http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/index.html en-us Copyright 2008 Kovels. All rights Reserved. Kovels Customer Service webmaster@iproduction.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:24:13 GMT Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:24:13 GMT IPS - www.iproduction.com Prices compiled monthly from sales and advertisements. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/buyers_priceguide_gallery/3610-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Q: Can you please tell me what this contraption is? http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/collectors_gallery/3604-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Q: Please tell me something about this coffeepot, which I bought at a yard sale in the 1960s. It is marked on the bottom “Porcelier, Trade Mark, Vitreous China, Made in U.S.A.” http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/collectors_gallery/3605-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Q: I have a beautiful cut glass bowl that measures 5 1/2 by 6 inches. There’s a mark in the middle of the bottom that looks like a “G” or “C” with some sort of symbol. Can you tell me anything about the bowl? http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/collectors_gallery/3606-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Q: Can you give me any information about this Coca-Cola jigsaw puzzle? The box and puzzle are in very good condition. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/collectors_gallery/3607-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS These are marks of some French and Portuguese makers of 19th-century Palissy-type wares. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/dictionary/3608-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Couture Handbags ... Carved Fish ... Obama Campaign Buttons ... European Armoires & Wardrobes ... Palissy Ware and Marks ... Southern Samplers ... On the Road in Fairfield, Maine ... Collector's Gallery ... Prices http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/fullpdfissue/3587-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Famille Rose Bowl ... Crazy Quilts ... Blotters ... Marcasite Jewelry ... Large Collection ... Soda Bottles ... Unusual Museums ... Wicker Hampers ... "Orphan" Salt and Pepper Shakers http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/hotline/3603-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Dear Lee, We have been traveling lately, looking for trends and news at shows, shops, auctions and club events. The International Nippon Collectors Convention was a recent stop. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/lettertolee/3601-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Chain Necklaces ... Medicine Bottles ... Bed Jackets ... Chests of Drawers ... Insurance Policies ... Pyrex http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/newsflash/3600-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS If you’ve never attended a live auction, this article is for you. We went to James Julia’s August auction and are reporting everything—from registering to tracking final sales. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/ontheroad/3602-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Tiny Turkey Toothpick Holder ... Jack Daniel's Shot Glasses http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/reproductions/3609-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Bidders weren’t out to lunch when this 1960s Ken Scott jersey lunch-box purse sold for $122 at a Chicago auction. We unwrap more classy collectible handbags. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3588-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Here’s a whopper, but it’s true! This 19-inch carved wooden brook trout, modeled after a real fish caught in Maine, snagged $4,083 at auction. If you’re angling for more tales about the folk art of fish, we’ll reel you in. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3589-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Whatever your political leanings, you should have picked up a few Barack Obama buttons last year. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3591-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Looking to dress up your bedroom? Add an Austrian neoclassical armoire like this one. It was a bargain, selling for $840 at a Nebraska auction. Check out our article, where we show you several massive European armoires and wardrobes. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3592-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS If color and curious shapes appeal to you, this Portuguese Palissy ware dish sporting a crab, mussels and sea foliage could have been yours for $777. That’s what it sold for at a Dallas auction. Wander into the naturalistic world of 19th-century Palissy ware. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3593-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Girls born in northern states during the first half of the 19th century were more likely than southern girls to make needlework samplers. That makes southern samplers rarer and often more expensive than northern ones. Two southern auctions recently offered a small selection of southern samplers. http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles/36_4/salereports/3590-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS