Innholdsfortegnelse for December 16, 2020 i Kovels Antique Trader

I met my first professional Santa Claus three years ago in New Mexico, where I was photographing cowboys, gunslingers, snake handler and Civil War-era re actors. One subject made a convincing 1860s Union soldier, complete with authentic costume and rifle musket. After we had completed the shoot, he asked if he could show me a very different character that he portrayed. I agreed, and he returned fifteen minutes later as Santa Claus. Shortly after that, I saw a news story about the Charles W. Howard Santa School, the oldest Santa training program in the nation. This idea — that there is an actual school for Santas — was a new one to me, but I was immediately intrigued by the seriousness with which the school’s students pursued the art and…

as COVID-19 continues to isolate the world, people are turning to a trusted friend for comfort: The iconic teddy bear is flying off store displays and attic shelves, as more collectors stampede to enhance their stash, ensuring a daily hug from their furry friends. “Collecting teddy bears is no longer child’s play, as more adults are hugging and clutching their teddy bears to relieve stress and depression from the ongoing social distancing mandates in place to protect cities and towns from the deadly virus,’’ said Ellen King of King Antiques in Hilliards, Pennsylvania. “I have my bears all over the house and each one reminds me of a special moment in my life and the lives of my children.’’ While many businesses have been shuttered during the pandemic, the craftsmen…

NEW ORLEANS — Designer and antiques dealer Tara Shaw, a respected supplier of French and other European antiques for A-listers, is giving tips to collectors for how to decorate with antiques. In her hew book, Soul of the Home, Shaw helps readers understand how to select the best antiques and how to use them in a variety of decor schemes, and her distinctive vision offers a modern take on using antiques in interior design. “Antiques show their age and history, blemishes and all. That kind of imperfection is a lovely thing to live with because it’s so forgiving. It’s just what I want to come home to,” Shaw says. Chapters present never-before-published spaces from her portfolio and reveal her favorite antique-hunting spots. Anecdotes from years of treasure hunting are accompanied…

CONSIDER THE WORD LAP – noun, verb, friend. It’s no coincidence that lap spelled backwards is pal. Lap is one of the most helpful and versatile words in the English language. Good fortune smiling upon you? Then you can live in the lap of luxury. Getting a bit flabby? Head to the pool and swim some laps. Feeling jubilant? Take a victory lap. Maybe you’ve had a tough day. Forget about it. Kick back and watch the ocean waves lap against the white-sand beach of Maui’s Kapalua Bay. Ahhh. Or maybe you simply have too many problems to count? No problem! Just dump all those worries into someone else’s lap and call it a day. Yes indeed, our friend lap is here to save the day. Only there’s one problem…

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 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. ARIZONA Through Dec 27, 2020 Scottsdale. Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market is excited to announce…

Last summer, facing the threat of canceling its annual convention because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Antique Advertising Association of America (AAAA) decided to make a bold move. Instead of disappointing its membership, the group decided to challenge it – by offering a virtual convention. Sure, there were concerns that senior members of the group wouldn’t be interested in an online, Zoom-based get-together. But, as it turned out, those concerns were misplaced. Instead of frightening off members, what convention organizer Paul Lefkovitz discovered was just the opposite: the virtual convention reinvigorated the club. “We were pleasantly surprised,” Lefkovitz said. “We had good participation and we were floored by the response we received. It has engaged our base in a much fuller way. And a lot of people who thought they…

DALLAS – Charles Schulz began his Peanuts syndicated comic strip on October 2, 1950. During its nearly 18,000-strip, 50-year run, no character captured our imagination like Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s loyal and imaginative beagle. At its peak, Peanuts was syndicated in 75 countries, translated into 21 languages and had a total readership of 355 million. Snoopy became one of the most recognizable and iconic comic strip characters of all time. Just how iconic was illustrated recently when an earliest-days Peanuts comic strip featuring Snoopy and dated November 17, 1950, sold for $192,000 at Heritage Auctions – a record price for a Peanuts daily comic strip. The strip is the 40th Peanuts daily to appear and features Snoopy along with another Peanuts character named Shermy. Coming just weeks after the debut of…

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Some believe that the true magic of the holiday season can be found in the family Christmas tree, which can create as many memories as the gifts found underneath it. Ornaments that decorated yesterday’s trees continue to create holiday traditions for today’s families, and for many, this tradition includes glass orbs hanging from branches in bright, shiny colors and sparkly patterns. These colorful glass ornaments are synonymous with American Christmases and chances are the ones used in your family for years are by Shiny Brite, a brand created by German-American immigrant Max Eckardt. Blown-glass Christmas ornaments with hand-painted accents got their start in the German village of Lauscha in the 1840s; they were made in the shape of fruit and nuts that were hand-blown into molds, and then silvered inside…