Feb 22
Smuggling gangs who deliver illicit cigarettes door to door to order are the target of a new customs unit, which will also monitor those trying to sell cigarettes online. The 15-strong team will tackle gangs who deliver fliers with price lists for different brands and mobile phone contact numbers. the cigarettes sell for between one-fifth …
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Feb 21
Carousel figures, made mostly in the early 1900s, sell for high prices today. Carousels probably were first made in the 1700s to train spear-throwers, not as enjoyable rides for children. A horseback rider would ride toward a hanging ring and try to put the spear through it. Gustav Dentzel started a company that made carousel …
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Feb 03
The Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association awarded its first cultural enrichment grants Tuesday to four organizations from Falmouth to Provincetown in a ceremony at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. The grants went to the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, the Yarmouth Port Library, the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit and …
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Feb 02
the silver and silver-plated section will include paandaans, miniature toys, jewellery boxes and rose water sprinklers, amongst others, that have been handcrafted in the traditional style with Indian mythological themes DNA With India’s rich and famous moving towards the ‘traditional look’ for their houses, the market for antique and traditional furniture and collectables has been …
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Jan 28
Jack Caple, 93, worked for Fletcher Jones for 33 years. Now the factory is a shadow of its former self. Photo: Robin Sharrock THE sprawling factory is long closed, but the sturdy machines that sewed Fletcher Jones trousers for generations of Australians still whir in Warrnambool homes. Lorraine Pola has one. It’s been serviced just …
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Jan 19
As far as taxidermy goes, this little Mynah bird may look rather unassuming. However, the story behind ‘Charlie Boy’ harks back to the golden age of variety shows and family entertainment – and this is one bird that certainly had the ‘X Factor’. A Greater Indian Hill Mynah, a species renowned for its ability to …
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Jan 17
A THIEF with a taste for antiques. This is what police may have uncovered when they searched a Yeppoon house yesterday and found a number of odd items and collectables they allege were stolen from homes on the Capricorn Coast in the past few months. A man was arrested yesterday in relation to another matter, …
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Jan 10
Guitars are hot, guitars are sexy – and guitars can be worth big bucks. “People have paid up to a million dollars for guitars owned by the likes of Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia,” says Tom Beaujour, editor-in-chief of Guitar Aficionado magazine. “The most valuable production electric guitar is the 1958/59 Gibson Explorer, of which …
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Jan 09
With the bang of an auctioneer’s gavel, an early 1800s secretary with an inlaid image of an American eagle owned for decades by West Overton Museums near Scottdale was sold at a private auction for $8,750. But most of the profit went to a local antiques dealer, who paid the museum $500 for the Federal …
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Jan 09
We find the most interesting Vintage Lighters for Sale. here are the best deals we found for Black&Silver Brand New L2 St Dupont Gas Cigarette Lighter with Box and Cards for sale on the Internet. This auction is now closed. $31.00 if you want to see its description or find similar items currently for sale …
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