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Comment by C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk on March 18, 2012 at 9:52am

 ....H E L P what can we do NOW
WE ARE LOSING Readers Choice Awards

Please Shake this up...we can't let this happen......do something! VOTE TELL OTHERS HELP!
http://collectibles.about.com/od/ReadersChoiceAwards/l/blreaders-ch...

Comment by Antiques in Bethania on July 29, 2011 at 8:29pm

To all members of I antique on Line - this is a great place, but what even makes it greater is being able to "see" you --- and by seeing you, this does not mean your actually self but an identity or pseudo image if you will, that could be anything you want to be (within reason). I have many different Avatars - or images - but here I like using a photo of my brick and mortar store. I also like using my puppies - one such photo is of my Yorkie Zoie with her five puppies beneath her, and one pup in particular named Mackie who at the same time I snapped the picture, rolled on his back. This is definitely a Kodak moment. However; you do not have to be camera proficient and can even choose clip art or anything free from the Internet.

We want you to have an enjoyable time here, and to stay a while. which means we would like to "see you" !!!!

Comment by C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk on February 5, 2010 at 5:09pm

If you enjoy junk and junking for treasures than you might really like my post called:

: Where Do Junk Collectors Hunt For Freebies, Bargains And The Best Deals ?

http://cdiannezweig.blogspot.com/2010/02/where-do-junk-collectors-h...

Comment by C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk on December 27, 2009 at 6:39pm

Les.....remember what I said...fine chocolate......think of this as fine chocolate....Dianne

Comment by Les Beyer on December 27, 2009 at 4:30pm

Have you ever gotten a fruit cake for Christmas? You probably didn't want a fruit cake but you appreciate the thought anyway.
Thanks for this fruit cake Dianne.

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on June 30, 2009 at 10:43am

This months show at the Allegan Antique show,
the weather leading up to this last weekends show was HOT!! for Michigan standards we were up to 99 degrees with a 70 degree dew point ( muggy) like Florida.
Saturday was set up day we were still in the low 90's & humid, so the set up was slow not to get heat exhaustion, not much dealer traffic moving around, only the very hungry for merch.
had a storm front come thru between 10 pm & 5 am rain and wind thunder & lightning some awnings down, and some blow over but not to bad, and still was muggy till about 10:30 tho the show opened up at 7:00 after 10:30 the cold front finally went thru, then the weather got much nicer to do work in, temp got up to low-mid 80's and partly sunny, good crowd, show over at 4:30 then we get to load up what did not sell or what we bought and go home, at least this show, is right at home not like some of the other shows we used to do that were 4-5 hours drive to get home
Bring on July show next
Craig Phillips
B & C Emporium
http://www.b-c-e.biz

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on June 8, 2009 at 8:02pm

This months show The Allegan Antique show. the weather could not have been better, sunshine, about mid 70's lots of people good show.

Craig Phillips
B & C Emporium
http://www.b-c-e.biz

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on April 27, 2009 at 10:15am

The one thing so far I had forgot to add to the list of things about cost's of the antique dealers doing shows, is the cost of rain damaged goods from inclemmit weather, and a good rain coat, as we just got thru doing the first show at the Allegan antique market, an outside fairgrounds type of show, and we had about 3-4 inches of rain and winds up to 60 mph lots of the easy up awnings were all down in piles, stuff blew over, and every one wet and dishearted, then the sun came out for packing up and it got hot and humid, yuck!, so roll on next month's shows.
Craig Phillips
B & C Emporium
http://www.b-c-e.biz

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on April 16, 2009 at 9:42am

Robert/ Rescuelife products,
the first thing for a uniform info sheet

would be the cost,

and whom and where from purchased (dealer or auction or private party's name, address, city, state, & phone number if possible) attach a copy of the invoice & check or credit card copy, so if it is stolen they police can go back on to the person you purchased it from

date acquired

if their is a number or identification number given it by a collectors group, serial number ( like on electronics, radios, guns) DO NOT PUT your own numbers into the item as it will lessen the value if you want to label it put on a removable label or string tag on the item.

a picture or two,

Notes on any repairs or damage that might help in id'ing the item if stolen or lost, photos of this would be good,

providonce any info on its history ( previous owners etc)

Its Dimensions

a note of any thing that you have, or had done to it since you have acquired the item.

most collectors would know most of these items off the top of there head, but their family's posibly would not have the foggyest idea what the item was other than ("X")

This would be a good start.
Craig Phillips
B & C Emporium
http://www.b-c-e.biz

Comment by rescuelifeproducts on April 16, 2009 at 2:42am

Unifrom Information Worksheet For Antiques

The serious antique collector should develope a worksheet for recording information.
What are the most important fields that should be allow for in such a document?
What should these fields establish for the reader?
What data would you consider optional on such a form?

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