Innholdsfortegnelse for June 17 2020 i Kovels Antique Trader

WILLIE SHOEMAKER WAS always tiny. He weighed 38 ounces when he was born. He was so small at birth he was put in a shoebox and placed in an oven to stay warm. Fully grown he stood 4 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 91 pounds. Wilt Chamberlain was always gigantic. One of nine kids in his Philadelphia family, Chamberlain was 6 feet 10 inches tall when he turned 10. He would grow to be 7 feet 1 inch and weigh 300 pounds. Two men could hardly be more different, and yet so similar. Shoemaker became one of the greatest jockeys in horse racing history, winning more than 8,800 races in his 41-year career. Chamberlain became one of the greatest basketball players of all time, once scoring 100 points in…

This Father’s Day forget the goofy tie and customized golf balls. What Dad really needs is a summer of sun, surf and sand. Show up with any of the following and dear old Dad will be stoked. Or you could just give him a card and risk your inheritance. Your call, dude.…

NEGRAR DI VALPOLICELLA, Italy — After decades of searching, archaeologists discovered the ultimate treasure: A Roman mosaic floor under a vineyard in northern Italy. The mosaic floor from the third century (A.D. 200s) is a find historians are calling “this year’s biggest discovery.” The remarkably well-preserved and ornate flooring design is part of the remains of a Roman villa, first found back in 1922. The most recent discovery was made after “decades of failed attempts” by archaeologists to access the remains, according to a Facebook post by the town of Negrar di Valpolicella on May 26. Last summer, a team with the Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Verona resumed excavation of the site, then returned in October 2019 and February of this year. They were forced out…

László Willinger’s task was simple: Make the beautiful people look even more so. Such was the life of a photographer of the stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. If you were a star in the golden era – or you dreamed of becoming one – you were photographed by Willinger. Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman, John Barrymore, Rosalind Russell and countless others were photographed by Willinger. Willinger, who died in 1989 at 83, considered Gable, Crawford and Vivien Leigh his favorite subjects. “They knew what was expected of them,” he said in one interview. “These stars not only cooperated, they were eager. Some actors didn’t understand this, and you never heard from them again.” Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1906, Willinger learned photography from…

Butter sculptures are common attractions at state fairs, especially in the Midwest, and with June being National Dairy Month, we’re celebrating the first superstar of butter sculpting: Caroline S. Brooks. Butter as a sculpting medium can be traced back to “banquet art,” a tradition most associated with the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It was a way of bringing entertainment to the table for special occasions and to impres guests. The earliest reference to the practice dates from 1536 and details the creations of Pope Pius V’s cook, including an elephant and a tableau of Hercules engaged in combat with a lion. In the 18th and 19th centuries, dairy farmers expressed their creativity through creamery by pressing their butter into butter molds, usually carved from wood, to add panache to their…

To list your antiques-related event (show, auction, convention, etc.) for free in Antique Trader, send event information (date, location, contact information, times) at least six weeks in advance to: AT Calendars, C/O Antique Trader Editors, 5225 Joerns Dr., Suite 2, Stevens Point, WI 54481 OR email to ATNews@aimmedia.com. Listings will be included on a space available basis. Antique Trader assumes no responsibility for any show not listed. EDITOR’S NOTE: The cancelations or postponements that we have received are marked with asterisks. Be sure to check if events you are interested in are still on before you go. We will be updating this calendar and the one online as we receive official notification of any cancelations/postponements. ARKANSAS Ongoing, Rogers. Outside the Box NWA, 1225 W Hudson Rd., Rogers, AR 72756; 479-631-8974;…

Most people know Leonard Lauder as a billionaire businessman and heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics fortune. He has been honored as a passionate philanthropist and his Cubist art collection gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art – valued at more than $1 billion – constitutes one of largest donations to the museum in history. Lauder also loves postcards. At 87, he’s the oldest member of the Metropolitan Postcard Club in New York City, having been active in the Club since he was a teenager. “You’re quite right. I think I am the longest living member of the Club — and hope to continue to be the longest living member of the Club. So, here’s my story.” I have been a collector of picture postcards since childhood. Between 1938 and…

From a Paul Evans’ sculpture cabinet and outstanding example of a petroleum sign to a mechanical bank and stoneware water cooler that came close to breaking a record, these lots earned top honors at recent May auctions, with many selling way above estimates.…