Antiques Newsletter Archives – February 16, 2007 features articles about the History and Return of the Antique Game Table; The Fredericksburg
Big Flea; a Record Auction Price for an Edward Hicks Painting; Bar Cabinets are back in Vogue and a new book, Memoirs of a Fashion
Jewelry Manufacturer. Antiques Newsletter Archives – February 16, 2007 also highlights upcoming antiques shows & flea markets,
antiques auctions and Estate & Tag Sales. Northern Virginia Antiques is the mid-eastern
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vintage & antique game tables - back in style
In the good old 1950’s, no home was complete without a table with four matching chairs in the family room or den, where we could all sit around and play games. Whether it was board games like Monopoly or card games, family and friends gathered around and had a good time. Of course, this was all before the advent and meteoric sales of radios and televisions. Although the 1950’s was a good time for the game table, their beginnings go a lot further than that.
Fast forward to 2007 and there is now resurgence in the popularity of the game table. Probably because Americans are spending more on finishing their basements and creating elaborate game rooms in their homes. Game tables are now available not only at the local antique shop or flea market, but reproductions are popping up everywhere. Checking the Internet we saw small game tables for just over $300 to more elaborate game tables going for thousands of dollars.
In the 18th century, most homes had a game table made for the family room or living room. The most basic of models featured a top that opened and spun to form a square table, however many more game tables were elaborately made using the best and most exotic woods and many were ornately designed. Later models even featured many trimmings including wells for gaming chips and or holders for drinks. However, in the 1900’s game tables lost their popularity.
UPCOMING ANTIQUES SHOWS & FLEA MARKETS
NOVA-Antiques.com & The NOVA-Antiques.com Newsletter provide and extensive list of upcoming antiques flea markets and shows.
fredericksburg big flea - fredericksburg, virginia
Most of us are familiar with the Granddaddy of all Antique Flea Markets, DC Big
Flea in
However, we were thoroughly surprised when we arrived and found the aisles crammed with shoppers. The building itself, which opened in January 2006, is new, spacious and very elegant. The staff was very helpful and best of all we found some really good bargains. We are hoping that D’Amore plans more of these markets in the coming year.
DUMB MIKEY
Mikey decided to move out to a farm. He didn't get many visitors, so I went to see him...when I got there, he was standing stiff as a board, out in the middle of the cow paddock. I yelled out to him, and asked what he was doing standing out there all still and straight. He replied that he was trying to win a Noble Peace prize. I said, "Well, that's great, but what are you doing in the paddock?" He replied, "I was reading the newspaper, and it said all you had to do to win the Noble Peace prize was to be outstanding in your field."
record auction price for edward hicks - pennsylvania folk artist
vintage & antique bar cabinets in vogue too
Another piece of furniture making resurgence as of late is the liquor bar cabinet that had its original glory days during the Art Deco era. Like game tables, there are certain reasons these bar cabinets are coming back into prominence. One may be that people are spending more to upgrade their playrooms and another may be that there has been a huge increase in the amount of wine being consumed by Americans. In either case, the cabinets that were out of style are now in vogue.
Bar cabinets were made in all sorts sizes, from elaborate pieces of art, to the most simplistic function pieces of furniture. Some things they all had in common however were a place to store liquor bottles and a flat surface to hold an ice bucket and glasses
or goblets, while you mixed or poured drinks. The bar cabinets nowadays can range in many different price ranges depending on
the type and elaborateness. I recently saw an Art Deco bar cabinet being sold for a mere $100 on Craigslist. Too bad it
was in
new book - memoirs of a fashion jewelry manufacturer
DeLizza & Elster was a costume jewelry manufacturer for more than 40 years. This was a company well-known to insiders but not the general public. Their name was the name behind many companies selling costume jewelry from 1947-1990, and includes a company they created for retail sales, Juliana Jewelry.
UPCOMING estate & tag sales . . .
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