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Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Flood damage to family heirlooms and collectibles requires special immediate attention. 1. Mold is the first priority. If possible, move anything with mold outdoors or to the garage. Dry everything as quickly as you can.2. Wipe wood dry as soon as possible. Wipe wood and other hard surfaces with a rag soaked in a mixture of Borax and hot water.3. Remove drawers from wood furniture. Let them dry to reduce sticking.4. Place plastic under furniture legs to prevent colors bleeding from furniture...
Monday, October 8, 2012
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The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, also called the Chicago World’s Fair, celebrated the 400th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The fair’s dedication ceremonies were held in October, 1892, though the fairgrounds didn’t open to the public until May 1, 1893 and it closed October 30, 1893.Visitors wanting to take home a souvenir of their World’s Fair experiences were offered many choices—directories, pictures, programs, ash trays, ceramics, toys, posters,...
Thursday, September 20, 2012
8:05 AM
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If you have an old, perhaps 18th-century, piece of case furniture, try this dating tip. Pull the drawers out and put them back upside down. The drawers should move back and forth as easily as they did in the right-side-up position. Old-time cabinetmakers made both a drawer and its opening exactly square. Drawers with later repairs may not be as exa...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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The September 2012 issue of “Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles” is now available. Don’t miss auction reports on cocktail accessories, Italian art glass and Midcentury Modern desks. Also in the September issue—prices and photos of lawman badges from the Old West, colorful Chinese firecracker labels, birds captured in etchings and figurines, Boehm porcelain marks and Terry Kovel's report from the White Ironstone China Association annual conventi...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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VPT Engineering and Production staff have just finished the complete rebuild of the lighting system in the Colchester studios of Vermont's statewide public television network. Working with local electrical contractors, they replaced equipment that dated back to the day VPT began in 1967.Starting in February, the original power sockets in the ceilings of Studios A and B were replaced with modern sockets....
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