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carter

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Michaelson said:
Being a member of the NAWCC (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors), I know several fellow chapter members that take care of my vintage timepieces for me. The one I always use in Tyler Texas sends my watches back to me in as close to like new condition as anyone I've ever used.

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson,

Please post the contact information for your watch restorer in Tyler, if that is permissable.

I have a 1940's Hamilton that I had restored but it still loses time very quickly.

Thanks,
Carter
 

carter

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Estate Sale Finds

Here are a couple of items found at an estate sale last Friday.

Pipe Table Smoker's Side Table
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Copper Clad Stovetop Percolator
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KilroyCD

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What memories!

cowboy76 said:
...A little something we picked up at a local flea market.

An original poster of Mal Halett performing at the Sunnybrook Ballroom, in Pottstown, PA.
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I have to find out the best way to preserve this. I know there is a process where a varnish is used that seals the paper to the wood....that's what I'm looking to do. Then hang it on the wall at the top of the stairs.

Here's some info on the Sunnybrook,....all the greats played there,..Armstrong, Hallett, Goodman, Shaw,..etc. The Sunnybrook Ballroom was so popular, that Artie Shaw later used one of the posters from the Sunnybrook on the cover of one of his albums!!
http://www.sunnybrookfoundation.org/photo.htm
Cowboy, looking at your poster then checking out the link just brought back many memories. I have many memories of SunnyBrook as I was born in Pottstown, and lived there until 1973. My memories were as a kid, with the pool, Easter Egg hunts at SunnyBrook, special events and even the annual Home Show being held there. For my parents, SunnyBrook was a favourite haunt. I have photos my mother took of Glenn Miller performing there, while my father actually performed there as well. He was a member of several regional big bands prior to and during the war. My last time at SunnyBrook probably was in 1973, and even then I commented that it still looked like it did in the wartime photos my parents had. Now, with the SunnyBrook Foundation having secured the site, it is set to return to its former glory. A friend of mine is on the board of the foundation, and what he told me they have in store for SunnyBrook was music to my ears. Once again the sound of Big Band music will be commonly heard there.
I can't wait! :D :eusa_clap :D :eusa_clap
 

cowboy76

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KilroyCD said:
Cowboy, looking at your poster then checking out the link just brought back many memories. I have many memories of SunnyBrook as I was born in Pottstown, and lived there until 1973. My memories were as a kid, with the pool, Easter Egg hunts at SunnyBrook, special events and even the annual Home Show being held there. For my parents, SunnyBrook was a favourite haunt. I have photos my mother took of Glenn Miller performing there, while my father actually performed there as well. He was a member of several regional big bands prior to and during the war. My last time at SunnyBrook probably was in 1973, and even then I commented that it still looked like it did in the wartime photos my parents had. Now, with the SunnyBrook Foundation having secured the site, it is set to return to its former glory. A friend of mine is on the board of the foundation, and what he told me they have in store for SunnyBrook was music to my ears. Once again the sound of Big Band music will be commonly heard there.
I can't wait! :D :eusa_clap :D :eusa_clap


Yep, I used to look at it on the way home from Limerick when I worked the shutdowns there and we wer repairing stuff. Always thought it was such a shame to see it just sit there vacant!
it will become a GREAT venue when its all redone,...I'm sure some great WWII and/or Golden Era events will be held there in the future!!
 

MrNewportCustom

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Quigley,
Those are beautiful! I just wish I'd known about your Arizona collection six days ago. I would have looked for something for you. :)

I was in Sedona from Wednesday night to this morning, and spent some time wandering more than just the tourtist shops. Today, my sister and I drove home through Jerome and Prescott, and stopped at a small diner in Coyote Flats, and one more short stop in Quartzite before crossing the state line and getting stuck in really slow traffic from Indio to Beaumont! That's about sixty miles at a 20 mph average speed! :eek:

I got home about an hour before this posting.


Lee
 

RedHotRidinHood

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Quigley Brown said:
Since my dog's name is 'Arizona' I like to find vintage 'Arizona' items....

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I found this last week...

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Nice plate! That is part of a dinnerware set that was given away, piece by piece, back in the 50s and 60s by a local gas/oil company called Blakely. They also gave away matching drinking glasses in wooden holders. How funny that it should turn up in Maryland...I bet some vacationers stopped at a Blakely station to fill up the old Studebaker on their way out of town and got the plate for free. I am sure they thought it would make a nice souvenir!!

Go do a search on eBay for "Blakely" and you will see what I mean. The Cactus pattern dinnerware is nice stuff!
 

Quigley Brown

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RedHotRidinHood said:
Nice plate! That is part of a dinnerware set that was given away, piece by piece, back in the 50s and 60s by a local gas/oil company called Blakely. They also gave away matching drinking glasses in wooden holders. How funny that it should turn up in Maryland...I bet some vacationers stopped at a Blakely station to fill up the old Studebaker on their way out of town and got the plate for free. I am sure they thought it would make a nice souvenir!!

Go do a search on eBay for "Blakely" and you will see what I mean. The Cactus pattern dinnerware is nice stuff!

Thanks for the info! The stuff on ebay was pretty neat.
 

Feraud

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Starius said:
Nice Hawkeye, Feraud!

I have a few of those myself. I think they're neat little guys.

Good deal?
I did not pay too much for it and hope it was a good deal! [huh] I am not a serious collector but have a humble collection of approx. 4-5 cameras(film/video) passed along from my dad.
What I did not realize until I saw your thread was the flash(and bulbs) were sitting on the shelf too! I might go back to reunite the Brownie w/its flash.
 

Starius

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Quigley Brown said:
I have nearly 30 of those models...BTW Starius I got most of them when I lived in Iowa.

Iowa... the elephant graveyard of old cameras!

Feraud said:
I did not pay too much for it and hope it was a good deal! [huh] I am not a serious collector but have a humble collection of approx. 4-5 cameras(film/video) passed along from my dad.
What I did not realize until I saw your thread was the flash(and bulbs) were sitting on the shelf too! I might go back to reunite the Brownie w/its flash.

Good call Feraud. I think more times than not, you won't find the flash attachment with the camera in antique stores, thrift stores, or flea markets. Easily separated over time, I suppose.
The two I have with the flashes were given to me by a friend, they used to be his father's cameras and they had been well taken care of, sitting in camera bags for years. Prior to that, I hadn't seen the brownie flash for that model before.
 

Miss Brill

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Today I went to an antique mall & found some kitchen ware. The bottle opener on the left has a patent date of November 7, 1933 (it was $4.00, the others were $2.00 each):
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And doilys, doilys, doilys! All .50, .75, $1.00, and one big one was $2.00:
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I also found this shaving mug:
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A hand painted dish with a little handle on top (it was $1.00):
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And another hand painted, bone china dish (for $1.00):
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MrNewportCustom

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A very nice selection there, Miss brill. :)

Those doilies are very nice. My mother has tatted up a number of those over the years. Considering the time it takes to make them, you got a great deal. Enjoy them.


Lee
 

Miss Brill

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MrNewportCustom said:
A very nice selection there, Miss brill. :)

Those doilies are very nice. My mother has tatted up a number of those over the years. Considering the time it takes to make them, you got a great deal. Enjoy them.


Lee


Thanks! Your mom is lucky--I'd love to be able to do needlework. I envy those who can. :eek:
 

MrNewportCustom

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Miss Brill said:
Thanks! Your mom is lucky--I'd love to be able to do needlework. I envy those who can. :eek:

Don't envy. Do! Buy yourself the instruments, some yarn, a book, and go to it. Getting started costs practically nothing. :)

My mother could teach you a lot: needlepoint, knitting (by hand and on a machine), crocheting, tatting, sewing, embroidery (thread and liquid). . . The list goes on. lol Twice, she'd cut hundreds of bread bags into continuous one-inch strips and made throw rugs for the hallways. Those things were nearly indestructable! She still wears a hat she made from them, and currently makes cat toys, too. lol

She even taught me some. When I was in junior high, I knit my own sweater on the machine, and the whole family would help her knit together strips she'd knitted into afghans. I still have a couple of them in storage.

Go to it! Get knitting! :)


Lee
 

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