| Records tie Japan to art theft / Italian prosecutors discover link ...
Italian prosecutors have obtained records and photographs that they claim show the head of an international smuggling syndicate that was behind the illegal excavation of antiquities in Italy had dealt with a Japanese antique art dealer, it has been learned. The Italian prosecutors suspected that a number of antiquities housed at some museums or owned by individual collectors in Japan might have been illegally dug up at Italian archaeological sites. The prosecutors named Gianfranco Becchina, an Italian art dealer, as the head of the antiquities smuggling syndicate. One of the prosecutors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Becchina is from Sicily and is suspected to have links with the Mafia. The prosecution searched a warehouse owned by Becchina in Basel, Switzerland, in 2002 and 2005 on suspicion he smuggled illegal items.
MEISSNER’S AUCTION SERVICE
Delivery Service Sign; Porc. M.C.A. Cigar Sign; Porc. Peter Schuyler Cigar Sign; Edgar Arthur Builder Porc. Sign; Tin Dixie Sign; Tin Henry Noord Plumbing Sign; Dbl Sided Antique Sign; etc
Soda Advertising: Tin Canada Dry Sport Cola Sign; Tin “Enjoy Coca Cola" Sq. Sign; Tin We Use Dar Kool Bulk Coolers Sign; Tin Nehi Sign; Porc Hoffman Quality Beverage Sign; Tin “Enjoy Coca Cola" Sign; 1935 Coca Cola Dbl Sided Sign; 1955 48" Coca Cola Button; 1920's Coca Cola Glasscok Cooler; Dr. Pepper Sign; 1960's Coca Cola Sign w/Bottle; Enjoy Coca Cola Sign; 1940's Coca Cola Cardboard; 1950's Coca Cola Santa Cardboard Display; Coca Cola Dispenser; 1950s Coca Cola Soda Machine; Squirt Light Up Clock Sign; 7 Up Menu Board; Tin ‘Lyons Magnus Root Beer Sign; 1949 Tin “Pause, Drink Coca Cola"; Tin Drink Mission Beverage Sign; 1940's Coca Cola Sign; Tin Pepsi Die Cut; Coca Cola Picnic Cooler; Nehi Advertising Light; Coca Cola General Store Light Up Sign; Tin Lg Budweiser Sign; Molson Neon Sign; Pabst Blue Ribbon Sign; Pilsner Lite Beer Pool Table Light; Budweiser Tin Sign; “Cott To Be Good" Tin Sign; Porc Hoffman's Beverage Sign; etc
Thermometers to include: Pepsi Thermometer; Pyro Anti Freeze Thermometer; Coca Cola Round Thermometer; Robertson Coke Bottle Thermometer; Gehl Farm Equipment Thermometer; Case Thermometer; Gehl Tractor VT Thermometer; 1965 Say Pepsi Please Thermometer; etc
Toys: Buddy L Texaco Tanker; Buddy L Coca Cola Truck; Nylint Magnetic Crane; Marx 1949 Friction Dick Tracy Squad Car; Toy Monitor Top Refrigerator; Wind Up Dogs; Lead Soldiers & Cowboys; Wooden Fisher Price Cow Pull Toy; Tin Friction Army Truck; Big Bang Cannon; Texaco Tanker Boat in Box; Wooden Fire Truck; Wooden Ladder Truck; Erector Set; 1950s Schwinn Boys Bike w/Carrier; Murray's Boys Bike w/Balloon Tires; Structo Hook & Ladder Truck; Tonka Hydraulic Hook & Ladder Truck; Marx Pinball Game; Marx Shooting Gallery; Sear's Dragster Peddle Car; AMF Hook & Ladder Peddle Car; Unopened Case of 1998 Hess Miniature Tanker Trucks; Unopened Case of 1999 Hess Miniature Trucks; 250 Watt Lionel Transformer; Lionel Trains & Accessories; etc
Clocks to include: Hallmark Cards Clock; Trico Wiper Blades Clock; Ford V8 Clock; Coca Cola Clock; Philip Morris Clock; Wisconsin Heavy Duty Engine Clock w/Horse; etc
Misc items: National #333 Brass Cash Register; 4 Gum Ball Machines; Old Spark Plugs; NOS Mazda Lamp In Box; Early 1950's Lebanon Valley Speedway Posters; 100 Drwr Metal Parts Cabinet; Life Saver Display; 3 Pommel Barber Shop Mirrors; Child's Barbershop Booster Seat; Dewey Cob Pipe Display; 10 Porc Green & White Gas Station Shades; Weed Tire Chain Display;Vic Country Store Tape Dispenser; Plastic Jeep Sign;
Cans to include: Gargoyle Mobile Oil E Can; Brattleboro Jelly Co.
AUCTION Saturday, Feb 17th (4:30PM)
A great antique auction is planned at our gallery, 6 Wantage Avenue in Branchville, NJ on 2/17 at 4:30PM. Preview will be held on 2/16 from 4:30-6PM & 2/17 from 3PM until the sale start. Check back soon for more details and photos as we unpack. This will be a great sale! See Images!
Partial List:
Furniture: Hampshire House 4 Piece Mah BR Set, Oak 6 Piece Bedroom Set, Cedar Trunks, Pfaff & Singer Commercial Grade Sewing Machines with Loads of Extras, New Oak Pedestal Tables, Kidney Shaped Claw Ball Foot 5 Drawer Desk, Claw Ball Foot Dinner Table (folds up against a wall), etc.
Pottery/Glassware: Copeland Spode's Aster, Hutschenreuther, Krautheim K&A Weisengrund, AK Keizer, Candle Wick, Meissen, Stangl Town & Country Sponge Painted Dinner Set, Napcoware, Jimenau Tea Set (cobalt blue/gold inside), Spode 2/8867 Billingley Rose 1892 Design Soup Set, Crystal Green Cut to Clear 5 pc Tumbler Set, Watt Yelloware, Gien Bowl, LaTournus Art Glass, etc.
TIAS.com the Web's largest online antiques & collectibles mall ...
Garden City, New York - February 5, 2007 - TIAS.com, the Webs largest and oldest online antique & collectibles mall today announced that they have launched a brand new affiliate program that will give Web site owners a unique opportunity to sell antiques and collectibles TIAS on their Web site and make money on each sale. For online content publishers who serve collectors of antiques and collectibles, the new TIAS affiliate program gives them the unique ability to include a search box with their content so that their readers can purchase the items mentioned on their Web site. As an example, a Web site that published stories about collectible pottery, vintage Barbies or antique furniture could include a search box with each story to allow the reader to actually see and buy the items mentioned in their story.
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