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The Courtyard Farmer Flea & Craft Market.

Merchants Square Mall

1901 S 12th St

Allentown Pa 18103

Market Opens

June 6 until October 31.

10 am – 3 pm Rain or Shine

We will open on the Fridays of Car Cruise Nights (Good weather Only)

6/12,  7/10,  8/14,  9/11

Vendors can set up on Friday of Car Cruise Nights from 12 pm - ?

JUNE GRAND OPENING SPECIALS FOR VENDORS

BOOTHS Space (approx 12 x 15 spot) $10.00

Table Space (8 ft spot)  $3.00

You are required to bring your own set up.  No tables will be provided.

Permanent Vendors are given first choice of space.

You can reserve your space with payment or Set up is 8am that day. 1st come 1st served.

Please contact Valley rail promotions at 610-440-0487 or email valleygoto@rcn.com for info.  Check out our web site at:  http://www.valleygoto.com

I insisted it must just be a local distributor of the product.

Guess what…my son was right. We entered the old barn which was erected in 1904 to find one of the few remaining New England bottling centers for Avery’s Soda.

According to the Avery website, “ Samuel F. Avery began making soda in the red barn on Corbin Avenue in the summer of 1904. Avery’s quickly became known for its variety of flavors, especially the Cream, Birch Beer, Root Beer and Ginger Ale.

During the recent election Avery offered new flavors, “Barack O’ Berry” and “John McCream” and ran a special straw poll with donations going to the League of Women Voters.
http://www.averysoda.com/about.html.

When we walked into the barn, there were old soda boxes stacked from floor to ceiling everywhere. The new owner was shutting down the equipment he now uses (circa 1950’s) and I was ruminating over which flavor soda to try. I grabbed a cold root beer soda, while my son investigated the deals you get when you buy a case of soda with re-cycled bottles.
After sampling the root beer, I passed the bottle to my son and I then began taking photos of this vintage soda plant while chatting with the owner. I learned that there are only four remaining Avery bottling centers left in Connecticut. Back in 1904, Mr. Avery used a horse pulled wagon to deliver soda to folks in and around New Britain, CT. Then in 1914, Samuel Avery bought his first delivery truck. Avery’s still delivers soda to your home on request and offers good ole customer service.

Avery Soda is one the oldest bottling companies in New England.
C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.

If you would like to contact Dianne, email her at Dianne@CDianneZweig.com or visit her website at http://www.cdiannezweig.com

Dianne is a member of:
The American Society of Journalists and Authors
The Authors Guild, Inc.

 “We have continued to draw the kind of dealers that set-up at the long established shows. There is a nucleus of great quality Americana dealers to go along with the other professional country dealers. Plus there is another large group of dealers who handle more diversified antiques. It makes for an excellent day of treasure hunting. We’ve tried to make the show like a mini-Brimfield, and considering how far some of the dealers travel to do the show, I think we’ve done it. I might add that the feedback from the show-goers has been excellent” said Lipman.

Some of the well travelled dealers include Scott Brasseur, from Western Pennsylvania, Gary Promey from Ohio, and Doug and Diane McIywayne from North Carolina.

“This year’s show will have something for everyone.” states Lipman. “We will have a diversity of antique furniture, Americana, fine art, pottery and china, glass, estate jewelry, ephemera including a huge collection of postcards and maps, toys, cast iron, garden accessories, quilts, samplers, baskets, stoneware, redware, primitives, antique sporting goods, Victoriana, Native American pottery, jewelry and artifacts, and even some mid-century modern.”

A few of the show headliners include Boggs Boynton of Clarksboro, NJ, Raccoon Creek Antiques of Oley, PA, Granthum 1763 of Denton, MD, Hart’s Country Antiques of New Oxford, PA, Susan’s Americana Gallery of Doylestown, PA, Ayscough’s Antiques of Chadd’s Ford, PA, Herman Woolfrey of West Chester, PA, Ken Silveri of Hamburg, PA, Country Treasures of Preston, MD, Dick Gove of Port Republic, NJ, Primarily Primitives of New Hope, PA and Linda Grier of Langhorn, PA.

The June Festival of Antiques is held once a year at the 4-H fairgrounds which are one mile south of the Historic District of Mullica Hill, NJ on state highway 77. There are 55 dealers set-up under pavilion roofs and 50 more outside on the lawn area. There is ample free parking. Excellent food and drinks from Fat Jack’s BBQ of Washington Twsp. will be available all day during the show hours of 9am-4pm. The show is rain or shine. A portion of the proceeds benefits The Harrison Township Historic Society. Admission is discounted to if an ad or show card is presented.

Information and photos of past shows is available at www.yellowgarageantiques.com or contact The Yellow Garage Antiques at 856-478-0300.

The centerpiece lot promises to be a rare and fine E. Howard Model #61 floor standing astronomical regulator, the third such clock to be sold by Fontaine’s.

The first one, a magnificent example, soared to $195,500 at a Spring Clock Auction held in June of last year. The second one, offered at Fontaine’s Fall Clock Auction in November, was a superior example that brought $189,750. “The one we’re selling May 30th is the best of the three, without question,” said John Fontaine of Fontaine’s Auction Gallery. “I’m very curious to see what it sells for.”

The weekend will kick off with Session I, on Saturday, May 30, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. Over 275 lots of catalogued clocks will be presented, among them the E. Howard #61, boasting a four-jar mercury pendulum. But other E. Howards will be offered, too. These include an extremely rare Model 70 wall clock with 20-inch dial; a massive Model 87 floor-standing clock with jeweled pallets, four-jar mercury pendulum and time-only brass movement; and #1 and #5 banjo clocks.

Also featured will be a hard-to-find Chelsea ship’s clock with a 10-inch dial and rare, patinated Verde brass case with brass dial; a fantastic French Industrial mantle clock; an Elmer O. Stennes presentation Girandole banjo clock; an Elmer O. Stennes lyre clock; an Elmer O. Stennes weight-driven Massachusetts shelf clock; Seth Thomas weight-driven regulators; and an Umbria #7 regulator clock.

Session II, which will begin around 3 p.m. that day, will be an uncataloged Discovery Auction. Over 400 clocks, comprising about 250 lots, will cross the block. “Bidders must be present to preview and bid in this session,” Mr. Fontaine pointed out, “as the clocks are uncataloged and being sold as-is.” He added, “Absentee and phone bids will be accepted in this session if you have previewed the lots.”

Session III – to be held Sunday, May 31, at 11 a.m. — will feature over 250 lots of fine cataloged wristwatches and pocket watches. Included in the group will be a very rare Rolex Model Ref. 4500 two-tone chronograph; a Rolex Tank wristwatch made for Bucherer; a very nice Waltham five-minute repeater pocket watch; and an interesting Dudley Masonic Masons pocket watch with special movement.

Session IV, to be held that day, starting around 2 p.m., will be another Discovery Auction, this one dedicated to pocket watches and wristwatches, over 400 of them. Many will be sold in multiple item lots and large groups. And like in the clock Discovery Auction, bidders must be present to preview and bid, as the watches are cataloged and will be sold as-is. Absentee and phone bids will also be accepted.

Returning to clocks to be offered in Session I, other expected top lots include Sonora chime clocks; English boxed chronometers; Ithaca calendar clocks; a Belgrade #2 calendar clock; French picture frame automaton clocks; weight-driven and presentation banjo clocks; a collection of 30 Ansonia Royal Bonn china mantle clocks; J.C. Brown ripple steeple clocks; and an Atkins 30-day wagon spring.

Other clocks in Session I include American and French swingers; a Rogers Maine tall clock with cast-iron plates; Terry clocks; Jerome clocks; Ansonia calendar clocks; a Walter Durfee grandfather clock; Chelsea ship’s bell clocks; Ansonia crystal palace clocks; Waterbury clocks; E.N. Welch clocks; a New Haven clock; nice French Industrials; and 30-hour Wood Works Connecticut grandfather clocks.

Also sold will be English skeleton clocks; a French silk thread clock; a Southern Clock Company calendar; a Hickory Dickory Dock clock; Ansonia figural clocks; a massive Gothic grandfather clock; a John Polsey banjo clock; a Waltham boxed chronometer; a Hamilton boxed chronometer; Boston Clock Company mantle clocks; Morbier clocks; cuckoo clocks; a LeCoultre Atmos clock; and many more.

Returning to the Session III watches, offered will be a very fine size 18 Hamilton solid gold box-hinge multi-colored pocket watch; a Patek Philippe men’s solid gold pocket watch; a boxed Omega Speedmaster chronograph; many other fine Swiss chronographs; men’s IWC international wristwatches; English Fusee pocket watches; LeCoultre men’s wristwatches; and a Longines 8-day up/down indicator.

Other watches will include Illinois Bunn special pocket watches; a Wakmann chronograph wristwatch; an Omega constellation; Heuer wristwatch chronographs; E. Howard pocket watches; Movado wristwatches; Vacheron & Constantin watches; an Illinois 24-jewel Bunn special; Waltham up/down indicators; Breitling wristwatch chronographs; a Hamilton multi-colored box-hinge; and more.

The auction will be held in Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s spacious showroom, located at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield, Mass. Previews will be held on Friday, May 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Saturday and Sunday (May 30-31), from 8-11 a.m. both days. Online bidding will be facilitated exclusively by Artfact.com. For more information, log on to www.FontainesAuction.net.

Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s next big sale, after clocks and watches, will be an important Civil War & Firearms Auction, to be held Saturday, Aug. 15, at 11 a.m. The sale will comprise the collection of George J. Bisacca of Eastover (in Lenox), Mass. The collection was assembled from the 1950s until Mr. Bisacca’s death in 1983. It has remained untouched ever since and will be auctioned without reserve.

The 500-lot sale will include a Colt M 1883 Gatling Gun; a British 1812 Naval mount cannon; a Coehorn mortar cannon; an 1861 Civil War ordinance rifle cannon with CSA markings; a Mann Smooth Bare prototype cannon; a Mann Rifled prototype cannon; a Hotchkiss mountain rifle cannon (1892); other cannons; rifles; pistols; muskets; cannonballs and projectiles; saddles; swords; bayonets and canteens; belts and buckles; period uniforms; spurs; daguerreotypes; powder horns; ram rods; and more.

Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign an item, an estate or a collection, you may call them at (413) 448-8922; or, you can send them an e-mail at info@fontaineauction.com.

To learn more about the company, the upcoming clocks and watches sale or the August 15 Civil War & Firearms Auction, you may log on to www.FontainesAuction.net.

Finding Vintage Shelving Paper in the Original Box

Today you can still find original packages of shelf paper and borders although you may pay a premium price for these adorable treasures of the past ($12.00-18.00 or more). Back in the day, homemakers would cover kitchen shelves with this shelf lining paper which would be folded down to show a decorative border; or, a separate scalloped trim could be applied to the shelf edge with thumbtacks. The Royal Lace Paper Works Company in Brooklyn, New York, marketed these products under the name Royledge.

Using Vintage Tablecloth Cutters as Shelf Liners
Even if you are lucky to find original boxes of trim or sheets of shelving paper, you generally never find enough of a pattern to cover the needs of today’s larger kitchens. What you might consider doing to create the look of a retro kitchen is to use material from older tablecloths or dish towels. Damaged tablecloths are called “cutters” and as the name implies these dry goods can be used to cut apart and use as edging or shelf coverings.

Being True to Your Era

Vintage kitchen housewares and cooking accessories such as batter bowls, pitchers, decorative plates, juice glasses, Pyrex etc. look so much sweeter when they are sitting atop a shelf which is covered with a charming remnant in colors and themes consistent of the time period you are after. In the 1940s, you would generally find surfaces, furnishings and kitchen-wares in reds, yellows, blues and greens. The fifties brought pastel colors into the kitchens and textiles, tables and housewares were made in aqua, pinks and soft yellows.

How To Fasten Down Vintage Shelf Paper

If your shelves are wood, it is easy to fasten down fabric or remnants of tablecloths and dish towels with thumb tacks or even a staple gun. It’s always nice to position the fabric so that the whimsical designs are showing. For example, fold an older tablecloth remnant in such a way as to allow an edge of strawberries, or flowers or whatever to drape over the edge of the shelf just a bit. Often you need to experiment with your choice of materials. Choosing colors and patterns which are complimentary to the objects you want to place on the shelf will help with the overall appearance.

The Role of Color in Arranging Objects

When you have predominately blue objects or collectibles to sit on a shelf, try using a piece of a vintage tablecloth or fabric which is mostly yellow or red perhaps. Patterned cloths are fine as long as they are not too busy to showcase your collectibles or objects. Using blue with blue may result in a boring presentation. On the other hand if your objects are dark blue, a predominately light blue tablecloth or fabric remnant might just work.
C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.

If you would like to contact Dianne, email her at Dianne@CDianneZweig.com  or visit her website at http://www.cdiannezweig.com/

Dianne is a member of:
The American Society of Journalists and Authors
The Authors Guild, Inc.

Paperback: 568 pages
Publisher: Vintage Guitar Books; Revised edition edition (October 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1884883206
ISBN-13: 978-1884883200
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches

Mixing vintage styles with newer looks is very “cool” and a popular decorating style today. In some circles phrases like “Urban Chic” or “Fresh Vintage” are used in place of “retro.” It’s still “retro” but a different take on the past when buyers combine “edgy” vintage collectibles with contemporary style furnishings and décor. Others understand “Urban Chic” a little differently and refer to the rise in popularity of collectors who are after metal furnishing and industrial styles compatible with city living. Of course this too is a throw- back to earlier times. Metal accessories and furnishings dominated mid-century homes and were used for magazine racks, telephone stands, ash tray holders, seating, serving pieces etc. Photo courtesy of www.cottageatleesburg.com

Industrial Collectibles

Today Urbanites like buying old industrial steel shelving, vintage metal desks and chairs, old commercial desk accessories and lots of factory finds to decorate lofts, apartments and homes. This opens a whole new market to sellers who are beginning to hunt for items in unusual places.

Suburban homes are featuring high-tech kitchen surfaces and lots of stainless steel. Buyers now adore vintage metal canisters from the 1950s which seem to fit right into today’s sleek kitchens. The “metro-retro” look is often combined with collectibles of the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s to create eclectic interiors which are unusual, outrageous and affordable.

Photo of work table, courtesy of Seymour Antiques Company, Seymour CT.

Bohemian Style

If the industrial look is not your thing, there are other directions to consider. I have met many younger collectors who gravitate to “Bohemian Style.” “Bohemian Style” is what happens when you your flea market collecting is out of control but in a good way. Somehow collectors make the look pull together with unifying color schemes, themes, patterns or rhythms which organize the collections. Once again, collectors mix and match different eras, styles, textures, wall coverings, etc and like seasoned decorators, bohemian collectors tell us “it works.” This style is hard to explain, so I might suggest reading Bohemian Style by Elizabeth Wilhide, a Watson Guptill publication. While ’60s & ’70s collectibles have moved more slowly in brick and mortar shops than those of earlier periods, “hip collectibles” are gaining momentum as major department stores are emphasizing these styles .Designers are taking bigger risks than in the past and it seems that once again buyers are being prompted to experiment with home interiors, products and materials. Photo of lamp, courtesy of The Bleu Willlow, Simsbury, CT.

May I remind you what they said years ago “let it all hang out.” Indeed both manufacturers of new products and collectors of old products are “doing their own thing.” Numerous on-line businesses with “shaggy sixties” websites catering to shoppers who adore palettes of pink, brown and lime green as well as cutesy patterns of stripes, polka dots and swirling designs are growing. In fact there are web designers who specialize just in this style.

Metro Retro

While “twenty- and thirty-something” buyers are getting a kick out of ordering new home and clothing related items inspired by “psychedelic” colors and designs, mature collectors
want the originals and are active buyers at flea markets, shops and shows. Colorful toasters and fondue sets, once thrift store staples, are now “cool” finds for both serious collectors and casual shoppers who are jumping on the “retro” bandwagon. Next time you turn your nose up at a set of kitchen canisters with a mushroom design, think again, you may be passing up a real “retro” gem that even Pottery Barn is keeping an eye on.

Photo of chair, courtesy of www.urbannostalgia.com

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.

If you would like to contact Dianne, email her at Dianne@CDianneZweig.com or visit her website at http://www.cdiannezweig.com/

Dianne is a member of:
The American Society of Journalists and Authors
The Authors Guild, Inc.