| Winter Antiques Show Gets Set To Dazzle
On Thursday evening, the Winter Antiques Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory will open to a crowd of collectors and socialites who have paid hundreds of dollars a ticket to get a first look at the objects for sale. The Winter Show, which, along with the International Show, is one of the premier antique shows in New York, exhibits the finest examples of everything from English furniture to American quilts; from antique jewelry to Chinese ceramics, and from medieval sculpture to objets de vertu the French term for beautiful but useless things, like Faberg. "Dealers save their most important pieces for the Winter Antiques Show, so people know they are going to see things they wouldn't see the rest of the year," the show's executive director, Catherine Sweeney Singer, said. "Dealers will say to a client: I have a piece that I know you're going to be interested in, but you need to come to the opening night party to see it.'" The party, sponsored by Elle Decor typically raises over a million dollars for the show's owner, the East Side House Settlement.
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.
Love of Hummel delays retirement
When John Hobe and his late wife took over a small collectibles store, they hoped it would augment their furniture-importing business. But it quickly became their main passion, and 35 years later, Hobe is still selling M.I. Hummel figurines and other collectibles at the Artisan Home of Opa's Hummel Haus. Customers come from around the Valley and state, and the store also ships hard-to-find merchandise to Europe, Canada and elsewhere. Hobe said Hummels have a timeless appeal. "They're childlike. I think people look at them and get memories of when they were children," he said. .
RELIGION BRIEFS
Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group: 2:30-4 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church, 2727 E. Main St., Richmond, IN. Confidential emotional support and practical assistance. Meets first and third Wednesday of every month. Info: (765) 966-5682 (800) 272-3900 Entertainment: Jan. 13 at Solid Rock Cafe, Richmond, IN. Gene Webb Info: Tom (765) 993-9500 .
That warm feeling in Lakeland
LAKELAND, Fla. -- In winter, the grass grows in uneven tufts on the diamond at Joker Marchant Stadium. The blue-and-orange Tigers logo atop the dugout needs painting. On an unusually steamy January morning, my footsteps whisper there, empty and wistful. .
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