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From the Editor
THANKS
FOR THE
MEMORIES
A mother’s list revisited 20 years later
The white piece of paper has yellowed over the years and the
scribbled black-ink thoughts are faded, with only the slightest
hint of readability remaining. No worries. I have read and re-
read these lines so many times they remain as indelible as a
tattoo.
And in many ways, they are just that. A heart tattoo.
Mom’s Survival Guide. That’s what I wrote at the top of the
paper when I jotted these thoughts down twenty years ago in
order to … well … survive.
My mother had just died. It wasn’t sudden or unexpected.
Unlike a bolt of lightning, it was more like a photograph left out
in the sun. Strokes don’t work their bad intentions quickly. Over
time, little by little, my mother faded away.
And for the first time in my life I was left speechless, un-
able to put into words what her death meant. Or even how I felt.
For someone who makes his living with words, who leans on
them for support, for understanding, for escape, that was a scary
proposition. I was uncomfortably numb.
So instead of searching for my words, I remembered hers.
Not all of them, just enough to get me through. Maybe that
was her plan all along: give him just enough advice to make
it through. Too much and there’s a good chance I would have
stopped paying attention. But given the basics, the ground rules,
maybe I could figure out the rest on my own.
So I have, but not without numerous refresher courses.
A while back, a reader suggested to me that memories, the
good ones anyway, are like antiques. We cherish them and we
keep them close, doing our best to preserve them. Then we share
them so they have a life beyond our own.
I like that. I’ve been carrying these memories for a long time
now. It’s time to share.
So, in honor of my mom, who left us twenty years ago al-
most to the day, a small woman, no bigger than a hiccup, but
with a heart as big as a school bus, some simple advice for life.
“Many hands make light work.”
My mother grew up in a big farm family during the Depression.
Once married, she oversaw a big family of her own. Five kids.
There were lots of hands around, but not always willing to work.
She gently set us straight. My sister once quoted Mom to co-
workers. They thought it brilliant. Well of course. Now get busy.
When your mom puts it on the line, you best pay attention.
“Patience is a virtue” and its sister
“All good things come to those who wait.”
I know these two are not original to my mother, but she must
have gotten the rights to them cheaply because I heard them
often. She had the patience of a saint. It’s the only way she could
have survived my four older siblings. By the time I showed up,
all hope was lost.
“This too shall pass.”
Another biblical reference, and one Mom said to me many,
many times, usually in concert with a hug or a gentle squeeze of
the hand. And she was right. The broken heart mends; the tough
times ease; the pain subsides.
“Sweet dreams.”
This tuck-you-in-bed wish was as comforting as a quilt. What
a wonderful and hopeful thing to tell a loved one at nighttime.
When I hear it, I think of footed pajamas.
“Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
I often wondered how this was supposed to make me feel better
about going to sleep. Bed bugs?!! Biting?!! If a hotel manager
says this to you at check-in you immediately reverse course and
skedaddle. Yet the same exact words from her were calming and
oddly reassuring. I was a kid. What did I know?
And finally, some common sense.
“Take a jacket. You can always take it oĞ if you get warm
but if you don’t have it you can’t put it on if you get cold.”
St. Paul Catholic School picnic. It’s May. Sixth grade seems
about right. I’m running late — big surprise — and Mom is
distracting me by making sense, handing me a jacket, even as
I am scooting out the door. Today, jackets of all kinds are my
kryptonite, my greatest weakness. There is something about
them I can’t resist. Thanks Mom.
That’s it. That’s all I jotted down. It’s enough.
Tonight, as you slip into bed, dust off your memories of loved
ones past and present. Hold them tight. Feel their warmth. In the
morning you can share. But for now … sweet dreams.
pkennedy@aimmedia.com
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Show Preview

WADA show salutes

Patriotic Americana
BY  DEBBIE MCARDLE arships as well as grants to Wisconsin his-
torical and heritage groups. A $1 discount

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op collectors will share their best coupon for admission to the show is avail-
and most unusual red, white and able with any ad or at WADA’s website.
blue at the Wisconsin Antiques Tickets are also available at the door.
Dealers Association’s 70th fall The Waukesha County Expo Center’s
show and sale. Forum Building is at 1000 Northview
“Patriotic Americana” is a special Road, Waukesha, WI 53188.
exhibit for attendees of the event at the For more information, visit www.
Waukesha County Expo Center in sub- WisconsinAntiquesDealers.com
urban Milwaukee, Friday and Saturday,
October 1-2. RIGHT: A stack of tin litho toy drums
After a 20-month hiatus, 56 antiques with stars and stripes, battle scenes
dealers from nine states are finally re- and soldiers creates an interesting
turning to the show to see their loyal cus- display.
tomers. In addition to WADA member
exhibitors, there will be a record number BELOW: A collection of colorful red,
of non-member participants — some white and blue makes a patriotic
from Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, statement all year long.
Indiana, Missouri, Michigan and Minne-
sota — who rarely exhibit in Wisconsin.
Collectors can wander the show’s
three large rooms providing spacious
aisles and booths to find a wide variety
of affordable and authentic antique offer-
ings all indoors, under one roof.
Merchandise spanning three centu-
ries, from vintage holiday to jewelry to
antique cupboards, can be found at af-
fordable prices.
The event will also feature a catered
lunch during all show hours. Plenty of
indoor seating will also be available and a
traditional Wisconsin fish fry will return
late Friday afternoon and evening, so
bring your appetite.
Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday, Central Time.
There will also be a sneak peek on
Thursday, September 30, and a photogra-
pher will post pictures taken during the
set up. Check WADA’s website, www.
WisconsinAntiquesDealers.com, and the
group’s Facebook page for these photos.
The Wisconsin Antiques Dealers As-
sociation is a non-profit organization that
produces two antiques shows annually.
An admission of $7 funds college schol-

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One of many Tiffany Studios’ pieces offered at the auction is this leaded and acid-etched glass window, ‘Gabriel Blowing
His Horn,’ circa 1916. The window depicts Gabriel, the archangel who announced to the Virgin Mary that she had
been chosen to bear the Son of God, in a woodland and water landscape; 47” x 43-1/2” (excluding frame).
Estimate: $70,000-$90,000.

Fontaine’s offering fine, decorative arts

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fontaine’s Auc-
tion Gallery will present an important
Fine & Decorative Arts auction on Sat-
urday, September 25. The 485 lots feature
19th and 20th century pieces, including
many by Tiffany, along with lighting, art
glass, leaded glass windows, fine silver,
timepieces, marble and bronze statuary,
and American and European furniture.
The online auction starts at 11
a.m. EST and bidding is available
by phone, absentee and internet at
fontainesauction.com and LiveAuction-
eers.com. For more information, visit
fontainesauction.com.

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Auction Results

Top lots from

recent auctions
From a world-record-setting gun that
killed Billy the Kid to fragments of a
pair of Levi jeans from the 1880s, here
is a sampling of top lots from recent
auctions around the country:

THIS PAGE, FROM TOP: After lively bidding, Bonhams sold

the gun Pat Garrett used to kill 19th century outlaw Billy
the Kid for $6,030,313, a world auction record for any
firearm. It was estimated at $2-$3 million. The gun, a Colt
single-action revolver owned by Sheriff Garrett, was used to
kill the notorious outlaw on July 14, 1881, at Pete Maxwell’s
Ranch in New Mexico. Courtesy of Bonhams
Fragments of Levi jeans from the 1880s were the biggest surprise at
Holabird Western Americana Collections’ 3,000-lot Sizzling Summer
Western Americana Auction, after bringing in $10,312 against
a pre-sale estimate of just $100-$150. The fragments were
unearthed in Eureka, Nevada. Courtesy of Hola Bird
This Steve Jobs-signed Apple II Manual sold for $787,484 against
an estimate of $25,000-$30,000 at RR Auction. The 196-page guide
details the technical architecture and operation of the Apple II and
features a fold-out schematic of the computer’s main logic board.
Courtesy of RR Auction

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ABOVE: This American Flyer G.
Fox & Co. S gauge toy boxcar
train, from a limited production set
made in 1946, set a new record
price after chugging off with
$18,975 during a two-day Toy &
Train auction at Weiss Auctions.
Courtesy of Weiss

ABOVE: This pair of French 19th-

century Napoleon III gilt bronze
mounted covered urns on fluted
rouge marble columns soared to
$106,250, more than 13 times the
high pre-auction estimate, to be
the star lot at Heritage Auctions’
sale of select items from the Las
Vegas estate of pop-singing
sensation Phyllis McGuire.
Courtesy of Heritage Auctions

LEFT: At Skinner’s Americana

auction, this Andrew Clemens
patriotic sand bottle was a top lot
after selling for $75,000. Skinner
holds the record for Clemens’s
work for $275,000.
Courtesy of Skinner

FAR LEFT (this page): Painted

furniture and decorative smalls from
Scandinavia dominated the Barbara
A. and Fred Johnson collection
recently sold at Pook & Pook and
brought several new buyers to
the auction house. The top lot was
this painted pine cupboard, dated
1796, that brought $3,717.
Courtesy of Pook & Pook

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In the News

Antiques found in secret attic could fetch $150,000

GENEVA, N.Y. — When David Whit-
comb bought a property in Geneva, New
York, he had no idea there were more
than 1,000 antique treasures — possibly
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
— hidden inside.
Those treasures, including several
rare photos of Susan B. Anthony, were
scheduled for auction September 18 at
One Source Auctions and estimated to
fetch between $150,000 and $200,000.
A few weeks after he bought the
building for his law firm in late 2020,
Whitcomb made the discovery when,
giving a friend a tour of the home’s third
floor, he noticed part of the ceiling looked
strange. That was because it was a drop
ceiling, installed decades ago to convert
the space into an apartment unit. Whit-
comb spotted an access panel, climbed
up on a stack of chairs, and peered inside
with a flashlight.
Whitcomb told CNN that the first
thing he saw was a bunch of turn-of-the-
century photographs in gold and gilded
frames. The photographs were in James
Ellery Hale’s century-old studio full of
more than 1,000 antiques.
Born in 1850, Hale had photographed
President Grover Cleveland’s fiancé Fran- David Whitcomb found hidden antiques in a property he bought for his law firm.
cis Folsom in 1885, as well as many other Courtesy of David Whitcomb

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RIGHT: J. E. Hale’s rare photograph of Susan B.
Anthony, taken at Lochland in 1905. This is one of the
last photographs taken of her and only four known
to exist. Estimate: $5,000. Courtesy of One Source Auctions

early suffragists, displaying their portraits at the 1907 New

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 Mae and Al Capone
with their grandchildren,
December 25, 1946.
The photograph is thought
to be the last photo
taken of Al Capone,
who died a month
later at age 48.
Image courtesy Sheldon
Carpenter/Witherell’s Inc..

MARRIED TO THE

Scarface. Public Enemy No. 1. Papa.

The Complicated Life of America’s Most
Notoriuos Gangster, Al Capone, Comes to Auction.

BY PAUL KENNEDY

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Mugshot of Chicago
gangster Al Capone, 1930.
Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images

October15,
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I
t was a typical Chicago February
morning: gray skies, cold, with a light
dusting of snow powdering the city’s
sidewalks. But in a dreary garage at
2122 North Clark Street, in a quiet resi-
dential neighborhood on the city’s North
Side, this Valentine’s Day in 1929 would
be anything but ordinary.
The garage, rented by the George
“Bugs” Moran gang, which controlled
much of the North Side’s illegal booze
traffic and ran most of its brothels and
casinos, would be the site of one of the
most infamous crimes in U.S. history, the
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
At the height of Chicago
Chicago’ss gangland
warfare, intruders entered the garage,
“A Century of Notoriety: The
Estate of Al Capone,” October 8,
Witherell’s (www.witherells.com)
or call 916-446-6490.
some dressed as cops, lined up shoulder-
to-shoulder against the wall seven men
associated with Moran, and using Tom-
my guns and a 12-gauge shotgun, mowed
them down in a spray of gunfire.
While never officially linked to the
massacre, Al Capone, who ruled Chicago’s
underworld with an iron fist from 1925 to
1931, was generally considered respon-
sible for the murders. Known as Scarface,
Capone was the country’s most notorious
gangster during Prohibition, where boot-
legging and speakeasies, as well as gam-
bling and prostitution, made him a rich and
18 ANTIQUE TRADER • www.AntiqueTrader.com • October 1, 2021
powerful man. The era also made him the
most famous mobster in history.
A 174-lot collection of Capone’s
personal and “professional” possessions
comes to market via Witherell’s Auction
House, Sacramento, California, Friday,
October 8. Billed as “A Century of No-
toriety: The Estate of Al Capone,” the
live-auction event features items show-
ing Capone as a loving family man – a
black-and-white photo of Capone and his
mother, a personal letter to his son from
Alcatraz, home movies – juxtaposed
with the tools of his trade – his favorite
Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol and a Colt
.38 semi-automatic pistol.
Dubbed “Public Enemy No. 1,” Ca-
pone died of complica-
tions from a stroke and
pneumonia in January 1947
in his villa in Palm Island, Flor-
ida. He was 48. His belongings stayed in
the family and eventually went to his four
grandchildren, the daughters of his only
child, Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone.
“Well, there’s no question that my
grandfather’s name is synonymous
with Chicago gangland history,” Diane
Capone, one of three surviving grand-
daughters, said. “And there’s a great deal
of information about that to be found in
all kinds of history books for that era.
era
“But what I found lacking as an adult
looking back, is that there was very little
information about his private life, his
personal family life. And so that’s what
I wanted to show,” she said.
To the grandchildren, Capone, who is
believed to have been behind more than
200 deaths, was known as “Papa” and
was “a very loving, grandfatherly figure,”
Diane Capone said. “He was somebody
who played with us in the garden. He was
somebody who would throw us up in the
air, and was very affectionate to all of us
and very loving, and thought we were
just the most wonderful little people in
the world.”
Family held for decades, Diane Ca-
pone said now was the right time to let go
of the memorabilia.
“My sisters and I are getting older,
we didn’t want these things to be left,
and people who wouldn’t know what
they were, what the story behind each of
them is. We didn’t want to leave them for
someone else to have to deal with. That
was part of our thinking,” she said. “The
other thing, quite honestly, is living in
Northern California with the fires that
we’ve had, I was terrified that if a fire
came through, there would be no way
that we could save the memorabilia.”
The auction includes furniture, watch-
es, a white-gold matchbook cover Capone
matc
used to store matchsticks for his cigars, as
well as pieces of C
Capone’s jewelry, includ-
Billed as Al Capone’s
‘Favorite .45,’ a Colt
Model 1911 semi-
automatic pistol. Estimate:
$100,000-$150,000.
Image courtesy Sheldon Carpenter/
Witherell’s Inc..
ing diamond stick
stickpins and a tie bar with
en
the word “AL” encrusted in diamonds.
rag
Capone’s rags-to-riches story as an
immigrant son; his criminal life both
ruthless and com
compassionate (during the
Depression, he opened
o a soup kitchen
that served up to 3,000 people a day); and
a big personality that entertained as well
as intimidated, it all remains captivating
nearly 75 years af
after the gangster’s death.
At his height of power, it’s estimated
that Capone made $105 million a year and
spent roughly a tthird of it on bribes and
gangs
muscle — gangsters, judges, politicians,
reporters and hahalf the cops in Chicago
crowded onto the payroll. With an ever-
present cigar and willing smile, Capone
was the perfect bigger-than-life Bad Guy.
Capone’s Chicago empire finally crum-
bled when we was convicted of tax evasion
in 1931. He was sentenced to eleven years
in federal prison and, after serving some
time in jail while his case was appealed,
was released in 1939, having served seven
years, six months and fifteen days, and
having paid all fines and back taxes.
How history views Capone depends
greatly on the perspective of the viewer.
Even he was keenly aware of that.
“When I sell liquor, they call it bootleg-
ging,” Capone famously quipped. “When
my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake
Shore Drive, they call it hospitality.”
 A vintage hand-colored photograph
of Al Capone at age 27 with
his son in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Image courtesy Sheldon Carpenter/Witherell’s Inc.

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 Al Capone’s Patek Philippe
pocket watch with 90 single-
cut diamonds. Estimate:
$25,000-$50,000.

OPPOSITE PAGE (clockwise from far left):

Al Capone’s platinum Haynes Stellite pocket
knife containing 20 single-cut diamonds.
Estimate: $2,500-$5,000;
Al Capone’s 14k gold and diamond match cover
containing 63 single-cut diamonds. Estimate:
$2,500-$5,000;
Al Capone’s 14k diamond monogram pendant
containing 33 diamonds. Estimate: $2,500-$5,000;
Al and Mae Capone’s Black Forest carved
humidor and side chairs with bear motif.
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.
Al and Mae Capone’s gold-rimmed crystal
stemware, 52-piece set. Estimate: $2,500-$5,000.
Images courtesy Sheldon Carpenter/Witherell’s Inc.

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 Inmates gambling at the Nevada State Prison casino.
Courtesy of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society

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The (Big)
House
Always Wins
Nevada prison once let
inmates operate a casino
BY DAVID MCCORMICK
I
n a place where vice is normally
prohibited, felons serving time at the
Nevada State Prison in Carson City
once operated a casino known as the
“Bullpen,” which offered every game of
chance, including blackjack, craps, poker,
gin rummy and sports betting.
The casino, which operated from
1932 to 1967 in a converted stone build-
A 5-cent Nevada Prison brass token
from 1935. This sold on eBay in July
for $89.99. Courtesy of eBay seller 209lloyd;
www.ebay.com/usr/209lloyd
ing, had every gaming license aspirant
through rigorous investigation by the Ne-
vada Gaming Control Board. Any hint of
criminal doings earned a rejection.
Dennis Neilander, chairman of the
Gaming Control Board, shed some light
on the reasons behind this phenomenon.
“It was a different time. They thought it Inmates gambling in the Bullpen.
would keep (the inmates) out of trouble,” Courtesy of casino.org
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The sports betting window within the Bullpen. Courtesy of Nevada Magazine
he said. Add to this the fact that Nevada
was the first state to legalize gaming,
in 1931, and accepted gambling for all
the years before that. And according to
Neilander, before 1959, gaming control
largely fell on county sheriffs.
With gaming in Nevada becoming
legalized in 1931, astoundingly the Ne-
vada State Prison saw no problems in al-
lowing inmates to take part in gambling
that was structured and approved by the
prison. As a matter of fact, it was the war-
dens themselves who arranged space for
games of chance and creation of inmate
game “owners.” This practice definitely
astonished today’s corrections worker to
think of legitimizing inmate gambling.
Although there might have been very lit-
tle cheating among the inmate gamblers,
this helped increase financial obligations
between inmates, which could result in
shake downs or even worse for those ow-
ing money.
Carl Osborne, a Las Vegas bus driver
who has collected an assortment of
Nevada State Prison tokens, known as
“brass” by the prisoners, agreed that gam-
bling behind bars did keep the inmates
out of trouble and cut down on discord.
“I think the games would have been
more than honest because cheating
inmates would be scared of the conse-
quences,” Osborne said. “If someone
got caught cheating, they might have to
be transferred out of state for their own
safety. You wouldn’t have been very
safe there.” Osborne spoke from experi-
ence, as he had served a short stretch in
the early 1990s at the prison and was on
24 ANTIQUE TRADER • www.AntiqueTrader.com • October 1, 2021
a friendly basis with some of the older
prisoners.
According to Osborne, ferreting out
tokens to add to his collection has become
tougher, as they are becoming increas-
ingly rare. The “brass” pieces came in
denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents,
$1 and $5. They were coined at the prison
from 1945 to 1964. To snag one of these
rarities, his winning bids are usually in the
neighborhood of $200. eBay and Worth-
Point sometimes offer them for sale.
The Nevada State Prison Casino doors
were shuttered in April 1967 by Warden
Carl Hocker. Hocker, previously from
San Quentin, was straightforward and
stringent when it came to discipline and
ended the casino’s 35-year run. Hocker
really took a hard stand against the prison
operating the casino. “I think gambling in
prison is a degradation, and it’s certainly
not constructive. We’re trying to replace
it with constructive, wholesome activities
that will contribute to a decent, healthful
state of mind,” he said.
As if to clear the prison of all vestiges
of the casino era, he quickly sold off all
the brass.
Much to the chagrin of the gambling
inmates, Hocker’s image of clean-living
leisure interests were bridge, chess and
handicrafts, such as making bead neck-
laces. He also added ping pong, volley-
ball, and shuffleboard to the list.
It might have been the riot in 1967
that spurred Hocker to waste little time in
closing the casino. According to Howard
Herz, a resident of Gardnerville and a
notable expert on Nevada Prison gam-
ing tokens, after the riot, a number Ne-
vada legislators put forward a bill to shut
down the casino. But that casino closure
bill wasn’t needed — as Hocker wasted
no time in bulldozing the Bullpen. Herz
also pointed out that the Bullpen wasn’t
an illegal casino, but one sanctioned by
the state prison and the backgrounds of
all gamblers had been checked. Herz said
that any inmate who had money could
play, and “winnings” were credited into
each prisoner’s money account.
Every so often during the years the
prison casino operated, a story about it
would pop up in the media, but it wasn’t
until the time of the closure that it drew
more attention. Today, many Nevadans
on the street, if asked, most likely don’t
remember the era of legal gaming in the
state prison.
Although some evidence points to the
fact that the prison casino helped to quell
disturbances within the prison walls, it is
highly unlikely that casinos would ever
be initiated into U.S. prisons today. The
Nevada State Prison Casino has gone the
way of the gunfights in the streets of Ne-
vada’s mining towns.
To learn more about Nevada State
Prison gaming tokens, such as grading
and detailed descriptions, the Nevada
Gaming Tokens Book is a good resource
and can be purchased at www.spinettis-
gaming.com for $39.99.
Sources
Nevada Gaming Tokens, spinettisgaming.com/
products/nevada-gaming-tokens-book
“Nevada State Prison Gambling Tokens,” pawn-
starsthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Nevada_State_
Prison_Gambling_Tokens
“Nevada State Prison casino relegated to his-
tory,” Nevada Appeal, December 5, 2010, www.
nevadaappeal.com/news/2010/dec/05/nevada-
state-prison-casino-relegated-to-history/
“Prison Casino is History,” Las Vegas Review-
Journal, November 26, 2010
“Rare Nevada Prison Casino Tokens!” spinet-
tisgaming.com/blogs/casino-gaming-history-
news/80873924-rare-prison-casino-tokens
Sheldon, David, “The Casino In Nevada State
Prison,” August 2, 2018, www.casino.org/blog/
nevada-state-prison-casino/
David McCormick holds a master’s
degree in Regional Planning from the
University of Massachusetts. He was em-
ployed by the City of Springfield, Mass.,
for several years. Now retired, McCor-
mick works as a freelance writer whose
articles have appeared in Naval History,
Elks Magazine and Wild West Magazine.
A list and photos of the various Nevada State Prison tokens used at the casino.
Courtesy of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, www.nevadastateprison.org

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 2

1. This 1962 $1 token, sold on eBay 3

in 2014 for $320. Courtesy of eBay
seller senior00799; www.ebay.com/usr/
senior00799
2. This 1953 Carson City Nevada
State Prison “5“ brass token, 18mm,
sold on eBay in July for $39.96.
The seller sold another 1953 token
in June for $37.99. Courtesy of eBay
seller belmontcoinandjewelry; www.ebay.
com/usr/belmontcoinandjewelry
3. This 5-cent token sold at Holabird
Americana in 2018 for $150.
Courtesy of Holabird
4. Nevada State Prison token
collection of 36 different pieces
sold at auction in 2014 for $1,050.
Courtesy of Holabird-Kagen Americana
5. Nevada State Prison $1 token. In 4
addition to being used at the Bullpen
Casino, these tokens were also
used as funds at the prison canteen.
Courtesy of WorthPoint

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 The Toy with the
World on a String
National museum celebrates ups and downs of yo-yos

BY INGRID FLOYD

W
hen people in Chico, Cali-
fornia say they are “walk-
ing the dog,” chances are
they are talking about
doing a yo-yo trick and not actually walk-
ing their pet.
Downtown Chico is yo-yo land and
home to the National Yo-Yo Museum
founded by Bob Malowney, who also
owns the gift shop Bird in Hand that
shares a 10,000-square-foot building
with the museum. When you hear the
cacophony sounds of “whizz,” “swish,”
and “zip,” you know you have reached
the right place.
Bird in Hand has been fascinat-
ing yo-yo fans for decades — holding
events, classes, and competitions. You
can peruse countless yo-yo models, learn
about ancient and contemporary yo-yo
history, and purchase one of your own.
When Malowney in fact noticed that his
customers were more excited to play with
yo-yos than any other toy, he was inspired
to create a museum devoted to them.
The star attraction of the museum,
which opened its doors on January 1,
1993, is the largest functioning wooden
yo-yo in the world, “Big Yo.” Not even
the strongest of yo-yo-tossing humans
can take on this larger-than-life four-foot
tall, 256-pound toy; only a giant crane
has been able to swing it into action.
Modeled after San Francisco dentist
and yo-yo designer Tom Kuhn’s iconic Yo-yos have been mesmerizing kids of all ages for centuries. Here, Richard Lee,
No-Jive 3-in-1, the gargantuan yo-yo 9, of North Massapequa, New York, demonstrates the trick, “rocking the baby,”
earned its place in the Guinness Book of in 1961. Both hands are used to pull the string into a cradle in which the spinning
World Records in 1982 as the world’s big- yo-yo is rocked back and forth. It may look easy, but it has to be done quickly
gest working wooden yo-yo. so that the top doesn’t stop whirling. Beginners who try it run the risk of tying
The 600-square-foot non-profit mu- the string up in knots and their fingers as well. Bettmann/Getty Images

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The world’s largest yo-yo is a popular attraction.
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum
seum houses a colorful array of collect-
ible yo-yos from the last century, includ-
ing the world’s littlest, the Mighty Flea,
which is smaller than a quarter and works
just as great.
Fans can learn about the evolution of
the toy, from the early wooden ones all
the way up to the aluminum ball-bearing
models of today. Other display cases hold
the yo-yos that highlight the individuals
associated with playing the sport and the
contests they have won. “The perpetual
trophy listing all the modern national
champions is here,” Malowney said.
Patches and trophies are displayed as
well as photos. If it is the actual tricks you
want to see, a large video screen shows
the various styles of yo-yo plays featured
in important contests.
One July Fourth soon after the mu-
seum opened, a big celebration occurred
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on stage and the event holders asked
Malowney if they could have a contest for
one hour of the program. This drummed
up so much excitement that three contests
were gradually held every year, he noted.
When someone in public relations
needed a yo-yo exhibit for his company’s
malls and asked Malowney for help. he
contacted Donald F. Duncan, Jr., the
son of Donald F. Duncan, founder of
the Duncan Toys Company, which was
best known for its line of yo-yos. The
two men became friends and did a tour
throughout the country called “The Re-
turn of the Yo-Yo.”
Malowney said that Duncan was a
great showman and taught him that to
sell yo-yos was to do simple tricks with
a magnificent flair and confidence. They
worked together for three years until
the exhibit closed. Duncan donated it to
Malowney for a four-month exhibit in
the Chico History Museum in the fall of
1992. The Smothers Brothers performed
there and when the National Yo-Yo Muse-
um opened with the exhibit, they further
helped by doing a television promo for it.
Tom Smothers, known as “Yo-Yo Man,”
created a comedy routine doing tricks
with the toy and he and his brother, Dick,
have made instructional videos teach-
ing these tricks. A variety of Smothers
Brothers-branded yo-yos have also been
released by companies including Hum-
mingbird, Playmaxx and Tom Kuhn.
Duncan also gave Malowney the last
yo-yo in his drawer when he closed his
business: a sad dog, painted with the
words, “No Mo Yo-Yo.”
Malowney thrives on yo-yos. He sees
the toys every day, making them special
to his heart, and nothing makes him smile
more than kids beaming from learning a
new trick.
The toy is even used as a stress reliev-
er, Malowney said, noting that on June
18, 1815, at the famous battle of Water-
loo, soldiers from both sides played with
yo-yos before the battle,. and college stu-
dents will tell him that they will study for
55 minutes, then yo-yo for five minutes
to clear their mind. He said that Kuhn,
a cerebral person, also found yo-yoing
meditative and would call the mindset,
“The State of Yo.”
Yo-yoing started way before
Malowney, Duncan and Kuhn, though,
although nobody knows exactly when.
“Documentation exists that shows
people played with a similar spinning
toy called a ‘diabolo’ in China around
4000 B.C. Jugglers use it today by the
name of the Chinese yo-yo,” Malowney
said. “Archeologists unearthed a brass
and terra cotta ‘bobbin’ from 500 B.C. in
Ancient Greece. They called it ‘bobbin’
because it resembled a sewing bobbin.
There are pictures of terra cotta discs
and Greek youth playing with yo-yos
on pottery in the National Museum of
Athens. Europe had them by the 1700s.
The English called the toy the ‘quiz.’
The French in the 1800s had a couple
of names for them, one of which was
‘incroyable’ (incredible),” he explained.
The yo-yo reached the United States
by the 19th century. According to www.
ohiohistorycentral.org, the U.S. Patent Of-
fice granted the first patent for the yo-yo to
Cincinnati, Ohio residents James L. Haven

and Charles Hettrick on November 20,
1866. They referred to it as a “whirligig.”
By 1928, Pedro Flores, a Filipino im-
migrant, trademarked the word “yo-yo”
in California. Malowney said that dif-
ferent publications attested that yo-yo in
Tagalog meant “come, come” and “come
back.” He decided to check the verity of
this interpretation with the Filipino His-
torical Society in the Philippines, which
said the word was just created by some-
one for the toy.
The old wooden yo-yos manufactured
by Flores are highly collectible because
of their rarity and the skill in making
them. They are worth hundreds of dol-
lars. Flores sold his trademark to Duncan
Sr. shortly after making them for a ru-
mored $25,000. In 1929, Duncan started
the Duncan Yo-Yo Company, and both
he and Flores marketed their wooden
toy with contests and demonstrations on
street corners from 1927 to 1945, which
the museum considers the Early Era.
The Ohio history website says that
approximately 85 percent of all yo-yos in
the U.S. during the 1930s through 1960s
were produced by Duncan. Eventually the
company manufactured 60,000 yo-yos
per day, and in 1962 alone, the firm sold
45 million yo-yos worldwide. An early
1930s Duncan yo-yo with a fragile seal
decal on the side, gold seal 77, is worth a
couple of hundred dollars. More history
about the Duncan Yo-Yo company is
at www.referenceforbusiness.com/his-
tory2/37/Duncan-Toys-Company.html.
Another extremely rare and collect-
ible yo-yo is the Filipino Twirler from
the 1930s. Produced for a short period, it
was highly decorated and well-made by
an excellent designer who worked for the
Long Island, New York, company.
Malowney said that the museum
showcases several 1920s Flores yo-yos
crafted from one piece of wood with a
thin gap, several 1930s Duncan 77s made
from one piece of wood with a tourna-
ment stripe, and several Duncan Jeweled,
with rhinestones embedded in the side,
from the 1940s.
According to Malowney, the golden
October 1, 2021 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 29
A view of the center
of the museum.
Courtesy of the National
Yo-Yo Museum
era of yo-yos was between 1948 and
1962, when Donald Duncan, Jr. and his
brother, Jack, took over the company
and saw huge sales, helped by television
advertising. Wood yo-yos were still in
play, but also new plastic ones, and more
companies flourished to compete with
Duncan. There were also electric light-up
yo-yos from the 1950s utilizing penlight
batteries (AAA).
Back in this era of the yo-yo, kids
were excited about doing their few tricks
to impress their friends. Remember
“Around the World,” “Walk the Dog” or
“Rock the Baby?” Yo-yoing was fun and
an easy, cheap activity, but most people
only learned four tricks.
There were also the rejuvenated con-
tests and the engineered aluminum ball-
bearing yo-yos, which helps the toy spin
with less friction. “The world record for
yo-yo spinning is 33 minutes.” Malowney
said.
Now the yo-yo is in the Modern Era,
which started in 1985, and is the time pe-
riod of the Kuhn yo-yo. Malowney said
 that Kuhn “devised and popularized the
twist-apart component of the modern
yo-yo. The 3-in-1 NoJive can be taken
apart and the halves turned around to
change the shape of the standard yo-yo
and turn it into a butterfly shape to en-
hance certain tricks.”
Kuhn donated a lot of his yo-yos to
the museum, including Big Yo, which
he created in 1979. Once a neighborhood
Duncan yo-yo champion in 1955, Kuhn
started designing his own yo-yos in the
1970s. According to his website, tom-
kuhn.com, one of his creations, the Silver
Bullet 2 yo-yo, was sent aloft by NASA
on July 31, 1992. It was employed as a
prop for an educational video, and Astro-
naut Jeffrey Hoffman put it through zero
G manoeuvres including slow motion yo-
yoing. The yo-yo traveled 3,321,007 miles
and went around the world 127 times be-
Some of the yo-yos used by contest winners. fore returning to earth on August 9.
This wasn’t the first yo-yo in space,
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum
however. Another one went aboard the
Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985 as part
of the Toys in Space project. “It would
not ‘sleep’ because of the lack of gravity,”
Malowney said, “but it performed a beau-
tiful ‘Around the World’ trick.”
Internet sales and instruction have
contributed to the revival of the modern
era. Some want yo-yos with battery-
powered strobe lights and ones that emit
sounds, ones that are zippier, faster and
more spectacular. Malowney said that a
young person today who buys an alumi-
num yo-yo for $50 won’t even consider
putting it on the ground to scratch it up
to do “Walk the Dog.” They all want to
know tricks such as the “Gerbil” (like
a gerbil running along the track in the
cage), “Roller Coaster,” “Spirit Bomb”
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The love for yo-yos is spreading all
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World contests happen annually and
every third year in the United States —
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will be in Japan. This year it did not take
President Richard Nixon demonstrates his yo-yo skills to Roy Acuff at the
place because of the pandemic. The first
dedication of the new Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville in 1974. Nixon
modern national competition was held in
sighed the yo-yo and the last time it was sold, it was bought for $16,000.
1993 and the next one will take place in
David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images mid-June 2022 in Mesa, Arizona.
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LEFT: A Tom Kuhn-signed No Jive 3

in 1 in the museum’s collection.
This wooden yo-yo is iconic and
was the inspiration for Big Yo.
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum

RIGHT: A Tom Kuhn Silver Bullet 3.

Kuhn’s ball-bearing Silver Bullet
models, which came out in 1984,
were the first yo-yos to feature a
full-metal body machined out of
aircraft-grade aluminum.
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum

LEFT: A wooden yo-yo made by the Duncan Toys

Company, 1930s. It has a green design with a broad
red stripe. The seal reads “Genuine Duncan Yo-Yo, Reg.
US Pat.” This is an early version of the Duncan Genuine
Yo-Yo, produced soon after Donald Duncan bought the
trademark term “yo-yo” from inventor Pedro Flores, and
the seal is reminiscent of the one used by Flores.
Courtesy of the National Museum of American History

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O t b 1,1 2021
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 ABOVE: An original box of Flores yo-yos from the National
Yo-Yo Museum, which were just 15 cents.
Wikimedia/public domain

ABOVE: An original box of Duncan

Jeweled yo-yos from the National
Yo-Yo Museum.
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum

RIGHT: A display case in the museum

of some of the awards won by yo-yo
champs. Prizes for competitions in
the 1950s, including sweaters and
patches, are now collectible.
Courtesy of the National Yo-Yo Museum

Yo-yos used in contests are also valued
by collectors. “Many early contest yo-yos
prominently stated on their sidecap what
year they were produced. A contest yo-yo
may cost $15, but these specialty yo-yos
will bring $100 each. Some of these of-
ficial souvenirs are great collector items,”
Malowney said.
He noted that four of the most collect-
ible yo-yos are the first prototypes of Tom
Kuhn’s 3-in-1 No Jive and Silver Bullet,
a wood yo-yo imprinted with the signa-
ture of American country music singer
Roy Acuff, and a prototype YoyoFactory
“301” adjustable gap metal yo-yo.
Another valuable yo-yo is the only
one signed by a president — the one used
by President Richard Nixon when he ap-
peared at the Grand ‘Ol Opry in Nash-
ville, Tennessee, in 1974. Nixon briefly
played with the yo-yo given to him by Roy
Acuff, the host, and signed it. Last time it
was sold, it was bought for $16,000, but
presently the owner is not known.
Some newer yo-yos tend to be worth
more than the older models because there
are more limited-edition ones for specific
events. The modern yo-yos still sought
after are the early manufactured ones
from the leagues in the 1990s.
The museum has one big event every
year for National Yo-Yo Day on June 6,
just before the end of school and the be-
ginning of summer. The staff gives but-
tons and holds workshops, teaching tricks
to visitors from school-aged children to
grandparents who love the sport. It’s an
event for the whole family. Malowney
said the museum shows contest videos
and conducts tours, has free admission
and is usually open the same hours as the
Bird-in-Hand.
The National Yo-Yo Museum, located
at 320 Broadway Street, is currently closed
to in-person visitors until further notice
because of constraints due to COVID-19,
but will post a notification on its website,
nationalyoyo.org, when it reopens.
In the meantime, you can visit the
website to learn more about yo-yos, see
a gallery of photos of noted models and
watch for notifications of special events.
To learn more about Bird in Hand, visit
birdinhand.com.

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CALIFORNIA
Every first Sunday of the month, Alameda.
Alameda Point Antiques Faire. Mar 13-14, 2020
Alameda. Alameda Vintage Fashion Faire.
Reopening Oct 3 and running every first
Sunday of the month through May, Palm
Springs. Palm Springs Vintage Market, PS
Cultural Center at the Camelot Theater, 2300
E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs. For more info, visit
palmspringsvintagemarket.com.
Every second Sunday of the month,
Sacramento. Sacramento Antique Faire, located
at Sleep Train Arena, East Entrance, Sacramento,
has reopened with new COVID-19 protocols in
place. SH: 6:30am-3pm, rain or shine. ADM: $3
(children 16 & under free), parking is free, no pets
please. Food and ATM on site.
Oct 23-24, 2021, Half Moon Bay. Lyonessa
Collectibles’ Fall Half Moon Bay Antiques &
Collectibles Show and Sale, at the I.D.E.S. Society
Hall, 735 Main Street, downtown Half Moon Bay,
CA. If you’re a treasure hunter, decorator, collector
or simply enjoy finding special pieces from your
past, this event is for you and will feature a
variety of dealers with a diverse spectrum of
interesting merchandise including art pottery and
glassware, decorative items, furniture, sterling
silverware, Asian antiquities, vintage clothing,
estate and costume jewelry, artwork, toys,
Western Americana and more. SH: Sat, Oct 23,
from 10am-5pm; Sun, Oct 24, from 10am-4pm.
ADM: $6 for the event, as a portion of proceeds
from admission fees will be donated to the Sweet
Farm Foundation (http://sweetfarm.org/), an
animal rescue organization dedicated to providing
care and assistance to animals who are homeless,
abused or otherwise in need. A wine and cheese
tasting, featuring wine from La Nebbia Winery in
Half Moon Bay, will also be available for an extra
$10. For more info, visit www.HMBAntiquesShow.
com.
Nov 6, 2021, San Marino. Political Memorabilia
Show and Sale, San Marino Masonic Center, 3130
Huntington Drive, San Marino (Pasadena), California.
The event is sponsored by American Political Items
Collectors, a non-profit organization dedicated to
the preservation of our political history as well as
education. This annual show is an opportunity for
the public to discover the value of political treasures,
see interesting displays of political memorabilia
from the past 150 years, and learn about the politics
through campaign buttons, posters, flags, and
other ephemera from the 2020 political campaign
back to the 1860s when Abe Lincoln became the
first Republican president. The public may bring in
political items for free appraisals. Hidden in attics,
trunks, and cigar boxes, many political collectibles
are gathering dust while their owners are unaware
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of their value. Previous appraisals have uncovered
such valuable finds as vintage JFK campaign posters,
Teddy Roosevelt presidential autographs, Civil War
diary and letters, and rare FDR buttons. The political
campaign button is an American original and people
who collect political memorabilia are fascinated by
American history. While some buttons can sell for
thousands of dollars, many buttons can be acquired
by new collectors for a dollar or two. APIC will be
providing free political buttons to children, along with
the free appraisals, and there will also be an auction
in the early afternoon. SH: 10am-3pm. ADM: $3; free
admission for children and students with ID. For more
info, call 818-644-9231 or visit www.apic.us.
CONNECTICUT
Ongoing: every Sunday April-December, New
Milford. Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, 490 Danbury
Road (Rte. 7 / 202) New Milford, CT 06776; etflea@
gmail.com; 860-355-1448; www.etflea.com. 500+
vendors. ADM: $2 (Super Early 4:45am $40; Early
5:45am $20) SH: 7am-3:30pm.
Oct 3, 2021, Middletown. Middletown County
Historical Society’s 35th annual Car Show and
Flea Market, Palmer Field, Bernie O’Rourke Drive.
Registration begins at 8:30am. Rain date: Oct. 10.
For more info, call 860-346-0746.
Oct 10, 2021, Orange. Collectible Show (Cards,
Comics, Toys and Coins), American Legion Post
127, 630 Grassy Hill Road, Orange, CT 06471. SH:
9am-2pm, Table: $30+, ADM: $1. Contact: Karen
or Fred Riso at 203-265-1813 or email kmrfdr@
gmail.com.
DELAWARE
Oct 17, 2021, Wilmington. Sports Card &
Collectible Show, Chambers Memorial Hall,
Wilmington, DE. SH: 10am-3pm, Table: $50+,
ADM: $2. For more info, contact: Bob Harper at
302-983-2636, a2zshows1@yahoo.com, www.
a2zshows1.com.
Oct 31, 2021, Wilmington. Sports Card &
Collectible Show, Chambers Memorial Hall,
Wilmington, DE. SH: 10am-3pm. Table: $50-plus.,
ADM: $2. For more info, contact: Bob Harper at
302-983-2636, a2zshows1@yahoo.com, www.
a2zshows1.com.
FLORIDA
Sept 18, 2021, Jacksonville. Showtime Sports
Cards & Collectibles, In-Store Card Show, 9365
Philips Hwy. SH: 9am-4 pm. Table: $20 (2 for $35).
ADM: Free. For more info, contact: Richard Miller
at 904-527-8980.
Dec 9-11, 2021, Lakeland. The Collectorama
Show, R.P. Funding center, 701 West Lime Street,
Lakeland, FL 33815. SH: Thurs and Fri: 10am-
6pm; Sat: 10am-3pm. ADM: a one-time $5 family
registration fee. For more info, contact show
chairman Edward Kuszmar at 561-392-8551 or
email CollectoramaShow@aol.com.
GEORGIA
Oct 24, 2021, Augusta. Augusta Toy and Comic
Show, Hilton Garden Inn, 1065 Stevens Creek Rd,
Augusta, GA. Table: $30. ADM: Free. For more info,
call 803-634-1904.
ILLINOIS
Every third Sunday of the month through Oct
17, 2021, Bloomington. “3rd Sunday Market”
hosts an antique and flea market, Bloomington
Interstate Center, 1106 Interstate Dr., Bloomington,
IL 61705. A Bloomington tradition since 1988, the
indoor/outdoor sale, held rain or shine, features more
than 450 top dealers of antiques, collectibles, crafts
and garden, representing 17 states. Whether you’re
looking for the finest in antique furniture, Americana,
folk art, vintage advertising, sport memorabilia, or
antique linens and clothing, you’re likely to find it
here. SH: 8am-4pm. ADM: $6 (13 and under free).
Free parking. No pets. For more information, visit
www.thirdsundaymarket.com.
Sept 25, 2021, Wheaton. National Chicago Civil War
Show, DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL. SH:
9am-4pm. www.chicagocivilwarshow.com.
Sept 26, 2021, Schaumburg. The 40th Anniversary
of the Chicago Toy Soldier Show, Sunday, Sept. 26,
2021, at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg, IL.
Please help CTSS offset 2020 losses and underwrite
the 2021 show; for details, visit the CTSS online
store at chicagotoysoldiershow.com. For more
info, contact show manager and CTSS co-owner,
Roger Garfield at 847-567-5355 or email roger@
chicagotoysoldiershow.com. Or visit the CTSS website
at www.chicagotoysoldershow.com.
Sept 26, 2021, Wheaton. 78th Illinois Plastic Kit
& Toy Show, DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W.
Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL. 9am-2pm. Admission
Adults $5, under 12 $2. Past-Time Hobbies Inc.
630-969-1847
Oct 9, 2021, Pecatonica. Pecatonica Antique &
Collectibles Market + Toy Show + Antique Bottles +
Antique Advertising, Winnebago County Fairgrounds,
Pecatonica, IL. SH: 8am-4pm.
Oct 30, 2021, Wheaton. Wheaton Halloween Flea
Market, DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL. SH:
3pm-midnight.
Nov 13-14, 2021, Grayslake. Grayslake Antique
Market, Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL.
Nov 21, 2021, Wheaton. Wheaton Antique Market
+ Antique Bottle & Ad Show, DuPage County
Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL. SH: 8am-3pm.
Dec 11-12, 2021, Grayslake. Grayslake Antique
Market, Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL.
Dec 19, 2021, Wheaton. Wheaton Antique Market,
DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL. SH:
8am-3pm.
INDIANA
Ongoing, first Sunday of the month through
Oct, Lawrenceburg. Indiana’s largest monthly
Antiques and Vintage Market enters its 35th season,
351 E. Eads Pkwy, Lawrenceburg, IN. Features at
least 200 vendors selling a wide array of antique,
vintage and retro goods. SH: 7am-3pm ET, with early
buyers admitted at 6am for no additional charge.
For more info: Lawrenceburgantiqueshow.com;
513-353-4135.
IOWA
Sept 19, 2021, Maquoketa. Flea Market, Antique, and
Collectible Show , Jackson County Fairgrounds, 1212
East Quarry St, Maquoketa, Iowa. The show has been
in existence for 37 years and is one of Iowa’s largest
with over 150 exhibitors (indoor and outdoor) selling
a vast array of antiques and vintage items. If you
are a collector, antiques dealer, or simply a nostalgia
seeker or bargain hunter, then this is one show you do
not want to miss. SH: 8:30am-3:30pm. ADM: $4, with
anyone 10 years and under free. Parking is also free.
Early bird shoppers welcome from 6:30-8:30am for
$10 admission per person. For more info, call Callahan
Enterprises, LLC at 319-462-0135.
Sept 24-25, 2021, Bloomfield. Midwest Antique Fest
and Flea Market, 20471 Old Hwy 2, Bloomfield, IA
52537. Tucked away in Southeast Iowa, the Midwest
Antique Fest and Flea Market is a great place to find
antiques, collectibles and flea market finds. Come
spend the weekend with friends and family, enjoy live
music and great food, all while browsing the ultimate
hunting grounds for antiques, repurposed finds,
artisan creations, and vintage and new items alike.
Early bird admission is $15 on Friday, from 9am-11am.
General admission is $5 on Friday from 11am-6pm and
Saturday, 8am-5pm. Admission good for both days.
Kids 12 and under free; also free parking.
Oct 29-30, 2021, Council Bluffs. Omaha
Antique Show, at Grass Wagon, 110 South 29th
Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Please note that this
is a change of venue. SH: 10am-5pm Friday, Oct.
29, and 10am-4pm Saturday, Oct. 30. ADM: $6 /
$2 students.
KANSAS
Ongoing, 2nd Saturday of the month April -
October, Augusta. Paramount East Antique Mall,
10187 SW Hwy 54, Augusta, Kansas. Outdoor Vintage
Markets offer even more variety to customers. Shop
outdoor vendors from 8am-3pm CST plus shop inside
the store from 9am - 6pm and save 10% on items
not already on sale or marked firm. For more info:
paramountantiquemall.com; 316-775-3999.
Ongoing, 3rd Saturday of the month April
- October, Witchita. Paramount Antique Mall,
13200 US Hwy 54, Wichita, Kansas. Outdoor Vintage
Markets offer even more variety to customers. Shop
over 45 outdoor vendors from 8am-3pm CST plus
shop inside the store from 9am - 6pm and save 10%
on items not already on sale or marked firm. For
more info: paramountantiquemall.com; 316-722-
0500.
Ongoing, 4th Saturday of the month April
- October, Witchita. Paramount Marketplace
Antiques, Vintage & New, 6297 E. 13th St., Wichita,
Kansas. Outdoor Vintage Markets offer even more
variety to customers. Shop the many outdoor
vendors from 9am-3pm CST plus shop inside the
store from 9am - 6pm and save 10% on items
not already on sale or marked firm. For more info:
paramountantiquemall.com; 316-260-6316.
Oct 2-3, 2021, Topeka. Vinewood Market,
2848 SE 29th St., Topeka, KS 66605. Featuring
75-100 dealers. SH: 8am-4pm Oct 2 and 8am-
2pm Oct 3. ADM: free. For more info, contact
manager Denise Sage at 785-260-6772 or email
TheHistoricVinewood@gmail.com; or visit the website
at www.thehistoricvinewood.com.
KENTUCKY
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month
through Nov 13: Vintage Market Bright’s
Antique World, 281 Steele Road, Franklin, KY.
Set Up - Sell - Shop - Eat - Enjoy! The vintage
market starts at 8am. For more info, call 270-
598-9901 and visit www.brightsantiqueworld.
com.
Oct 9-10, 2021, Lexington. Athens Schoolhouse
Antiques Show Pop-Up Shop Event, 6270 Athens
Walnut Hill Pike, Lexington, KY. Sell directly from
your trunk, trailer, tent or rent a space under the tent
for the weekend. Held rain or shine on the Athens
Schoolhouse grounds. Show features a large variety
of unique curiosities for your home and garden
including vintage dishes, flatware, glasses, artwork,
furniture and decor, repurposed antiques, collectibles
and architectural salvage. Hours: 10am-5pm
Saturday and Sunday. ADM: $2 good for both days.
Free and ample parking. Spaces are $50 for the
weekend; to reserve a space, call (859) 255-7309.
The health of the community remains a top priority,
so guests are asked to wear a mask, utilize hand
sanitation stations and practice social distancing.
For more info, call 859-255-7309 or visit www.
antiqueskentucky.com.
MARYLAND
Ongoing, Gaithersburg. Gaithersburg Flea Market,
Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 501 Perry
Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD. L. Johnson Promotions,
Ljohnsonshows@aol.com, www.johnsonshows.com;
301-649-1915. SH: 8am-4pm.
MASSACHUSETTS
Sept 18-19, 2021, Yarmouth. 33rd Annual Cape Cod
Glass Show and Sale, Cultural Center of Cape Cod,
307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA. For more
info: www.capecodglassclub.org.
MICHIGAN
Every Sunday, Royal Oak. Royal Oak Farmers
Market, 316 E. 11 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI. 248-246-
3276. 8am-3pm.
Every last Sunday of the month, Allegan. Allegan
Antique Market Show, now in its 42nd year, Allegan
County Fairgrounds, 150 Douglas St., Allegan, MI
49010. Featuring 400 quality dealers in every field of
antiques and selected collectibles. Rain or shine. No
pets. Free parking. ADM: $4. SH: 8am-4pm. For more
info: www.alleganantiques.com; 616-735-3333.
Oct 2, 2021 Ann Arbor. The 12th annual Indian Art
and Frontier Antiques Show, all indoors, at the
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-
Saline Rd., exit 175 south off I-94. 65+ exhibitors
from many states will bring historical and quality
Indian and American Live Frontier antiques of all
kinds (beadwork, fur trade, knives and tomahawks,
muzzle loading muskets, burl bowls and effigy ladles,
baskets, pottery, hand forged iron utensils, turquoise
jewelry, and most any early primitive antique can
show up. SH: 9am-4pm Sat, Oct. 2. ADM: $5 general
admission. Early buyers: admission is $10 on Fri, Oct.
1, from 2:30-7:30pm; and $20 on Sat. at 7:30am.
Free admission for children, and also free parking.
Dealer tables are $50 each. For more information,
contact Dick at frontierantiques@att.net, 248-840-
7070 or visit www.rtlloydcollection.com.
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MISSISSIPPI
Ongoing, Flowood. Flowood Flea Market & Antique
Mall, 1325 Flowood Dr, Flowood, MS 39232; 601-953-
5914; contact@flowoodfleamarket.com. ADM: $1 (16
& under free) SH: Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 12-5pm.
Ongoing, Richland. Rebecca Rose Flea Market,
815 Hwy 49 South, Richland, Mississippi 39218.
Featuring 30 dealers - 7,000 sq ft. ADM: Free. SH:
10am-4:30pm Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat. For
more info: (601) 936-0058, rebeccarose815@yahoo.
com, www.facebook.com/rebeccarosefleamarket/.
MISSOURI
Every 2nd and 4th Friday, Saturday and Sunday
each month, April through October, Lowry
City. Davis Bros Antique Mall Outdoor Sale, one mile
South of Lowry City on Highway 13, Lowry City, MO
64763. Featuring 10-25 dealers. Hours: 8am-6pm
each day. ADM: Free; also free parking. Spaces at
12 ft x 40 ft can be rented for $20 for the entire
weekend. For more information, call 417-644-2012 or
visit Davis Bros Antique Mall on Facebook.
Sept 25, 2021, Paris. 38th Annual Mark Twain Lake
Show & Sale, Paris High School gym, 25686 Business
Highway 24, at the intersection of Hwy 15 & 154,
Paris, MO 65275. SH: 9am-3pm; lunch available from
10:30am-1:30pm, featuring homemade pies. ADM:
$5. For more information, call Marcie Buckman at
573-881-4035. Sponsored by Xi Beta Xi Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi.
NEBRASKA
Venue change: Oct 29-30, 2021, Council
Bluffs. Please note that the Omaha Antique Show
has changed venues to Iowa at the Grass Wagon,
110 South 29th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
SH: 10am-5pm Friday, Oct. 29, and 10am-4pm
Saturday, Oct. 30. ADM: $6 / $2 students.
NEW JERSEY
Every Wed, Sat and Sun, Lambertville. The
50-year-old Golden Nugget Antique Market,
often rated one of the top 10 flea markets on the
east coast, an indoor/outdoor market at 1850
River Road, Lambertville, NJ, is open year-round
from 6am-4pm and specializes in antiques,
collectibles, art, and more. For more info, visit
www.gnflea.com.
Every Sunday of the month, Wayne. Monthly
Wayne PAL Antique and Collectible Show, at the
Wayne PAL building on 1 PAL Drive, Wayne, New
Jersey. The indoor show will feature vintage jewelry,
toys, advertising items, games, books, military,
magazines and paper items, sterling silver, glass and
china, sports, trains, fishing, NASCAR, Boy Scouts,
dolls, music, primitives, collectibles of all kinds. SH:
9am-3 pm. For information, call 973-696-2896.
Sept 25, 2021, Lambertville. The Golden Nugget
Antique Market, often rated one of the top 10 flea
markets on the east coast, is hosting an Antique
Model Train Show. The Market, located at 1850
River Road, Lambertville, NJ, is open year-round
on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from
6am-4pm. Since 1967, the Golden Nugget has
been well known for expert dealers specializing
in antique furniture, art, and many collectibles
such as coins, stamps, jewelry, vinyl records,
depression glass and of course model trains. For
more info, visit the market’s website: www.gnflea.
com.
Sept 26, 2021, Toms River. Jersey Shore
Comic Book Show, Toms River Elks Lodge, 600
Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08753. Artists,
vendors and crafters will offer comics, graphic
 novels, non-sports cards, Manga, Pokemon,
Funkos, toys, craft items, collectibles and much
more. There will also be special guests and
cosplay groups for great photo opps. SH: Sun,
Sept 26, 10am-4pm. ADM: $3 for adults, children
under 12 admitted free. 50 tables. Vendors who
would like to join can email howellmanforyou@
aol.com, call 609-242-7756 or visit www.
jerseyshorecomicbookshow.com. Tables are 6 ft
(chairs provided) and $65 each, $120 for 2 and
$180 for 3. Artist tables are $35 each.
Nov 14, 2021, Pompton Lakes. 51st Annual
Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show sponsored
by North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors
Association, Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge #1395,
1 Perrin Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 (just off
I-287 Exit 57). Featuring all types of antique
bottles, glassware, stoneware, advertising,
postcards, small antiques, etc. SH: 9am-2pm Sun,
Nov 14. ADM: $3; $15 for early admission (8am).
For vendor info, 201-493-7172.
NEW YORK
Every Saturday and Sunday New York City.
Chelsea Flea Market. W. 25th St. between
Broadway & 6th Ave. 130+ exhibitors, Annex
Markets, annexmarkets.com; 212-243-5343.
Sat & Sun 6:30am-6pm.
Every Saturday & Sunday Middletown. Orange
County Antique Fair & Flea Market, Orange
County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave., Up to 50
exhibitors, Dealer set up: 6:30am; SH: Sat & Sun
8am-5pm. Manager Sam Stell, 845-282-4055, www.
ocfleamarkets.com.
First and third Saturday every month. St. Brigid-
St. Emeric parish flea market. SH: 10am-5pm. The
entrance to the (former) St. Brigid schoolyard is on
Avenue B between Seventh Street and Eighth Street.
Every Sunday. Grand Bazaar NYC, 100 W 77th St (@
Columbus Ave), New York, NY; www.grandbazaarnyc.
org. (Proceeds benefit local public schools.) SH:
10am-5:30pm.
Every Saturday, June 5-Sept 25, 2021 Oneida.
Weekly Flea & Craft Market at Oneida Commons
Vendor Mall in downtown Oneida. The outdoor
Summer Flea & Craft Market was a huge success
last year, and this year there will be even more
vendors, delicious food trucks, and events going
on every Saturday, 10am-3pm. To apply to be a
vendor: www.oneidacommons.com/sell/fleamkt.
Year-round, you’ll find items old and new at Oneida
Commons, open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm, at
157 Cedar Street, Oneida NY. For more info, visit
oneidacommons.com or the Facebook page: www.
facebook.com/events/1344291482593304.
Oct 16, 2021, Hamburg. Our Famous Halloween
Flea Market, St Mary of the Lake Hall 4737
Lakeshore Road, Hamburg, NY 14075. Free
appraisals of antiques & collectibles by Bill
Hartung, former manager of the Orchard Park
Antiques Mall and Lancaster Emporium. Doll
expert Andrea will be here to ID your old doll.
Bob Collignon buys certain vintage photos, so
bring yours. This warm and friendly antiques
and collectibles market has been WNY’s favorite
for many years. Discover unusual and delightful
items that are hard to find elsewhere including
old advertising, antiques, china, glass, holiday
items, fun stuff, breweriana, knickknacks, sports
items, ephemera, postcards, books, household
items, clothing, crafts, small furniture items.
Clean, bright, street level hall with ample parking.
Veterans One-Stop, which assists vets with
their needs, will have an information table. NY
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Project Hope will also be here with free counseling
services in coping with Covid. NY laws regarding
Covid are observed. SH: 9am-3pm. For more info,
call Janice Misuraca at 716-627-3619, email
ourfamousfleamarket@gmail.com or visit https://
www.facebook.com/famousflea/.
Oct 24, 2021, Glens Falls. Sports Card/Coin/
Collectibles Show, Queensbury VFW, 32 Lucerne
Rd. Queensbury, Glens Falls, NY 12804. SH:
9am-3pm. Table: $30. ADM: Free. For more info,
contact Mike or Joe Fuller at 802-379-2353.
Nov 13, 2021, Hamburg. Our Famous
Thanksgiving Flea Market, St Mary of the Lake
Hall, 4737 Lakeshore Road, Hamburg, NY 14075.
Start your holiday shopping here. This month
features an art show with Amy Duengfelder with
her delightful children’s illustrations and Mark
Alexanderson’s eclectic designs. Doll expert
Andrea will ID your old doll. Bob Collignon buys
certain vintage photos, so bring yours. Also Free
appraisals of coin, stamps, political buttons,
sports memorabilia by Leo Kaminsky who is also
buying coins. This warm and friendly antiques
and collectibles market has been WNY’s favorite
for many years . Discover unusual and delightful
items that are hard to find elsewhere including
old advertising, antiques, china, glass, holiday
items, fun stuff, breweriana, knickknacks, sports
items, ephemera, postcards, books, household
items, clothing, crafts, small furniture items.
Clean, bright, street level hall with ample parking.
Veterans One-Stop, which assists vets with their
needs, will have an information table. NY laws
regarding Covid are observed. SH: 9am-3pm/ For
more info, call Janice Misuraca at 716-627-3619,
email ourfamousfleamarket@gmail.com or visit
https://www.facebook.com/famousflea/.
Dec 11, 2021, Hamburg. Our Famous Holiday Flea
Market, St Mary of the Lake Hall 4737 Lakeshore
Road, Hamburg, NY 14075. This warm and friendly
antiques and collectibles market has been WNY’s
favorite for many years. Discover unusual and
delightful items that are hard to find elsewhere
including old advertising, antiques, china, glass,
holiday items, fun stuff, breweriana, knickknacks,
sports items, ephemera, postcards, books,
household items, clothing, crafts, small furniture
items. This month: Carolyn from Farmthisway
will be in the front lot with fresh-cut wreaths.
Rosser’s Ridge Maple & More will also be here
with local maple syrup and other goodies. The
Buffalo Animal Shelter will be here to help you
with your adoption. Clean, bright, street level hall
with ample parking. Veterans One-Stop will have
an information table. SH: 9am-3pm. For more
info, call Janice Misuraca at 716-627-3619, email
ourfamousfleamarket@gmail.com or visit https://
www.facebook.com/famousflea/.
NORTH CAROLINA
Oct 9, 2021, Hickory. Toy, Sportscard, Non-
Sportscard & Hot Wheels Show, Hickory Metro
Convention Center, 1960 13th Avenue Dr SE,
Hickory, NC 28602. SH: Sat: 9am-4pm, T:
300 ($50). ADM: $5 (12 and under free). For
more info, contact Wes Starkey at 540-392-
2884, email wes@swva.net, or visit www.
insidepitchpromotions.com.
Nov 20, 2021, Salisbury. Toy, Sportscard,
Non-Sportscard & Hot Wheels Show, West
End Plaza Events Center, 1935 Jake Alexander
Blvd W, Salisbury, NC 28147. SH: 9am-4pm.
T: 250 ($50). ADM: $5 (15 and under free). For
more info, contact Wes Starkey at 540-392-
2884, email wes@swva.net, or visit www.
insidepitchpromotions.com.
OKLAHOMA
Ongoing: first Saturday and Sunday of each
month, Oklahoma City. Crossroads Antiques &
Farmers Market, an indoor bonanza of opportunities
to find that unique antique; 7000 Crossroads
Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73149. SH: Sat 9am-
5pm, Sun 10am-5pm. For more info: Joe Ramsey
(405-236-4111, joeramseysold@att.net) or Mike
Ramsey (405-623-8698, mikesok49@gmail.com).
OREGON
Sept 24-25, 2021, Portland. Rose City Vintage
Market inaugural show at the Portland Expo
Center in Portland, OR, featuring antiques, mid-
century items and Americana. SH: Fri, Sept 24:
early buy: 12-4pm; general: 4-8pm; Sat, Sept 25:
8am-4pm. For more info and tickets, visit www.
rosecityvintagemarket.com or call 503-877-5399.
PENNSYLVANIA
Ongoing, every 3rd Sunday of the month,
Langhorne. Tri-State 3rd Sunday Swap Meet,
Sheraton Bucks County, 400 Oxford Valley Rd,
Langhorne, PA 19047. Coins, postcards, ephemera,
more. 410-939-0999; marymartinpostcards@gmail.
com; www.marylmartin.com ADM: Free.
Sept 17-19, 2021, York. The original 177th Semi-
Annual York, PA Antiques Show and Sale. York
Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center, Memorial
Hall East, 334 Carlisle Ave., York, PA 17404 (from
Rt. 30, Take Rt. 74 South). Featuring 75 selected
exhibitors with 18th & 19th century American,
English, primitive and period furniture and
accessories, fine early china and glassware, 18th
& 19th C silver, Chinese export porcelain, Oriental
rugs, fine antique jewelry, antique toys, pewter,
early kitchen and fireplace accessories, historic
American militaria, American & English samplers,
Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, baskets, Native
American artifacts. SH: Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat:
10am-6pm; Sun: 11am-4pm. ADM: $10 or $9 with
an ad found at www.theoriginalyorkantiquesshow.
com. Masks required and social distancing will be
observed. For more info, visit the website or call
717-718-1097 or 302-542-3286.
Sept 19, 2021 Lebanon. Central Penn Doll
Collectors Club Doll Show, Lebanon Expo
Center, 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, PA 17042.
Vendors will offer dolls, including antique,
vintage, modern, and artist; doll clothing and
furniture; bears; other doll related childhood
treasures. There will also be someone onsite
to restring dolls. SH: 10am-4pm. ADM: $5 ($4
with any ad), children 12 and under free. For
more info, call 3009-397-6481 or visit www.
centralpenndollcollectorsclub.org.
Oct 9, 2021, Philadelphia. Philadelphia Postcard Show
+ Sale, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19103. SH: 10am-4pm. ADM: $5; buy
and write a post card at the show and get free stamp.
(Special 9-10am Early Bird ticket: $8). Featuring
vintage, travel, mail art, letter press, Jersey Shore,
handmade, rock + soul. New postcard fans as well as
vintage collectors, including makers, letterpress shops
and zine-style postcard artists, are welcome. Vendors
are wanted: Contact Michael McGettigan at mcget@
outlook.com for more info and say what you’d like to
see at a show, and what you plan to bring. Among the
themes that would do well in Philadelphia: Philadelphia
souvenir cards; scenics and history; “camp” and funky
business/restaurant/movie marketing cards; bicycles,
 bicycling, bike race cards vintage and modern;
music, especially pop, R&B and soul; political
postcards, current and historic; museum cards
from Philly region, and from overseas; Philadelphia
industrial, business and manufacturer cards; South
Jersey shore life and times; Pennsylvania Railroad,
Reading Railroad and Amtrak cards. There will be a
stock of stamps and loaner pens on hand; anyone
who buys and writes a postcard at the show can
get a stamp (included with admission) and it will
be brought to the post office for you. For more info,
contact McGettigan at mcget@outlook.com.
TENNESSEE
Ongoing. (Home) Sunroom Flea, 5882 Ladd Springs
Rd, Old Fort, TN 37362;
Windy Swallows, 423-650-5313. SH: By Appt.
Oct 9, 2021 Watertown. Watertown Mile Long
Yard Sale, along two miles of Main Street,
Watertown, TN 37184. Featuring hundreds of
dealers. SH: 7am. ADM: Free. For more info,
contact manager Jim Amero at 615-237-1777,
Jim’s Antiques on Facebook, or visit www.
watertowntn.com.
VERMONT
Sept 18, 2021, Norwich. Norwich Antiques
Show, 277 Main Street, Norwich, VT. A favorite
fall event on the lawn of Norwich Historical
Society, quality antiques are offered by dealers
(each in their own socially distanced tent)
from throughout New England, with antique
furniture, rugs, art, and collectibles. SH:
10am-3pm. There will also be music, a raffle
and an Antiques Roadshow (11am-1pm). ADM:
$5 (children 12 and under free). For more info,
visit www.norwichhistory.org.
VIRGINIA
Oct 2, 2021, Winchester. Sports Card,
Collectibles and Comic Book Show.
Millwood Station Bingo Hall, 250 Costello
Dr., Winchester, VA 22602. SH: 9am-
3pm T: 40, F: $45, ADM: Free. Contact:
Michael Christopher 804-704-4700,
TidewaterCardsAndCollectibles@aol.com,
TidewaterCardsandCollectibles.com.
Oct 8-9, 2021, Fishersville. Fishersville
Antiques Expo, one of the longest running,
top-quality antique shows on the East Coast;
indoor and outdoor, at Augusta Expo, 277 Expo
Road, Fishersville, VA 22939 (I-64/Exit 91).
For directions during event: 540-337-2552. An
antiques extravaganza featuring hundreds of
dealers offering first-rate prices on 18th- and
19th-century American and English furniture;
vintage Americana; Mid-Century Modern;
country, jewelry; silver; textiles; glassware;
art; and collectibles of all kinds. SH: 9am-5pm
both days. Tickets at the gate are $10 Friday
and $5 Saturday. Includes parking. For more
info, contact Ray Stokes at 434-846-7452,
rmstokes41@gmail.com or Lesley Stokes
Bartram at 804-239-0553, lbartram90@
gmail.com; email fishersvilleantiquesexpo@
gmail.com; or visit www.heritagepromotions.
net or the Facebook page.
Oct 30, 2021, Virginia Beach. Sports Card,
Coin, Toy and Comic Book Show, St. Matthew’s
Catholic School, 3316 Sandra Lane, Virginia
Beach, VA 23464. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 60, F: $50,
ADM: Free. Contact: Michael Christopher 804-
704-4700, TidewaterCardsAndCollectibles@
aol.com, tidewatercardsandcollectibles.com.
WASHINGTON
Sept 18-19, 2021, Bremerton. The 2021 Kitsap
Antique Show, President’s Hall at Kitsap County
Fairgrounds, 1112 Fairgrounds Road Northwest,
Bremerton, WA 98311. The Kitsap show features
a variety of dealers from Washington and nearby
states selling everything from the finest antiques
to collectibles and vintage items. It also features
a large antiques appraisal area where attendees
may have their family heirlooms and treasures
verbally appraised. SH: 9am-5pm Sept. 18, and
9am-4pm Sept. 19. For more information, call
360-692-7467 or visit http://antiqueshowkitsap.
com.
WISCONSIN
Ongoing: Saturdays and Sundays, Racine.
Farmers Market @ 2210, at 2210 Rapids Drive,
Racine, WI 53404 is a new year-round indoor
market at a renovated Pick N Save store with over
30,000 sq ft of space. Isles are 10 feet apart, so
social distancing is not an issue. Open Sat and Sun,
9am-3pm.
Ongoing: Sundays, April-Sept. Shawano.
Shawano Flea Market, Shawano County Fairgrounds,
Shawano, WI. Zurko’s Midwest Promotions, 115 E
Division St, Shawano, WI 54166. 715-526-9769;
fax 715-524-5675; www.zurkopromotions.com;
office@zurkopromotions.com. SH: 7am-2pm.
Sept 18, 2021, Racine. Union Grove Flea Market,
Racine County Fairgrounds, Racine, WI. www.
uniongrovefleamarket.com. SH: 7am-4pm.
Oct 2, 2021, Eagle River. Eagle River Cranberry
Fest, downtown Eagle River, WI.
Oct 3, 2021, Shawano. Shawano Flea Market Car
Show, Shawano County Fairgrounds, Shawano, WI.
Zurko’s Midwest Promotions, 115 E Division St,
Shawano, WI 54166. 715-526-9769; fax 715-
524-5675; www.zurkopromotions.com; office@
zurkopromotions.com.
Oct 14-17, 2021 Appleton. Fox River Mall Antique
& Collectibles Show, Fox River Mall, Appleton, WI.
www.zurkopromotions.com.
Oct 16, 2021, Madison. Dolls in the Pumpkin Patch,
Show & Sale, at Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI.
Features national vendors, appraisals, displays,
silent auction, grand prize. ADM at 9am is $6, early
bird at 8am is $15; runs until 3pm. Parking is $8. For
more info, contact: 608-279-5298, dollcoll@charter.
net, and Madison Area Doll Club on Facebook.
Oct 17, 2021, Shawano. Shawano Flea Market
Sunday, Shawano County Fairgrounds, Shawano,
WI. Zurko’s Midwest Promotions, 115 E Division St,
Shawano, WI 54166. 715-526-9769; fax 715-
524-5675; www.zurkopromotions.com; office@
zurkopromotions.com. SH: 7am-2pm.
Nov 13-14, 2021, Wausau. Wausau “Park”
Antique Show & Sale, Marathon Park, E. Gate Hall.
1201 Stewart Ave., Wausau, WI 54401 (directions:
Hwy 39 to Wausau Exit 192, go E. 1/2 mile to the
Park’s Gates). Now in its 14th year, this year’s
show and sale offers history and charm for all
collectors and decorators and features 35 vendor
booths of a variety of period furniture, primitives,
Native American articles, original art, toys,
pottery, postcards, crocks, stock certificates,
shabby & Parisian chic, tools, currency,
documents, stoneware, jewelry, trunks, folk art,
sporting, advertising & holiday items, plus a clock
repairer & lots more. Find treasures to add to your
collection or maybe design projects combining
traditional with farm house articles you find at
this sale. A show donation and luncheon benefits
the Marathon County Humane Society. Help Santa
October 1, 2021 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 37
donate a toy or food for the pets (box by the show
door). SH: Sat: 9am-5pm, and Sun: 10am-3pm.
ADM: $6, under 16 free. Free parking. For more
info, contact AR Promotions, Audre or Ray, at
715-355-5144 or visit www.antiqueshowsinwis.
com or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/
antiqueshowsandsales.
Nov 27, 2021, Green Bay. Flea Market &
Collectorabilia, Resch Center, Green Bay, WI. www.
zurkopromotions.com
Nov 27, 2021, Green Bay. Holiday Gift & Craft Show,
Resch Center, Green Bay, WI. www.zurkopromotions.
com.
Dec 11, 2021, Appleton. Holiday Gift & Craft Show,
Fox Cities Expo, Appleton, WI. www.zurkopromotions.
com.
Jan 29, 2022, La Crosse. The 4000 Foundation,
Limited presents La Crosse’s 30th Annual Great
Tri-State Rail Sale, at the La Crosse Center,
300 Harborview Plaza (2nd and Pearl Streets),
La Crosse, WI 54601. Featuring 300 vendor
tables of all-scales equipment and accessories;
railroad antiques and memorabilia; railroad
books, magazines and photos; hobby supplies;
die-cast models; antique toys; and much more.
Also featuring swap tables and hobby dealers.
SH: 9am-3pm. ADM: $5 (children under 12 are
free). For more info, call 608-781-9383 or visit
4000foundation.org.
AUCTIONS
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.
ARIZONA
Weekly Online Auctions, J. Levine Auction
& Appraisal, 951 W. Watkins Rd. Phoenix, AZ
85007; www.jlevines.com; 480-845-6597.
CALIFORNIA
Sept 24-26, 2021, Banning. Lucky bidders from
around the globe will have a chance to own a
piece of history as the entire collection from the
world-famous Museum of Pinball, the world’s
largest pinball museum, will be auctioned off
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CONNECTICUT
Putnam: ANTIQUE
MARKETPLACE/JEREMIAH’S
2 side by side shops,
109 Main St., Putnam, CT
860-928-0442
Weds. - Mon. 10 -5,
closed Tuesdays
200 + dealers, 25,000 square
feet of vintage antiques,
furniture, primitives, jewelry,
coins, advertising,
mid-century modern, toys,
military, records and pottery.
There are also dealers with
ephemera galore, comics,
sorted postcards, books,
maps, prints and more.
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ROSCOE WOODSTOCK Billings - Marketplace 3301 Rhinebeck Antique Emporium
1st. Avenue North, Billings MT 5229 Rt 9
ANTIQUE MALL 44,000 square feet with 100+ Vendors Rhinebeck/Staatsburg, NY 12580
35,000 sq.ft. of Real Antiques Open Monday - Saturday: 40+ dealer • 10,000 Sq Ft
10am - 6pm antique mall & auction gallery.
Specializing in Early www.marektplace3301.com
Open 7 days a week,
Coin-Op, Gumballs & Slots; Be sure to Checkout 10AM-5PM.
Car-Mel Collectibles @ booth #82
Jukeboxes; Advertising; Toys;
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Petroliana; Antique Firearms; AUCTION CONSIGNMENTS.
Lighting; All eras of Furniture;
Mid-Century Clothing/Décor; NEBRASKA 845-876-8168
www.Rhinebeckantiqueemporium.com
Pop-Art; Soda Machines; Also, find us on Instagram
LP’s; Jewelry & MUCH MORE! @Rhinebeckantiqueemporium
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890 Lake Ave, Woodstock, IL Main Street
Thursday thru Monday 10-5 One of the best quality Howe
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Open Thursday - Saturday
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Two great restaurants across the street
Monthly Vintage Markets!
Open 363 days annually. LAS VEGAS:
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GEORGIA
ROSWELL: City Antiques & Interior
Arts, 700 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Ste. 100,
Roswell, GA 30076; 770-645-2525.
Largest Antique Mall in Roswell with
140+ dealers & consignors; 160+ booths
& display cases; 21,000 sq. ft. of indoor
showroom; 7,500 sq. ft. of outdoor
courtyard, antiques, collectibles and
vintage. Open 7 days a week,
10AM-6PM Mon-Sat, noon-6PM Sunday.
Monthly “Evening in the City” last
Thursday of each month – open till 9PM.
Hors d’oeuvres & wine starting at 6PM.
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Open 363 days annually.
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Open 363 days annually.
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MICHIGAN
UTICA:
Utica Antiques Market -
A Can’t Miss Merchandise
Extravaganza! Celebrating
34 years in business!
Sat. 8 - 5pm, Sun. 8 - 4pm
2021 Dates:
May 8 & 9, July 10 & 11,
Sept 11 & 12.
Largest & Oldest Show in Metro
Detroit Tri-County Area! 100’s of
Dealers Selling quality antiques.
Vendor Space Available.
Call 586-254-3495
www.uticaantigues.com
Antique Mall Antique Mall. Over 200 booths &
showcases! 38,000 sq. ft. Historic
560 S. Decatur, Las Vegas, NV 89107 Bldg. on the Downtown Sherman
Open daily, 10am-6pm.
Courthouse Square. Celebrating
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Crystal, Jewelry, Coins, Lamps,
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Records, Toys, Clocks, Collectibles
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& Primitives from some of the
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Open 7 days. Just 20 miles S. of the
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CHATHAM: Olde 1811 Antique 903-891-9379, toc@airmail.net.
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Shoppe & Crow Cottage:
Chatham NY’s oldest building
houses a robust antique store
full of primitives and treasures
WISCONSIN
for homes and designers alike!
Step back in time to discover
TOMAH:
a wide range of styles in our Antique Mall
unique collection, including
68 quality dealers.
Victorian, Early American, and Open 7 days.
everything in between.
We also have candles, textiles, 1510 Eaton Avenue
Tomah, WI 54660
and reproduction primitives --
I-94 & Hwy 21 East, Exit #143
something for everyone’s budget!
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next month. Over 1,100 vintage and modern pinball machines and classic ADVERTISER INDEX
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50 BOTTLES, 232 MAIL LIST 235 MOVIE, TV 331 MISCELLANEOUS

BEVERAGE ITEMS MEMORABILIA WANTED
Attn: Antique Mall Dealers • • • • • • • • • • • • •
MOVIE •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

WHOLESALE PRICES
Notice: Since 1970 I've been buying
quality ephemera in quantity to sell POSTERS
in the future. At 80 yrs. old the time is Lobby Cards
LARGE now. I offer the following categories at 1-Sheets • Window
true wholesale prices: Cards • Glass Slides
- Antique Advertising Highest Prices Paid
COLLECTION
- Old Store Stock DWIGHT
FOR SALE - Postcard Lots CLEVELAND
Museum quality, - Fruit Labels, Magazine Ads P.O. Box 10922
Chicago, IL 60610-0922
NO cherry picking! - Old News Papers (773) 525-9152
Interested, call Liz at 563-564-1319
- Beer, Whiskey, Soda Labels Email: posterboss@aol.com
- Stock Certificates • • • • • • • • • • • •
110 CARNIVAL GLASS - Old Calendars 331 MISCELLANEOUS
- 1800's Almanacs WANTED
BUY/SELL any amount
- Comic Books, Seed Packs
CARNIVAL GLASS - Black Americana, Wine Labels COMIC BOOKS
also Van Briggle, Roseville, - WWII Collectibles, Cowboy WANTED pre-1965
Meissen, Nippon, Art Glass - Booklets, Old Checks Also Big Little Books, pulps.
GARY LICKVER Top dollar paid.
- Advertising Tins, Railroad
P.O. Box 1778, San Marcos, CA 92079 Comic Art Foundation
760-803-0927 • glickver@hotmail.com - Gas Station Memorabilia PO Box 1414, Oklahoma City, OK 73101
405-236-5303 • ejg777@aol.com Set your collecting sights on
- Old Bottles, Tokens
Put
Antique - French Wine Labels
- Coca-Cola FIREWORKS
Trader - Old Seed Packages
Call or write for 20 pg. catalog, WANTED for
classifieds to over 2,000 items.
Will buy unique packs • Sports memorabilia news
work for you! and old fireworks
Call or Email Tim Baldwin
TOM POLANSKY • Collector & athlete profiles
BOX 1232, SISTERS, OR 97759 Call for more information: • Collecting advice
248-837-9293 (541) 719-1799 573-474-5030 or
tbaldwin@aimmedia.com C647601
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 GEORGIA
Oct 2, 2021, Hartwell. Advertising, Americana &
Nostalgia Auction. 76 Ulyanovsk St. For more info,
visit www.rockabillyauction.com, call 770-652-
8075 or email rockabillyauction@gmail.com.
ILLINOIS
Sept 18, 2021, Union. Military Auction, Donley
Auctions Services, 8512 Union Road. For more
info, call 815-790-9435, email DonleyAuctions@
outlook.com or visit www.donleyauctions.com.
Sept 25, 2021, Chicago. Bids now being
accepted for Potter & Potter’s Steiff, Toys and
Pop Culture auction featuring more than 500 lots
of vintage and modern Steiff bears and other
animals, drawn from advanced collections in
Chicago and across the country. The remainder of
the sale will consist of an eclectic offering of toys
and collectibles, including a collection of antique
mechanical cast iron banks; classic tin litho
toys; German diecast scale model construction
vehicles; comic books; movie posters; Disneyana;
autographs; and other pop culture memorabilia.
Auction starts at 10am Central. For more info,
visit potterauctions.com.
Oct 30, 2021, Chicago. Potter & Potter’s first
sale from Ken Klosterman’s legendary collection
of magicana, the Salon de Magie, filled with
historically significant ephemera, books, and
apparatus. The collection was developed over
the course of five decades and is made up
of many important relics from the careers of
Robert-Houdin, Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, Harry
Kellar, and their contemporaries. In addition to
the remarkable objects included in the collection,
the Salon itself is a jewel box showplace like no
other, outfitted with secret passages and hidden
doors, all buried down a mine shaft some 83
feet underground. Exclusive pre-auction private
tours of the collection, with all lots on display,
Sept 18, 2021, Scranton. The lifetime collection
will be conducted on-site in Loveland, Ohio at
Langsem Farm from October 1-5. These tours,
scheduled by appointment only, will offer bidders
a final opportunity to view the Salon de Magie
and its holdings, including the objects that will be
part of this first history-making sale, as well as
forthcoming auctions. Please contact the staff at
Potter & Potter now to schedule your appointment
and view what has been widely regarded for over
half a century as one of the finest collections of
magicana in private hands. A deluxe cloth-
bound catalog has been issued for the sale for
$55 and can be purchased through PayPal at
potterauctions.com. Limited quantities available.
A public preview of the auction lots will be held at
Potter & Potter’s Chicago gallery Oct 28-29 from
10am to 5pm. The auction starts at 10am on Oct
30 at Potter & Potter’s Chicago gallery. For more
info, visit potterauctions.com.
NEW YORK
Sept 25, 2021, Glen Cove. Roland Auctions will
be selling the contents of American Sculptor
Tony Rosenthal’s estate on Saturday, Sept 25.
Rosenthal was an American abstract sculptor
widely known for his monumental public art
sculptures, and his works are in several museums
around the world. This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to own pieces from his private
collection amassed in his Southampton, NY home
and studio over several decades. For more info,
visit www.rolandauctions.com, call 212-260-2000
or email info@rolandauctions.com.
NORTH DAKOTA
of Neil Krinke, a dedicated collector of classic
cars, rod projects, barn finds, vintage tractors,
old car parts, rare automotive signs and other
examples of petroliana, will be auctioned on
Sat, Sept 18, live at the Krinke family ranch
in Scranton, North Dakota. The auction will be
conducted by VanDerBrink Auctions, based in
Hardwick, Minn. Internet bidding will be available,
but it’s encouraged to attend the auction in
person to take in the full scope of Krinke’s vast
collection, which is a wonderland of amazing cars,
tractors, signs and more, mostly from the 1930s
to the 1960s. The property, which has been in the
family for over 100 years, contains a field of dry
Western metal (no rust) barn-find Fords, many
dating from 1932 to the 1940s, ideal for those
rod projects. Rare 1932 and 1933 Ford 3-window
coupes are a hot rodder’s dream. The collection
features Dearborn and AACA award-winning
cars that would complete any collection. While
the town of Scranton was growing and updating,
Neil would get the old signs that were set aside.
Some he even rescued from dumpsters. He
lovingly gathered all he could, mostly from a
radius no more than 50 miles from the ranch,
and he sold practically nothing. An open-house
preview will be held the day before the auction,
on Fri, Sept 17, from 10am-6pm Mountain Time,
at the Krinke ranch at 10105 132nd Avenue SW
in Scranton, S.D. No early previews, please;
the family is farming. The auction starts at
9:30am on Saturday. More information, as
well as internet bidding, is available at www.
VanDerBrinkAuctions.com.

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PENNSYLVANIA
Sept 24, 2021, Garnet Valley. Briggs Auction is
offering an online-only auction of the Dr. Mead
Shaffer collection of early American antiques. Dr.
Shaffer, a resident of Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania,
is a noted preservationist, historian and collector.
❑ Auction The auction will include Dr. Shaffer’s extensive
collection of colonial and early American and
regional antiques, colonial cookware, folk and
decorative arts and much more. Live, in-person
previews will be on Wed, Sept 22, from 1-5pm and
Thurs, Sept 23, from 1-5pm; both times Eastern,
with no appointment needed. The previews will be
held at the Garret-Booth-Cheyney House and barn
at 1645 Bethel Road, Garnet Valley, PA 19060.
Bidding is online only through Briggs Auction’s Bid
at Briggs platform and through LiveAuctioneers.
com. Pre-auction/absentee bids will be accepted
until 10am on the date of auction, September
24th, when real-time online bidding will begin
on both platforms.Briggs Auction has an app to
make bidding easy and convenient; simply search
Briggs Auction in the Apple App Store, or on
Google Play. For more info, visit Briggs Auction.
INTERNATIONAL
Oct 13, 2021, London. Orders, Decorations,
Medals, and Militaria Auction, Dix Noonan Webb,
16 Bolton St., Mayfair. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1700;
Email: auctions@dnw.co.uk; www.dnw.co.uk.
Nov 10, 2021, London. Orders, Decorations,
Medals, and Militaria Auction, Dix Noonan Webb,
16 Bolton St., Mayfair. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1700;
Email: auctions@dnw.co.uk; www.dnw.co.uk.

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 From cabbage-headed
aliens to rampaging
robots, when ying
saucers invaded movie
theaters in the 1950s,
earthlings had their
hands full with more
than popcorn.

ABOVE, LEFT:
Invasion of The
Saucer-Men (1957,
AIP), a madcap
aliens vs. teenagers
sci-fi comedy.
RIGHT:
Forbidden ABOVE: The Day
Planet The Earth Stood
(1956, Still (1951, TCF)
Images courtesy of Van Eaton Galleries

MGM) introduced us to the

unveiled all-powerful Gort.
Robby the LEFT: Earth vs. The
Robot, the Flying Saucers
greatest (1956, Columbia)
robot ever. with effects by Ray
Harryhausen.

October 1, 2021 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 41

Necklace with Alice
Caviness characteristics
(note chain tail on the
closure with dangling
rhinestones), 1960s.
Images courtesy of Jay B. Siegel

42 ANTIQUE TRADER • www.AntiqueTrader.com • October 1, 2021

 By Pamela Wiggins Siegel
e Ca
A lic
aybe you’ve seen the name
M here and there, but how
much do you know about
Alice Caviness? While
she hasn’t been glorified like some of the
other great women jewelry designers and
business owners I’ve covered in the past,
her company marketed some beautiful
jewelry over more than five decades in
business.
Many of the pieces bearing the Cavi-
ness brand are rhinestone glitz selections
that will knock your socks off if you’re
into that type of jewelry. Others are
super-interesting sterling silver designs.
I’ll clue you in on more jewelry details,
but let’s take a brief look at the history of
the lady and the company first.
History
Most people don’t realize that Alice Cavi-
ness – described as a petite and charming
Southern woman who spoke with a drawl
– got her start in the fashion biz as a mod-
el of gloves and clothing. She expanded
her reach in the fashion industry when
she opened the Alice Caviness Jewelry
Company in the 1940s.
n e s s
vi
All the glitz without the glory,
the understated case
for Alice Caviness Jewelry
Her business, located on Fifth Avenue
in New York, also had sales offices in
major cities around the United States in-
cluding Miami, Dallas and Chicago along
with several others. In addition to supply-
ing nicer department stores as wholesale
clients, the company had many smaller
boutique-style shops it served. As the
business became more and more success-
ful, her husband, Jules Junquerra, left his
job to help her run the company. The in-
dividuals she and her husband employed
were treated like family by this warm
and generous couple. Many worked with
them for decades.
Notable designers working for Cavi-
ness included Millie Petronzio, who
stayed with the company for 25 years.
If her name sounds familiar, it’s because
she went on to lead the design team at
Miriam Haskell in the 1980s. Caviness
ran its own manufacturing facilities early
on. By the 1960s and moving into the
1970s, however, they began purchasing
jewelry from other manufacturers. This
included importing jewelry from Europe
for several years.
Lois Steever, a trusted employee who
October 1, 2021 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 43
joined the firm in the late 1950s, worked
first as a sales associate before moving up
in company’s ranks to the design team.
Steever actually purchased the firm from
Caviness around 1980.
While Alice Caviness moved to Flor-
ida after selling the business, and passed
away a few years later in 1983, the com-
pany continued to market jewelry under
her name. Caviness jewelry was made at
least through 1987, although some sourc-
es state that the brand continued through
about 2000.
More on Caviness Jewelry
Until the early 1960s, Caviness operated
a manufacturing facility that produced
most of their jewelry. After that time, the
business was known to purchase pieces
branded Alice Caviness from other facto-
ries as well as importing jewelry.
Among the pieces in the company’s
fashion lines were those employing col-
orful stones and unusual molded glass
elements. These are some of the most
coveted designs among avid costume
jewelry collectors. The company actu-
ally marketed a wide range of fashion-
 Alice Caviness brooch and
earrings set in one of the
company’s most popular
designs, 1960s.

Alice Caviness rhinestone earrings, 1950s.

44 ANTIQUE TRADER • www.AntiqueTrader.com • October 1, 2021

 Alice Caviness
rhinestone brooch and
earrings set, c. 1960.
able jewelry, however, including beaded
“granny” necklaces and quite an array of
rhinestone jewelry
jewelry.
Most of the sterling silver jewelry,
whether silver in color or gold plated, sold
with a Caviness mark was imported from
Europe. Some of those pieces are specifi-
cally marked with Germany as the origin.
These were usually decorated with color-
ful enameling and some are embellished
with elements like ivory. Metal filigree
work was also common for the sterling
designs. The animal pins fitting into this
category are particularly interesting to
collectors of figural jewelry.
A limited number of gold-filled pieces
were marked with the Caviness name as
well. These designs include fairly plain
bangle bracelets and shell cameo pieces
like brooches and pendants. These are
nicely made and wearable, but not as
popular with collectors as the showier
rhinestone and enameled sterling designs.
Most Alice Caviness jewelry is
marked with her full name but there are
a couple of exceptions to this rule. Some
necklace hooks and earring backs are
only marked Caviness. There are also
times when gold filled and/or and sterling
silver pieces are only marked with the
initials A.C. along with marks indicating
the metal content of the piece.
Keep in mind that not all jewelry
pieces made in the styles Alice Caviness
is known for are marked. Additionally,
some designs associated with Caviness
can be similar, if not exactly alike, to
pieces with other marks such as Hattie
Carnegie and Hobe. This type of dupli-
cation of styles happened when a manu-
facturer, or “jobber” as they’re known in
the jewelry industry, took orders for the
same style from more than one company
and also sold the same designs without
marks.
For this reason, some folks hesitate to
peg a piece as Alice Caviness if it does
not have a signature. Nevertheless, there
are some telltale characteristics pointing
to an unmarked piece as being made by
a jobber that Caviness contracted such
as chain necklace tails with several dan-
gling rhinestones at the end, rectangular-
shaped hinged bangle bracelets, and
October 1, 2021 • www.AntiqueTrader.com • ANTIQUE TRADER 45
stone cups with a single hole in the back
and dogtooth prongs.
Learning More
To learn more about Caviness history as
relayed from a former employee and see
a catalog reprint filled with related ster-
ling silver jewelry, be sure to visit “Jewel
Chat” presented by Jane Clarke’s Morn-
ing Glory Antiques & Jewelry (www.
morninggloryjewelry.com/articles/gal-
lery/caviness/). Not only will you find
interesting information about Alice Cavi-
ness, the wealth of knowledge pertaining
to other jewelry designers and manufac-
turers found there is well worth a browse
and a bookmark.
Pamela Wiggins Siegel has been buying,
selling, and collecting costume jewelry for
more than 30 years. She is the author of
Warman’s Costume Jewelry and the co-
founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors
Int’l, an organization dedicated to host-
ing events and providing educational re-
sources for collectors. Visit her online at
www.chicantiques.com and www.cjci.co.
T om Hanks is a type-
writer enthusiast. He
thinks you should be, too.
Hanks, the star of such film
classics as Big, Forrest Gump, Cast Away,
Sleepless in Seattle and Apollo 13, wears
his heart on his sleeve when expressing
the simple joy found in the typed word.
In his Foreword to Anthony Casillo’s
Typewriters: Iconic Machines from the
Golden Age of Mechanical Writing,
Hanks says sitting down with a type-
writer is akin to an artist seated in front of
a blank canvas, paintbrush in hand.
Here are Hanks’ eleven reason why
you should use a typewriter:
The remarkable looking
Royal Quiet DeLuxe, 1955.
1. Your penmanship is illegible.
I mean, unreadable, so cocked-up
and irregular that you use block
printing and flowing script in the
46 ANTIQUE TRADER • www.AntiqueTrader.com • October 1, 2021
same five-letter word. The kind of
handwriting that one of those legal
experts would examine for a trial
and say, “Oh, he’s guilty.”
2. You can’t aҬord or are just
too thickheaded to gure
out a computer.
3. Your religion forbids the
use of machinery invented
after 1867, when John Pratt came
Photo by John Shearer/WireImage
up with the Pterotype.
4. The Communists are back in anything you type as varied and
power. Their technology sort of unique as the thoughts in your head
maxed with space rockets and type- and the ridges of your fingerprints.
writers, and at about the same time. Everything you type is a snowflake
all its own.
5. You want the assurance that
your letter/note/receipt/speech 9. You own a typewriter. It has
/test or quiz/ school report been serviced and works just fine.
will most likely be kept for The ribbon is fresh. You keep the
a long time, perhaps forever. machine out on a table at the correct
It’s a fact: no one chucks anything height, not locked away in a closet
typewritten into the trash after just still in its case. You have next to it a
one reading. E-mails? I delete most small stack of stationery and maybe
before I see the electronic signature. some envelopes. The typewriter is
6. You take great pleasure in the ready and easy to use any time of the
tactile experience of typing day.
– the sound, the physical quality of
10. You really want to bother
touch, the report and action of type- the other customers at the
bell-return, the carriage, and the coҬee place.
satisfaction of pulling a completed
11. Typewriter = Chick Magnet.
page out of the machine, raaappp!
— Paul Kennedy
7. If what you are writing is
lengthy, the distraction of
rolling another page into
the carriage allows you to
collect your thoughts.
8. You are an artist, equal to
Picasso, and everything you type
is a one-of-a-kind work. The com-
bination of paper quality, the age of
the ribbon, the minute quirks of your
machine, the occasional misuse of
the space bar, and the options of the
martins and tabs all add up to make The spectacular Olivetti Graphika, 1957.
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