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Antiques & Collecting Newsletter 9/01/07
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Ron McCoy
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Antiques & Collecting Newsletter
Volume 12, Number 4
September 1, 2007
Ron McCoy, editor [ro-@collectingbuzz.com]
http://collectingbuzz.com
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latest antique/collectible news, trends, interesting tidbits and
spotlights of interesting websites, particularly unusual corners of the
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(¯`·.¸¸.-> IN THIS ISSUE
RADIO WAVES OF THE PAST
FENTON ART GLASS CLOSING DOORS
CLUB DIRECTORY
PRESIDENTIAL $1 COINS
THE POP IN POP CULTURE
ELVIS HONEYMOON HIDEAWAY
BOND'S BASEBALL AT AUCTION
LIVING IN AMERICA
POPCORN MUSEUM
BRICKS FOR SALE FROM 'SOPRANOS' SET
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RADIO WAVES OF THE PAST
http://www.noveltyradio.com/collect.html
Before the IPod, the portable CD player, and satellite radio, there was
the wonderful, and frequently wacky, transistor radio. And, as with
anything wonderful and wacky, there are plenty of people who collect
them. Gary Arnold is one of those collectors, and he's provided the rest
of us the pleasure of viewing his accumulation on his virtual museum.
Who knew there were transistor radios in the form of Dick Tracy's wrist
radio, a gold turtle wearing a hat, a radio-on-a-rope, a windmill, a
golf cart, Darth Vader, Bugs Bunny, McDonald's french fries, and on and
on and on. Arnold's collection also warrants a full page devoted to
toilet-shaped transistor radios, and of course dozens and dozens of Coca
Cola themed radios. Although there's not much on the site that explains
the transistor phenomenon, just looking at the pictures is worthwhile
and most entertaining. Arnold also has some "for sale" items, so if
you're thinking of starting a collection yourself, this is a good place
to begin.
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FENTON ART GLASS CLOSING DOORS
http://www.fentonartglass.com/press_release.htm
More than a century of glass production is drawing to a close with the
announcement that Fenton Art Glass Company in Williamstown, WV is going
out of business. Company president George Fenton blamed foreign
competition and rising natural-gas prices. Fenton announced last month
that the 102-year-old company will immediately lay off 25 of its 150
employees and cease taking orders at the end of the month. Glassmaking
operations will end in September and the company expects to close by the
end of October. The Fenton Gift Shop will remain open. Tentative plans
call for creating a glassmaking exhibit.
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CLUB DIRECTORY
http://tias.com/cgi-bin/clubs.cgi
Our friends at tias.com offer a free directory of collector clubs &
organizations related to antiques and collectibles. The directory
contains nearly 2100 detailed listings in a searchable format and gives
collectors a powerful tool to find the clubs that serve them. Search by
name, website name, type or description.
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PRESIDENTIAL $1 COINS
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin
Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first
president. After that, things get tricky. The United States Mint hopes
its new president's dollar coin series, introduced in order that they
served, will help refresh some hazy memories about the names of Adams,
Jefferson and the rest. The Jefferson dollar, introduced last month,
follows the Washington coin, which was introduced in February, and the
John Adams coin, introduced in May. The coin honoring James Madison will
enter circulation on November 15, and four more of the nation's
presidents will be honored every year in the order they served in the
White House. The Mint is hoping to keep interest high and avoid the
famous flops of two previous dollar coins -- the Susan B. Anthony (1979)
and the Sacagawea (2000). To bolster the coin program's educational
aspect, the Mint has developed and offers free lesson plans on its
website for use by parents and teachers.
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THE POP IN POP CULTURE
http://www.woccatlanta.com
The NEW World of CocaCola in Atlanta is the only place where visitors
can explore the complete story—past, present and future—of the world's
best-known brand. For over 120 years, they've been putting their secret
formula into bottles. Now, they've put it all in one place. Take a
virtual tour at the above website.
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ELVIS HONEYMOON HIDEAWAY
http://www.elvishoneymoon.com
Reno and Laura Fontana bought the Palm Springs, California former home
of Elvis and Priscilla Presley site unseen last November. These Elvis
fans want to give Graceland a run for the money by refurbishing the
King's old desert home, now dubbed "Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway," as a
tourist attraction. When first built, Look Magazine splashed the
dwelling on a 1962 cover and proclaimed it "The House of Tomorrow." The
mid-century home, a real icon of swinging '60s modernism, has five
bedrooms and seven bathrooms, with a sunken tub and a pool. The
Presley's bought the home and lived there part-time with their daughter
Lisa Marie. Right now, there's not much to see in the unfurnished home
but Fontana plans to decorate it in elaborate Elvis style and build a
chapel, banquet hall and recording studio to attract weddings and
recording business.
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BOND'S BASEBALL AT AUCTION
http://www.scpauctions.com
The owner of the baseball Barry Bonds hit to break Hank Aaron’s all-time
Major League record selected Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions to sell the ball in
an online auction which began August 28. A conservative estimate of the
value of the ball (#756) is around a half-million dollars, perhaps half
of what it could bring due to steroid allegations surrounding Bonds. The
21-year-old fan who caught the ball was courted by most every major
auction house in the country to let them hold the auction. eBay even
posted this open letter to him on its website: "Dear Mr. Murphy, We want
the opportunity to bid on the ball. Yours truly, the eBay community."
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LIVING IN AMERICA
http://www.nmajh.org
From 40 items three decades ago, the National Museum of American Jewish
History has grown to more than 20,000 artifacts such as documents,
artwork, clothing and ritual objects. Currently on view is food and its
practices in a range of settings: in the kitchen, during celebrations,
at the deli. The NMAJH, the only museum in the country that focuses
exclusively on the history of Jews in the U.S., is situated on
Philadelphia's Independence Mall. It shares its space with the historic
Congregation Mikveh Israel, one of the first Jewish congregations in the
country.
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POPCORN MUSEUM
http://wyandotpopcornmus.com
The latest entry in the "There's A Museum For Everything" department is
the Wyandot Popcorn Museum, which exists in the central Ohio town of
Marion, home of the Marion Popcorn Festival. Although at first blush it
might seem that there isn't much to show off in the world of popped
corn, a visit to the museum's website will reveal a great number of
interesting and often beautiful antique popcorn machines in the Wyandot
collection, as well as other paraphernalia related to the growing and
producing of popped corn. And if you've never thought about the fact
that early popcorn machines were run on wood burning, steam, or gas
ovens, it will all be explained to you here. Peanut roasters are also
featured in the museum and on the site. A few minutes perusing the site
will have you imagining that you're smelling popcorn and peanuts, so
undoubtedly a trip to the Ohio museum will leave you drooling and
wishing the circus was in town.
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BRICKS FOR SALE FROM 'SOPRANOS' SET
http://www.porkstone.com
The meats and sandwiches are long gone, but fans of HBO's "Sopranos" can
comfort themselves with some of the bricks that made up the white stone
facade of the fictional Satriale's Pork Store, one of Tony Soprano &
Co.'s favorite hangouts. The owner of the building in Kearny, New Jersey
is selling the bricks online before the structure is demolished next
month. A condominium complex named The Soprano will be built on the
site. Building owner Manny Costeira said the 2,000 bricks will sell for
$25 to $50 apiece, and will include a serial number and certificate of
authentication. The building never actually was a pork store at all --
it was just a vacant building that once housed an auto parts store until
the show's set designers found it.
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Boxes, New York Yankees, Music Boxes, Frankoma Pottery, Hand Fans and
more.
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