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stolen antiques - antique thefts in the news

Authorities in Bulgaria this week closed down a major antiquities trafficking channel. Police searched twenty five premises and arrested thirteen people in connection with the investigation. The suspected ring organizer is an entrepreneur who owns many properties that include a large hotel. The ring is suspected in over seven million dollars in thefts that included antique jewelry, coins and vases as well as marble tile, swords, knives and decorative elements from an antiques shrine. The suspects have been charged with the equivalent of possession of stolen property and U.S. authorities have been alerted of the groups U.S. connections.

DUMB MIKEY

After a long hard day of nothing to do, Mikey decided that he would go to the local watering hole to get a drink. Secretly he hoped one of his buddies were there so that he wouldn’t have to pay for a drink. To his disappointment, Mikey didn’t see anyone he knew so he sat down at the bar and began watching the news. Mikey became interested in the 6 o’clock news when they showed a man was on the Brooklyn Bridge and was threatening to jump. The bartender, knowing Mikey, came up to him and said, “betcha $50 he jumps.”

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DC Big flea rolls into chantilly, virginia

The DC Big Flea will roll into town this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, November 3 & 4, 2007. This market features over 600 booths full of antiques and collectibles in two building at the Dulles Expo Center inChantilly, Virginia. The show runs from 9 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and 10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. There is plenty of free parking and food is served on the premises. If you cannot find what you are looking for at this Granddaddy of all flea markets, you will not find it anywhere.

Antiques Newsletter Archives – October 26, 2007 features articles about Stolen Antiques and Antique Thefts In the News; The DC Big Flea Market; Moravian Pottery; The Fenton Art Glass Factory is Still Open and An Interesting Thrift Store Find, Vintage Lithograph of Kayak II. Antiques Newsletter Archives – October 26, 2007 also highlights upcoming antiques shows & flea markets, antiques auctions and Estate & Tag Sales. NOVA-Antiques is the mid-eastern U.S. website for all things antique and collectible.

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fenton art glass still open

Fenton Art Glass, who has been producing beautiful collectible pieces since 1905, will remain open through at least early November. The factory, which had announced it would close it’s doors this year after 102 years in business, received strong support from it’s 4000 dealers and a surge of last minute orders. The Fenton Art Glass factory in Williamstown,West Virginia which is widely known for its handcrafted and hand-painted pieces is a favorite among collectors. News of the closing has brought a renewed interest earlier pieces as has been evident by this writers sales at recent antiques and collectibles shows.

NOVA-Antiques.com was designated as a resource for antiques and collectibles flea markets in an article published in the Weekend Section of the Washington Post on May 6, 2005

moravian pottery - gottfried aust & rudolph christ

Moravian potters who emigrated from Europe brought with them designs of flowers and foliage that is evidenced in the works of Gottfried Aust and his protégé Rudolph Christ. The Moravians, who were a group of religious settlers, first settling in Pennsylvania and then later in North Carolina. Gottfried Aust was a Master Potter who created simple patterns but with very robust and colorful motifs as was the tradition in the old country. Rudolph Christ, who was born in 1750 in Salem, North Carolina, later became the Master Potter. Although he learned a lot from his mentor, you will find that his designs are more geometric while still incorporating the vigorous colors and designs.

On another note, the Iranian government this week protested the auction sale of an Iranian bas- relief of a soldiers head. Christie’s Auction house in London sold the art piece that was supposedly stolen from Iran’s Persepolis site for close to $200,000. According the Iran’s government all artifacts are part of the national cultural heritage of Iran and they allege that many items were stolen prior to the Islamic Revolution thirty years ago. The bas-relief art piece had been in a private French collection since 1974.

KAYaK II - An interesting thrift store find

Many of you have heard of Seabiscuit, the racehorse made famous by the most recent movie by the same name which starred Toby Maguire, but how many of you have ever heard of Kayak II?

Closer to home . . . in Mamaronek, New York, a pair of large (40 inches high) bronze mounted cobalt blue and gilt Sevres vases with bronze acorn decorated tops were stolen from a Mamaroneck antiques dealer between October 3 and 10. The Nineteenth Century vases are valued at up to $50,000 and the dealer is offering a substantial reward for information leading to their recovery. Anyone having information about these items is asked to contact Detective Richard Carroll at the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department at 914-777-7741, referencing Report #VMPD-CR-1426-07.

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