoining streets became officially recognised as The Antiques Capital of East Texas. About 200 individual traders now thrive in Gladewater, with antiques and collectibles to be found from all over the world. One shop is proud to stock items which have been sourced in Italy, including art and design.

The area successfully mixes the world of antiques with contemporary goods. One store sells exotic loose leaf teas, with over 20 blends available. In the same store you will find antique teapots, cups and other items used to brew a cup of tea. Gladewater also has a reputation for memories, as a number of people are happy to browse and recognise an item from many years ago.

UK residents know they can find items like antique desks in the Lancashire area, in what could almost be termed the ‘antique capital of the North’.

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Antique Guns Stolen From Weller Library In Mohawk

Posted by admin on October 13th, 2011

Antique Guns Stolen From Weller Library In Mohawk

Mohawk Village Historian Lillian Gaherty says it is time the two antique revolvers stolen over the summer from Weller Library Museum were returned.

“Most people don’t know what we have up here, but the most important was the guns, because they have Mohawk imprinted right on it,” Gaherty says.

From Wktv.com:

The two guns were manufactured in the 1870s at Mohawk Manufacturing Company. Gaherty noticed they were gone in July, a month after she last saw them.

“On June 13, I brought everyone that was interested up into the museum and the guns were here that night,” she said.

The guns marked with serial number 41 and 92 were part of only about 100 revolvers made between 1873 and 1878 in Mohawk.

The museum wants them back for the sake of historical preservation and before anyone gets hurt. The revolvers take a .32 caliber cartridge that is hard to find, and if forced with a modern ammunition, the gun could blow up.

“Something like this…it’s just gonna’ stand out like a Model A car going down the street or someone trying to sell one that they stole,” says Mohawk Police Chief Joe Malone.

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Clerks Tied Up in Antique Store Theft

Posted by admin on October 12th, 2011

Clerks Tied Up in Antique Store Theft

The Summerland Antique Cooperative was robbed on Tuesday morning.

Two female employees at the antique store were found bound with duct tape as a single suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and some store merchandise.

From Independent.com:

The two women, both in their twenties, lay bound for nearly half an hour before a customer walked into the store and found them. Neither appears to have suffered any serious injuries. The suspect is described as a black male, 6’2” to 6’4”, muscular build, late twenties to early thirties, wearing a long-sleeve black shirt, and black jeans.

Any information about the case could be shared with Sheriff’s detectives at (805) 681-4150 or the Sheriff’s Anonymous Tip Line at (805) 681-4171.

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Major Collection Of Antique Telephones To Keep Collectors Engaged

Posted by admin on September 23rd, 2011

Major Collection Of Antique Telephones To Keep Collectors Engaged

A large percentage of the world’s population that has never even seen a dial-face telephone would be able to experience the massive collection of antique and vintage phones of the late Bill Daniels.

The Daniels collection has been consigned to Morphy Auctions, where it would be apportioned into three subsequent General Antiques’ auctions.

From Artdaily.org:

One of Bill Daniels’ favorite pieces was his Watts & Co. coffin phone, which gets its name because of its distinctive shape. It is offered in the Oct. 14-15 auction with a $10,000-$20,000 estimate. Other highlights include a Western Electric magneto wall cabinet set, est. $7,000-$10,000; and an American toll 50-cent pay station telephone, est. $5,000-$10,000. Most of the phones in the collection are American, although there are also some examples from England and Japan.

The Friday session will open with more than 70 occupational shaving mugs, a category that has become closely associated with Morphy’s. A mug emblazoned with a merry-go-round is expected to bring $1,200-$1,500. Two mugs with a transportation theme carry a presale estimate of $1,000-$1,500 each. One has a depiction of a mail delivery truck, while the other is illustrated with a racecar.

Approximately 180 lots of antique apothecary items from a Pennsylvania pharmacist and pharmacology professor’s 35-year collection are included in the Friday lineup. The collection includes many “shop” bottles that 19th century pharmacists would have displayed on shelves. Most of them are glass and have labels identifying the medicinal contents by their Latin names. The containers vary in terms of decoration, with some having gold or black labels with fancy trim. Some are colorful, have diagonal labels or other distinctive designs.

The first of these auctions would take place on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, 2011.

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Show To Feature Fine Jewelry And Antiques

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Interested people with an eye on jewelry will have the option this weekend as the Ocean City welcomes the Treasures of the Earth Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show.

The show will come again to the Ocean City Convention Center Sept. 16-18.

From Delmarvanow.com:

Annual Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch ShowFlorida Quartz dealer Rita Albrecht will have several tables making up what she calls an “eclectic booth” at the event.

She and her husband have been traveling up the coast via motor home for more than a dozen years to attend the Ocean City gem show.

“If I didn’t like the show and the people there are other places to go,” Albrecht said.

Georgia gem and mineral dealer Mary Ingram also enjoys the Ocean City event.

More than two dozen vendors will attend this weekend, with merchandise ranging from loose stones to antique jewelry, says Show organizer Barbara Haney.

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