Classified Ads

The rates for classified ads are $1.00 per word. For 25 words or fewer, the cost is $25.00 minimum charge. Photographs or illustrations are $10.00 extra. (They may be furnished in any size, but will not exceed 1½" in publication.) Count all words, numbers, and standard abbreviations (etc., St., Ave., state abbreviations, ppd., Dept., ZIP, and so on) of text and address. Payment in advance, please, for classifieds. Tear sheets of classifieds are not sent. MAINE ANTIQUE DIGEST, P.O. Box 1429, Waldoboro, ME 04572. [email protected]

FOR SALE

LARGE CONVENTION CENTER ANTIQUES SHOW for sale in upper Midwest. Solid numbers, ten-year history. E-mail [email protected]

MARY JANE’S HIGH CHAIR, as featured in the New York Times Home Section, January 17, 2013. Large, adult size (69" H x 30" W x 24" D), built as centerpiece for a licensed marijuana dispensary. Original price: $10,000… Sacrifice: $2500, o.b.o. View on internet: Mary Jane’s High Chair- NYTimes.com. Contact Steve, (609) 921-7511.

VINTAGE 60’S AND LATER WATERCOLORS OF MAINE by Coast Guard Artist Sidney Nemirov. For list, images and prices, e-mail: <[email protected]>.

DECOY COLLECTION FOR SALE: 125 Decoys from Nova Scotia. Asking $125,000. Please contact: Gary Hopkins, P.O. Box 55, Pubnico, NS. CANADA BOW 2WO 1-902-762- 0721.

SERVICES

EXPERT METAL RESTORATION. Otto Suchy, former head conservator for the Higgins Armory, will make anything metal perfect again. Affordable, museum-quality work. Antique Metal Restoration Center, 153 Washington St., E. Walpole, MA 02032. (781) 414-1393. (www.metalrestorationcenter.com).

WANTED

WANTED: CIRCULATING LIBRARY TRADE SIGNS with “Circulating Library” at the head of the sign. Signs with “Circulating Library” embedded in the text will also be considered. E-mail photo and price to <[email protected]> or mail photo to Michael Zinman, Box 104, Ardsley, NY 10502.

ANTIQUE WHALE TOOTH SCRIMSHAW (19th century). Also buying whalebone and ivory canes, crimpers, swifts, busks, etc. Antique pieces only please. Contact: Gregg Hurwitz, (818) 314-5575 or e-mail [email protected], see Web site www.antiquescrimshaw.net

MOVIE POSTERS WANTED. Lobby cards, 1-sheets, window cards, glass slides. Highest prices paid. Dwight Cleveland, P.O. Box 10922, Chicago, IL 60610-0922. (773) 525-9152. Fax (773) 525-2969. E-mail: [email protected]

ANTIQUE SCRIMSHAW from the 19th century, including teeth, crimpers, boxes, tools, swifts, clock towers, etc. Please, please antique pieces only. Contact John Rinaldi, Box 765, Kennebunkport, ME 04046. (207) 967-3218, Fax (207) 967-2918. [email protected] or www.johnrinaldinautical.com

BANKS, BELL TOYS, and tin toys, mechanical and still, cast iron and tin. Collector and broker. Dr. “Z,” (248) 642-8129, 1350 Kirts #160, Troy, MI 48084-4800. (http://www.drzzeezzi.com).

LET ME BUY OR CONSIGN YOUR AUCTION CATALOGS. (732) 922-5800. <[email protected]>.
(www.auctioncatalogs.com).Wanted: Chinese ceramics and works of art auction catalogs.We also take catalogs on consignment. Ask for Andy.

BOOKENDS, HIGH-QUALITY METAL, especially Austrian bronze, bronze/ivory, French bronze, and Deco. Louis Kuritzky, 4510 NW 17th Place, Gainesville, FL 32605.
<[email protected]>. (352) 895-3213 (cell).

KLOPFER COLLECTION SEEKING RARE NUTMEG GRATERS. Include price and photo to NutmegGraters. com, P.O. Box 777, East Longmeadow, MA 01028-0777; (860) 763-2675; <[email protected]>. Educational Web site: (www.NutmegGraters.com/index.html).

BUYING KEYSTONE, Underwood, HC White, Stereo- Travel, etc. boxed stereoview sets, stereoscopes, bulk lots, magic lanterns and glass slides, and related. Pat (614) 558-1547 or e-mail <pkstore2@stereoview. net>.

SEEKING NINA PAYNE (1890-1971), anything related to her dance career in America and Europe, 1905-1930. Martin Goebel, 260 Court St., Salem, Oregon 97301.

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ITEMS. Collector will buy buttons, ribbons, posters, canes, hats, china/glass, candidate flags/bandannas, etc. Also suffrage (votes for women) advertising, prohibition items. Call Bob, (800) 575-8150.

AUTOGRAPHS, banners, political pins, leathers, baseball cards, silks, pennants, baseball pins, sports memorabilia wanted. Highest prices paid. Stan Block, 128 Cynthia Road, Newton, MA 02159.

SEMINOLE INDIAN ITEMS: clothing, beadwork, weapons, photographs, silverwork, bandolier bags, etc. Keith Reeves, Box 1210, Winter Park, FL 32790. E-mail: <[email protected]>. (407) 647-1706.