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LISTING AS FOLLOWS: Circa 1830 tiger maple 2 over 4 Federal chest w/backsplash & walnut trim; ca 1850 Sheraton 2 drwr banded work table; acanthus carved ca 1860 mahog game table w/lift top; Sheraton turned leg 2 drwr pine kitchen work table 40"x46"; black finish ca 1820 boot jack end; 6 board blanket chest has snipe hinges & rose bud nails; antique painted finish bird cage; Windsor side chair; pr of Empire slip seat flame mahog side chairs; Vict Eastlake white MT lamp table w/fancy base (believed Parker); pr of hairpin loop needlepoint seat Vict side chairs; 30"h BW insert MT Vict fern stand; Vict oak stick & ball easel; small Vict oak shield style mirror hall tree; 22" oval white MT Vict BW lamp table; mahog 3 section Halis stack bookcase; turn-of-the-century custom mahog pedestal base serpentine top lamp table w/claw feet; BW Vict oval wood top lamp table w/carved base; custom 36" round crotch mahog top center table; full size Simmons brass bed dated 1902; 3 prong bell shade Vict hanging lamp fixture; pr of 14"h Vict lamps w/metal bases & vaseline centers; pr of 10" pink Depression glass Daisy & Button boudoir lamps w/matching shades; two antique kerosene lamp founts w/HP bases; acroagate 20"h table lamp; grain finish Waterbury mantel clock; gilt framed oil painting of boats w/sails on 20"x14"h canvas (unsigned;) framed artist signed hand colored French print; oak framed hand color portrait of Vict woman signed JW Gies date 1899; other Vict prints and engravings; two Vict wall mirrors; three bound volumes of newspapers from Hartford Daily Courant 1902, Hartford Times 1918, and The Hartford Courant 1946; 1920s Holmes & Edwards silver plate set in orig box; lg set of Noritake china Brian pattern; 7" openwork Meissen handled basket w/flower trim; 5"h Oriental carved jade animal figure; 7"h Satsuma covered biscuit jar; pr of 9" hand chased sterling silver candlesticks; Staffordshire cheese dish w/cover; 6" blown cranberry vase w/ground pontel; 6"h cranberry Nailsea End-of-the-Day swirl vase; small pr of wooden duck decoys; pattern pressed items including 2 part punch bowl; and numerous other items!
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NEXT AUCTION: April 28, 7:30 pm – Details in “Antiques & The Arts Weekly." Home Baked Pies * Refreshments * Parking Front & Rear.
All Cayennes should look this good: Top Car Vantage GT
The first-generation Porsche Cayenne was not the most stirring thing to look at. The facelifted 2008 edition fares slightly better (particularly the Turbo), but it's still no beauty. Aftermarketers have also met difficulty when dealing with the Cayenne's looks. For example, TechArt's Magnum is certainly a performance monster, but it still wears a love-it-or-hate-it mug. We were stating to believe that a truly hot-looking Cayenne was simply not achievable at the hands of humans, when Greg from Cardesign.ru sent in word of the Top Car Vantage GT. Top Car is a Russian aftermarket outfit, and from the looks of things, it has its stuff in order. The Cayenne-derived Vantage GT is both a looker and a performer, and we'll say this: it's one of the best looking Cayennes we've seen -- factory or tuner-built -- period.
The smoking lamp is lit
The Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars won the right to light up in their posts re cently, but that doesn't mean that they should start blowing smoke. Bill Seagraves, the VFW's state commander, seems to agree. He said he would urge the VFW's 428 posts to establish smoking and nonsmoking spaces inside. The Ohio Department of Health made an understandable call when it decided to exempt nonprofit private clubs from the ban, as long as everyone present is a member, including employees. Anti-smoking advocates aren't pleased, and we can understand their disapproval. Ohioans voted overwhelmingly in November to outlaw smoking in public spaces. But the VFW is not a public place when it serves as a meeting hall for members only. And when it does have a public event or has youngsters 18 or under present, the new rules say cigarettes and cigars must go out, said health officials.
Philips exits TSMC, profits set to jump
Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world's biggest maker of electric shavers and light bulbs, may say first-quarter profit jumped more than fivefold on the sale of part of its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Net income probably climbed to 832.3 million euros (US$1.12 billion) from 160 million euros a year earlier, the median estimate of 10 analysts Bloomberg News surveyed by telephone and e-mail. Sales may have fallen 0.2 percent to 6.15 billion euros. Philips Chief Executive Officer Gerard Kleisterlee last year sold most of the chip unit and part of its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor to focus on appliances, medical scanners and lamps. Amsterdam-based Philips forecast a "challenging" first quarter for its consumer electronics unit, the largest division by revenue, as prices of flat-panel televisions decline.
Lights out in Ontario on old-style bulbs
As part of a five-point energy conservation program announced yesterday, the energy and environment ministers said stores will only be allowed to sell compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) by 2012. "It's lights out for old, inefficient bulbs in Ontario," Energy Minister Dwight Duncan told reporters at the spring Home Show at Exhibition Place. "By making this one small change, we can make an enormous difference in the way we use electricity," he said, adding Ontario is the first province in Canada to launch the initiative. Duncan said the old bulbs use "four times the power." Replacing 87 million cheaper incandescent bulbs now used in Ontario homes will save 6 million megawatt hours a year -- enough to power 600,000 homes, officials said. Government offices are installing CFLs as part of a commitment to reducing energy costs and green house gases, although some facilities such as hospitals will be allowed to continue using the old bulbs "for insurance purposes," Duncan said.
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