Innholdsfortegnelse for May 15, 2021 i Kovels Antique Trader

Like all good ideas, this one started at a kitchen table. Only Tom Johnson’s kitchen table was filled with his mother’s Franciscan Starburst and Red Rooster Metlox Poppytrail dinnerware. Johnson was just a kid when the idea took root. He had no way of knowing where all those kitchen table meals on splashy dishes that captured his imagination would take him, but they were certainly shaping his future – a wildly fun and brightly colored future filled with mid-century flair. It didn’t hurt that his grandmother had Holt-Howard ceramic roosters – a flock he would inherit one day – and a fantastic spaghetti poodles collection. That kind of stuff sticks with a kid like, well, spaghetti tossed on a wall. Turns out, the spaghetti poodles sealed the deal, so much…

VINELAND, N.J. – A highly coveted cast-iron bank not only was the top lot in a recent auction of a prestigious collection, but the sale price set a record. One of the most highly prized auction acquisitions, the pristine to near-mint J & E Stevens Girl Skipping Rope cast-iron mechanical bank sold for $156,000 against a $70,000-$100,000 estimate. The sale was part one of the Aaron and Abby Schroeder mechanical bank and toy collection, and that and other offerings pushed results to $3.1 million at Bertoia in March. Bertoia noted that as early as January, antique toy enthusiasts who knew of the extraordinary collection’s reputation were calling to make appointments for private previews at its New Jersey gallery. Bertoia said the quality, rarity and importance of the Schroeder collection is…

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 July 23-24, 2021, Prescott Valley. Prescott Antique Show & Vintage Market, Findlay Toyota Center, 3201 N. Main St., Prescott Valley, Arizona. Featuring antiques, retro items, weird stuff and cool junk. SH: Friday early bird $15, 3-6pm; early bird ticket is good for free admission on Saturday. Saturday general admission $5, 4-8pm. Children under 12 are free. For dealer and show info: email prescottantiquesshow@gmail.com or visit www.prescottantiqueshow.com or see them on facebook or Instagram. CALIFORNIA Ongoing: every first Sunday of the month, Alameda.…

THANK GOODNESS FOR RICHARD NIXON. Now those are five words I never thought I’d say. And because I just did, my dyed-in-the-wool, United Paperworkers’ International Union card-carrying, straight-party-voting, Democrat of a dad is rolling in his grave. Sorry Pops, but it’s true. If Nixon hadn’t thumped Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election, Ted Hake and his wonderfully fun, pop-culture-oriented Hake’s Auctions might never had brightened our collecting days. Probably. It’s as if a killer asteroid was whizzing toward Earth, threatening our very existence, and at the last possible moment it zigged instead of zagged and we were saved. It was just that close. You’ll read more about Hake and our spectacular good fortune in this Special Double Issue where we turn the focus on some of the Legends of…

CHICAGO — Potter & Potter, the Midwest’s premier magicana and gambling auction house, has expanded to a new and more spacious, flexible, and easily accessible location. The new building — once home to a caramel apple company — is at 5001 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago, which the company said adds great efficiencies to operations, provides a sizable gallery for merchandise displays, and features a comfortable and welcoming area for live auctions. The new 15,000-square-foot brick structure, originally built in 1961, is one-story tall and includes 18 parking spaces. The company’s contact information, including phone and fax numbers and email address remains the same. “This new location is a win-win for Potter & Potter Auctions as well as its customers and consignors. Ideally configured for high-volume transactions, auction items will…

There’s no sense sugar-coating it. As a child of the ’80s, Mark Bellomo (pictured above) describes himself as an introverted, bespectacled, 98-lb. (soaking wet), Dungeons & Dragons-playing, action-gure-collecting, comic book-reading, dyed-in-the-wool nerd. No matter, because according to the Good Book (as written by Stan Lee, naturally), the geeks shall inherit the Earth. And Bellomo has certainly done just that. Over the past twenty years or so, Bellomo has forged a reputation as one of the leading toy experts in the world, writing definitive books on three of the most iconic and important toy lines ever created: Star Wars, Transformers and G.I. Joe. He also served as Consulting Producer in the three-season Netflix documentary The Toys That Made Us, created by Brian Volk-Weiss. Volk-Weiss, a prominent film and TV director and…

Since 1935, there have been several changes in the trademarks on M.I. Hummel items. In later years of production, each new trademark design merely replaced the old one, but in the earlier years, frequently the new design trademark would be placed on a figurine that already bore the older style trademark. In some cases, a change from an incised trademark to a surface stamped version of the same mark would result in both appearing on the figure. The former represents a transition period from older to newer, and the latter resulted in what are called “Double Crown.” This section is meant to give you an illustrated guide to the major trademarks and their evolution to the trademark presently used on M.I. Hummel items. Many subtle differences will not be covered…

Artfact Live Auctions, www.Artfact.com/ LiveAuctions, the online marketplace for premier art, antiques, collectibles, and estate auctions worldwide. DealersMarketUSA.com, www.DealersMarketUSA.com, Buy & Sell art and antiques. Sundays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only Comics Auction, www.ha.com/comics, 6pm CT. Sundays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only Comics Auction, www.ha.com/comics, 6pm CT. Sundays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only Movie Poster Auction, www.ha.com/Posters, 6pm CT. Sundays & Tuesdays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only US Coin Auction, www.ha.com/Coins, 7pm CT. Tuesdays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only Currency Auction, www.ha.com/Currency, 7pm CT. Thursdays. Heritage Weekly Internet-Only Nature & Science Auction, www.ha.com/NatureAndScience,10pm CT. Thursdays. Heritage Weekly Internet-only World Coins Auction, www.ha.com/WorldCoins, 8pm CT First Thursday of each month. Heritage Monthly Internet-Only Wine Auction, www.ha.com/Wine,10pm CT. Last Sunday of each month. Heritage Monthly Internet-Only World Coin Auction, www.ha.com/ WorldCoins, 8pm CT.…

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ offerings for its May 7 American Art Signature Auction reads like a history and love letter to the men and women artists who have defined and defied the American landscape for centuries. The more than 190 works, including one by Norman Rockwell that has not been made public for more than a century, are by other such names as Albert Bierstadt, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Moran, Thomas Hart Benton and Grandma Moses, and offer a journey across myriad landscapes and experiences, through time and space, from roiling seas to snowy plains, from the playful to the poignant. Collectors will find the makers of mountains and seasides, masters of magazine illustration, visual storytellers who reflect and recount, sculptors of powerful beasts, the painters of the people who have…

Naturally, Ted Hake didn’t start out striving to be the Father of Pop-Culture Collecting, even though that’s clearly where he stands on the Mount Rushmore of Collectibles. No, Hake’s first foray into the field was far more traditional. A lifelong fascination with collecting started with a blue Whitman coin folder his parents got him when he was no bigger than a hiccup. Little did they realize what they were unleashing on the world. As a kid, Hake, now 77, chased down coins at Larry T. Henry’s shop on Market Street in downtown York, Pennsylvania, where he grew up, with the enthusiasm and purpose of the newly converted. He even discovered a coveted 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent, a rare penny long considered the holy grail of coin collectors. But it wasn’t…

Following Prince Philip’s death on April 9, Queen Elizabeth II entered an official eight-day mourning period for her beloved husband of 73 years. At his funeral on April 17, she accessorized her all-black ensemble with a large diamond-and-pearl brooch that has sentimental and special significance for her. Known as the Richmond brooch, the chrysanthemum-shaped piece originally belonged to her grandmother, Queen Mary. According to Express UK, the symbolic jewelry was gifted to Mary as a wedding present in 1893 by the town of Richmond, where her family had lived for two decades, and she wore it on her honeymoon. Queen Elizabeth has worn it to many formal engagements over the years with Prince Philip, including military remembrance events to honor people who have lived a life of service, much like…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The 32nd Morgantown Glass Collectors Guild Convention and Glass Show is scheduled for June 5 and 6 at the VFW Center in Morgantown, West Virginia. The featured display will be “The President’s House” handmade lead crystal collection, which was produced by the Morgantown Glass Co. at the request of former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Also on display will be a limited-edition Jacqueline Kennedy doll produced by the Franklin Mint. The show will also feature some of the nation’s premier glass dealers from around the country, and guest speakers will include Helen and Bob Jones, who are involved with the West Virginia Glass Museum and will discuss West Virginia glass. The President’s House line of crystal, #7780, came in 15 different stems, a footed iced tea, two…

1950 Ralph and Terry (Horvitz) are married. Honeymooning in Bermuda, they are captivated by the pottery and porcelain they see in antiques shops, giving rise to both their collecting passion and their frst book. 1953 Dictionary of Marks – Pottery and Porcelain by Ralph and Terry Kovel is published by Crown. That one title positions the Kovels as “experts” and launches an amazing career. The title had 42 printings. 1954 The Kovels’ weekly newspaper column, “Know Your Antiques,” begins in the Cleveland Press, the city’s evening newspaper. It remains in syndication. 1961 Ralph and Terry Kovel appear on daytime television talk show, The Mike Douglas Show. Fellow guest Zsa Zsa Gabor tells the Kovels, “Daahlings, I only collect jewelry. “ 1968 The Complete Antiques Price List, the Kovels’ first price…