| FEBRUARY ESTATE AUCTIONS
The 2007 auction year starts off with four nice Thursday evening specialty and estate auctions. The first sale this month is a nice ephemera sale with plenty of variety of fresh-to-the-market material. The following three sales are three local estate lots from Richmond and Harrisville, NH, and one from Brattleboro, VT, loaded with 19th and 20th Century antiques and accessories. For more info call 1-800-352-5251 or look online at www.knottypineantiques.com.
GENERAL EPHEMERA AUCTION — THURS, FEBRUARY 1st @ 6 PM
We will be selling a nice selection of 19th and 20th Century ephemera, advertising & toys gathered from various local homes & estates to include: historical pamphlets; travel ephemera (maps, guides, brochures, etc); early engravings & prints; Coca Cola collectibles; maps & posters including WWII & Denman Thompson; advertising signs; calendars & tins; auction & sales catalogs; lg quantity of postcards, comic books, toys & games to include tin litho; boxed board games; cast metal & wooden toys; dolls & puzzles; selection of sheet music; LP phonograph records (incl Beatles); selection of photography to include cased images; tintypes; cabinet photos & Vict albums, etc; early newspapers & comic strips; cigar boxes & product packaging; old golf clubs w/bag & other sports memorabilia (cards, signatures, photos, etc); child's blackboard; political buttons & collectibles; snow domes; 19th & 20th Cent correspondence; clothing patterns; lg selection of periodicals (Sat Evening Post, TV Mirror, Sports Illus, Mast, Popular Mechanics, Radio News, Youth's Companion, Life, Science & News, etc); estate books to include novels, nature, juveniles, law, technicals, sm format, books on antiques, etc.
Paul Hagen | Big contracts not enough for some stars
BIG BASEBALL STARS pull down the big bucks. Everybody knows that. But, it seems, once you reach that certain lifestyles-of-the rich-and-famous level, it's all about the perks. Take Padres righthander Greg Maddux. He will make $10 million this year. But he also got the team to throw in a membership to the exclusive Del Mar Country Club. The Giants are willing to add $15.8 million to Barry Bonds' bank account as he tries to become baseball's all-time home run leader. But, just to make sure he's happy, they also agreed to give him five games' use of a luxury suite at AT & T Park, five complimentary box seats at all road games and a suite on the road. Bonds isn't the only headliner to get a suite, either. Maddux gets one. So do Randy Johnson, Gary Sheffield, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez and Eric Gagne, among others.
Meneghini Antique Refrigerators
Although they may have an antique appearance, there is nothing old fashioned about the Meneghini refrigerators. The fridges are produced by Robeys out of materials that range from aged cherry wood to Lebanese cedar and mahogany, with solid brass handles that are sturdy and timelessly beautiful. On top of the stunning finishes, or rather within them, lie ultra-modern interiors, with natural lighting, glass shelves and even appliances (optional), including coffee makers, microwaves, ice makers and even ovens. Appliancist has some apparently exclusive photos of one of the newer models. We don't have an exact price on these units, especially since there is a lot of customization involved, but don't be surprised to see them at upwards of £20,000. Click past the jump to see what types of interiors we would love to see in our fridges: .
SINGLE OWNER ESTATE AUCTION
We will be selling the contents of the estate of Ms. Eliz. Edwards of Manchester, VT Please check next week's paper or our website for full information and lots of photos.
SINGLE OWNER ESTATE AUCTION
SAT. JAN 13 2007 1 PM
SPECIAL SESSION 11 AM
Offering the contents of the Estate of Betsy Edwards, Manchester, VT. Highlights include: Eldred Wheeler cherry secretary; many period stands; selection antique mirrors; English mah. drop front desk; mahogany dining table and chairs; antique beds and dressers; antique lighting; good selection of porcelains including Oriental and English: Herend service for 12; Flow Blue; other transferware; tole trays; Oriental coal bin; pair brass lustres; Fred Millar print; other nice prints including C & I; nice selection candle sticks; please check website for pictures and catalog.
LE POTRAIT DE PETITE COSSETTE (VOL. 1
Her face brings to life a beautiful portrait in an antiques store. Her life itself, however, is one in limbo, unable to rest in peace since she was brutally murdered centuries ago. The horror of her death makes possessing anything belonging to her today a living hell for those who buy whats left of her legacy. And it is straight to hell that Eiri, an employee at the antiques shop where her portrait and belongings remain, will go in this beautifully illustrated manga of Gothic romance published by Tokyopop. LE PORTRAIT DE PETITE COSSETTE is short as series manga goes- being only two volumes- but seems perfectly long enough to explore the themes it does. Readers wanting to read this tale would be best advised to purchase the whole work and read it, if possible, in one sitting to get the full effect of the plot and the hauntingly beautiful images that illustrate it.
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