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Walker's Point

This area was once dominated by manufacturing and industry, drawing waves of German, Polish and, more recently, Hispanic immigrants to work the plentiful blue-collar jobs. With the Urban cheese factory, Clock Shadow Creamery (138 W. Bruce St ...

The 2015 Winter Antiques Show

The message “WAS is NOW” was supposed to prove that antiques are relevant in the modern world and announce a new level of excellence for the show; it is a message hard to sum up in a logo. . painted wood full-bodied cock weathervane, 1800-25, and he ...

Review: The 2015 Armory Show Overlaps History and Cultures

Franz Erhard Walther, a German artist who fell through the cracks of history here and was revived with a 2010 Dia:Beacon exhibition, appears on both piers. In the modern section, he is represented by fabric and wood constructions from the '90s at ...

Hopkins clockmaker repairs the world's rarest timepieces

He's fixed clocks from Hong Kong to Pakistan, from Russia to Germany. And nearly every one has Befitting their status, they were usually encased in beautifully carved wood or precious metal. They often included Purdy also sells rare clocks. The ...

Abundance of blight reveals Detroit's wooden treasures

DETROIT — James Cadariu was planning construction of his hip, new coffee bar, Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company, in 2011 when he first heard about Reclaim Detroit, a nonprofit agency retrieving old and valuable wood and other treasures from When ...

Oil painting of John DuPont's uncle up for auction

MALVERN – An important oil on canvas portrait painting by the noted German artist Georg Papperitz (1846-1918), from the estate of John E. DuPont will be sold at a two-session public and online auction planned for Friday, Feb. 27, by Gordon S. Also ...

What's it Worth? Wedgwood container, Metro Electric radio speaker, Kutani ...

It is in the Fallow Deer pattern and is commonly called transferware, a style that uses transfer printing to produce fine lines similar to the engraved prints in old books. All pieces are made from single pieces of wood. Overall, the piece is in ...

Figures don't lie: Inside a Canadian collector's wooden mannequin exhibition

Her mannequins include some beautifully carved figures at life size, including an anatomically correct German pair from 1520 ... are on you,” she says – though all the eyes are wooden. Seventeen vintage fairground mirrors distort everything they ...

Walker’s Point

This area was once dominated by manufacturing and industry, drawing waves of German, Polish and ... Fifth Street), which uses antique lead and wood type and hand-carved linoleum block to create cool, funky posters. There are a whole host of other artists ...

Antique Collector Brings Unusual Pieces to Litchfield County

He is a member of the Art & Antique ... wood commode dates to around 1750. It features a highly exaggerated serpentine front and sides. And there is a magnificent large Irish mahogany armchair, with a shaped upholstered back surmounted by a crest of carved ...

Collectors seek vintage technology

Collectors are searching for antique and vintage items related to discontinued technology ... The cedar keeps out moths and other insects, but the oil in the wood will discolor fabric or paper. Before storing fabrics in the cedar chest, it should ...