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Section One

Vol. 25 No. 1 • “Vintage, Collectible, & Antique Wonders” • January 2015

Tall Tales of the Foshay Tower

Wilbur Burton Foshay, mug shot

Jennifer Phelps, Director, Foshay Museum & Observation Deck, with historic thermometer

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M i s n e n u e s Q i o t t n a Minnesota’s First Mall A Established 1979

Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose Drag Set

$295.00

Stickley Brothers Drop Leaf Table $3,400.00

Wilcox Sewing Machine

$179.00

Roseville Luffa Vase

$179.00

Carved Asian Screen $369.00

Niloak Vase

K&B Cobra Slot Car $145.00

$189.00

Carved Carousel Horse

Vintage Phone $58.00

$689.00

Waterford Sugar Shaker

$95.00

Fostoria Coin Finger Hole Lamp

Nice Selection of Vintage Steering Knobs

$30-50.00 each

$52.00

Neon Lite Beer Sign $159.00

Vintage Felt Twins Hat $59.00

2-Gallon Shoulder Jug Candlewick Pitcher $69.50

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Tall tales of the Foshay Tower At its opening in 1929, the Foshay Tower was the tallest building west of the Mississippi and would remain so for decades. Nowadays you have to drive into the city to discover this treasure of Art Deco architecture and masonry lost in a forest of steel and glass. (Photos by Britt Aamodt except as noted)

Foshay spared no expense for the opening of his Foshay Tower. The three-day event, August 30 through September 2, 1929, included fireworks, religious services, a special appearance from the Secretary of War and performances from John Philip Sousa conducting his band in a song commissioned for the opening. The check Sousa received from Foshay bounced. In a fit of pique, the composer forbade the performance of the “Foshay March.” It was only in the 1980s, when a group of Minneapolitans paid off the Sousa estate, that the “Foshay March” was again heard in public. (Photo courtesy of the Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

“An Old Friends Cottage” “Quality Antiques uniquely displayed” A Creative Mix Of Vintage, Antiques, Home Decor, & Gifts

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An Old Times Antiques Trail Map

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221 W Lincoln (Riverfront Square) (218) 998-4224 Mon-Fri 10-5; Sat 9:30-4 OPEN YEAR ROUND. Closed Sun.

Off I-94, exit 55 at County Rd 1 (218) 998-3088 Open Every Day - 10am - 5pm Fun, fabulous treasures!

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Brookings, SD Antique Gallery Mall

324 Main Ave (605)692-4448 / (507)920-7687 Mon-Sat: 10am - 5pm

500 ft. E of I-29 at Exit 73 Open Daily / (605)368-9999 www.dakplains.com

Arlington 14

Brookings

I-29

Madison

Lake Benton

Humboldt

Sioux Falls

Tea 18

Worthington

115

60 I-90

I-90

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71 Lakefield

Jackson

75 9

I-29

Windom 59

Sleepy Eye, MN Depot Antiques 200 Oak St (507) 794-5275

Open year-round by chance or appointment. Historic RR freight depot full of antiques.

Luverne

I-229

115

Hartford

Sleepy Eye

Walnut Grove

42 19

Pipestone

71 14

Sioux Falls, SD Dakota Plains Antiques & Collectibles

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Foshay had married up. Leota Fox Foshay was the daughter of a utilities owner. His marriage to Leota set him on the road to entrepreneurship. He eventually amassed a utilities empire that stretched across the United States and into Canada and Latin America. Leota shared the good and bad times with her jolly, roly-poly husband. In later years, they scraped a living together in Colorado and Arizona, Foshay hiring himself as a marketing man and chamber of commerce director. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

by Britt Aamodt MINNEAPOLIS – The IDS Center might be the tallest building in Minneapolis, but the Foshay Tower, a mere 32 stories, excels its rival in decorative panache and mystery. The tower was the monumental achievement of one man, his crowning glory. It was feted with ticker tape and the glare of flashbulbs. Its opening was attended by governors, senators, men of the cloth, and beautiful women. And like the Titanic, it was lauded as an unsinkable feat of human ingenuity. Fate stepped in. Two months after the

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Foshay Tower

Cont. from page 3

tower’s celebration, America plunged into the Great Depression. It was Oct. 29, 1929, and Wilbur Burton Foshay, tower builder, utilities magnate, self-made man, lost everything. Worse was yet to come, but Foshay, like his tower, was not a figure easily cast into the shadows. The Foshay Museum & Observation Deck preserves the history of the man and his tower. The museum locates on the 30th floor with a stairway leading to the best overlook in Minneapolis. Jennifer Phelps has

The Foshay Tower rose out of a square base, which was chockfull of interesting shops and businesses. Harold’s Café wouldn’t be remembered nowadays without the promotional matchbook advertising its location in the Tower.

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New London

104 12

Watkins Eden Valley

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Spicer

Willmar

Montevideo

Litchﬁeld

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Paynesville

Granite Falls

Willmar

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Prairie Mercantile

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L&J’s Antiques

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The 27th and 28th floors were outfitted as Foshay’s private office and apartment. The interiors expressed the opulence and excess of the Roaring ’20s. There were costly marble, exotic woods, and gold fittings throughout. Foshay never occupied the apartment.

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utilities empire that stretched across the United States and into parts of Canada and Latin America.” Foshay was born in 1881 in Ossining, N.Y., to an entrepreneur

Jan Watson’s

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been museum director since 2008, when the Foshay reopened as a trendy downtown hotel. Foshay “Wilbur was an entrepreneur who came to Minneapolis from New York,” said Phelps. “During his time here, he created a public

The Antique Cellar

Long Lake Antiques

• Raymond

200 State St. N (Highways 55 & 22) (320) 453-5678 Mon-Sat 9:30 - 5:30

Cold Spring

Paynesville

Benson

Lost & Found

Richmond

Belgrade

Eden Valley

Creditors auctioned the Foshay Tower on May 27, 1930 at Minneapolis City Hall. The country’s economic woes had worsened in the months since Black Friday, and the Tower went for a song. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

Stop and check out central Mn WeStWind! Beautiful glassware and items for furnishing that student dorm or apartment; storage sheds, Boat docks & lifts and tools for the men. there iS SoMething for everyone.

Abbey House Antiques

27 W. Main St. Crosby, MN 56441

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HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-5 pm • Saturdays, 9:30 am-4 pm CLOSED Sundays and Holidays 79 East Broadway, Little Falls, MN 56345 Store: 320-632-5350 Home: 320-632-6796

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Wilbur Burton Foshay was born in Ossining, New York, notable as the site of Sing Sing Prison, on December 12, 1881. His father Joseph had been a successful entrepreneur until he lost his fortune, a foreshadowing of his son’s comet-like rise and fall. The Foshay Museum preserves a children’s book given to Foshay by his father and bearing the inscription “from his papa.”

Foshay was a genius at marketing. He promoted his company and tower with a mind-boggling line of merchandise, including women’s compacts, inkwells, and clocks. 34

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father, who, like his son many years later, would Fergus lose everything and Falls Exit 54 The have to start again. 210 young man was fascinated byExit 57 35 electricity, which had overtaken gas as a Parkers Prairie 78 means of lighting and powering homes. Bud’s Exit 67 Barn Antiques Foshay attached 15 mi. N of Alex. on Hwy. 29 himself to the growing (218) 338-6166 Ashby 11-5; Sun 12-5 industry and to Leota Mon-Sat 59 94 Fox, the daughter of a OPEN YEAR ROUND. 55 utilities owner. The Exit 77 couple arrived in Alexandria Exit 82 Minneapolis around Elbow 79

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hours mon - fri 10am - 6pm sat 10am - 4pm

Cont. from page 4

Featuring 19th & Early71 20th Century China • Glassware Pictures • Silver Jewelery Primitives & Furniture ••••••

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Its hard to say whether Foshay’s inkwells advertising services for investment bankers ultimately lost or gained value after the stock market crashed and he gained notority.

Park Rapids

Height of Land Lake

(320) 743-5950 From St. Cloud: Take Hwy 10 south to Clear Lake. From I-94: Take Exit 178 (Clearwater) then North 3 mi on Hwy 24.

We’re 1 block South of Hwy 10 in downtown Clear Lake.

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Eagle Bend

Parkers Prairie

Clarissa

Lake Christina

Browerville

Pelican Lake

Foshay Tower

Cont. from page 6

Lake Miltona

Lake Ida

Lake

Yesterday’s

Lake Carlos

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Alexandria Lake Mary

Glenwood Morris

Osakis 71

Exit 114

Maple Lake

114

Lowry

Vintage House Antiques

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Sauk Centre

Exit 127

Exit 131 114

Glenwood

Starbuck Lake Minnewaska

Crooked Willow

11181 Cty Rd 82 SE (6 mi. E of Alex.) Fall Hours: Open thru December 20 Thurs-Sat: 10-5 • (320) 859-3624 Shop online: CrookedWillow.net

Melrose

Memoryville 4

Freeport

Osakis Grandpa’s Attic & Gifts

Hwy 27 (Nokomis55St.) & 1st Ave (320) 766-0394 OPEN DAILY 10-5 YEAR ROUND! Les Kouba prints / Used furniture

Sauk Centre Off Broadway Antiques

94 Lake Reno

Past & Present Home Gallery

Yes, this is a clock. Its unusual, roughly triangular shape highlights the image of the Foshay in the center.

314 First Ave. North (320) 732-4800 Closed Jan, Feb, Mar Re-opening April 2015. www.PasTime-Antiques.com

Exit 103

619 Broadway St. • (320) 759-2300 Mon-Sat: 10-5; Sun: 12-4 OPEN YEAR ROUND.

PasTime Antiques

Lake Osakis

Exit 97

Long Prairie

Geneva Lake

Lake Darling

Now & Then Antique Mall

Herman601 Broadway St.

Long Prairie

Antiques Osakis

26 West Main (320) 859-9320 4 Season” “Closed for the Re-Opening May 9, 2015.

521 Sinclair Lewis Ave (320) 351-7700 OPEN Tues-Sat: 10-5 Jan Watson’s Back Again! Albany

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Generations of Minnesotans have made the pilgrimage to the Foshay’s observation deck to get a bird’s eye view of Minneapolis, to propose marriage, and to pose for pictures. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

Foshay Tower

Cont. from page 5

Foshay sold stock certificates to finance his multimillion dollar building project. Investors were promised unheard-of returns on their investments, which Foshay was able to fulfill so long as he had a steady stream of new investors to fill the coffers. But once the Depression hit, his Ponzi scheme was discovered.

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1913, lured to the northern city by the promise of work. By 1916, the Foshays were living in the upscale Kenwood neighborhood, and a year later the budding entrepreneur had bought his first utility. Accumulating utilities with the frenzied optimism of a Jazz Ager, Foshay became a utilities magnate of national prominence. And like the titans out East, he schemed to build a tower that would flash his name in 10-foot letters across the city he had made his own. Construction of the Foshay Tower began in 1928. The man who gave his name to the edifice spared no

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allowed people of moderate means to invest in the stock market. Schoolteachers, secretaries, and bus drivers forked over their hard-earned dollars with the hope of making it rich. The tower was unveiled over the course of a three-day

celebration, which included a newly commissioned march by John Philip Sousa, fireworks, festive bunting, children dressed as George Washington, and loads of VIPs. Minneapolis

Foshay Tower

Cont. on page 7

BuffALO, Mn

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expense. He hired the best architects and builders and had them design a tapering silhouette that echoed the Washington Monument. Foshay’s company issued stocks to accumulate the capital to fulfill his dream. In the 1920s, margin buys

Antiques in

Located in the old Waverly Bank building

In his heyday, Foshay traveled the coasts and rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty. He asked renowned sculptor Harriet Frishmuth to design a female nude for the Tower’s courtyard. Called “Scherzo,” the sculpture was allegedly inspired by Ziegfeld Follies girl Desha Delteil. A private collector now owns “Scherzo.” (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

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15 1st Ave S

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Foshay Museum & Observation Deck Director Jennifer Phelps holds a beaver hat worn by a dignitary invited to the Tower’s opening ceremonies. Foshay invited hundreds of VIPs from across the United States. His company paid for their transportation and the gold watches they received as gifts.

Actress Laurie Anders of the Ken Murry Show chose the Foshay’s observation deck for a photo op with her husband in 1951. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

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Foshay was a fan of the Ziegfeld Follies, where he developed a crush on Desha Delteil, known for her bubble dance. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

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Foshay Tower

Foshay’s private quarters gleamed with Cont. from page 6 gold, marble, and costly had never seen a party wood. He lost it all in like this and never the stock market crash would again. The building itself Foshay Tower Cont. on page 8 was lavishly furnished.

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Just off the SW corner of 12th & Main

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The original room keys for the office tower fascinate visitors. The offices are long gone, replaced by attractive hotel rooms, and the key holes have been updated to keycard slots.

Not only was Foshay financially ruined, but in 1930 he was put on trial for mail fraud. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in Leavenworth Prison. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

Foshay Tower

years at Leavenworth so, too, had Foshay. for mail fraud. (Today “I think people Cont. from page 7 he would have been genuinely liked him. convicted of a Ponzi of October 29, 1929. The courts scheme.) His investors Foshay Tower Cont. on page 9 sentenced him to 15 lost their nest eggs, but

Foshay might have been a crook, but the public loved him. Over 100,000 letters flooded the office of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, asking the president to reduce Foshay’s sentence. It worked. Foshay only served 5 years.

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The Treasure Shed 1170 Hwy 7 E • Hutchinson, MN 55350 2

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Mon. - Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-5

• • 55+ Dealers • • Where there’s a treasure for everyone! Antiques, Collectibles, Furniture, Primitives.

(320) 587-7770

Facebook.com/TreasureShed

“s p e n d a d ay !!”

Na-Na’s Unforgettable Treasures NOW

Plato Pines-n-Tiques Vintage & Collectibles

HAPPY NEW YEAR and a HUGE THANK YOU to those who made 2014 A WONDERFUL 18th YEAR for the BARN! We are looking forward to your return in 2015! (320) 238-2579 9676 Babcock Ave. S. (1 mi S of 212 on Cty 81) Plato, MN 55370 Wed.-Sat. 11-5, Sun. 12-5 Saundra Schaitberger

pinesntiques@embarqmail.com

TREASURE CHEST ANTIQUES

Ten Unique Shops located within twenty minutes of the metro...

n o T a b e T T e r way T o

• Feb 19, 20, 21, &22 •

714-1st Ave E (Hwy 101) • Shakopee

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There’s

• Jan 15, 16, 17, & 18 • Open EARLY at 9:00am Thurs - Sat

Cologne

Antiques • Collectibles • Primitives Glassware & Lots of Treasures Open: Mon-Thurs: 10:30-1 • Fri-Sun: 10-5

115 1st Street E. • Jordan, MN 55352 (952)492-5005

Radio Tubes & Tube Testing • Dennis & Rose

952-467-2626

~ Hours ~

18 3rd Avenue SE Norwood Young America, MN 55397

A wide selection of Antiques, Tues - Sat vintage items, glassware, antique tools, 10am - 5pm beer collectibles, and repurposed furniture at affordable prices!

Antiques Norm's Antiques LB in Historic Jordan 421 Louisa St., • Hamburg, MN (Located 1/2 block from Baseball Park 1-1/2 blocks north of the Post Office)

(952) 467-3527

400+ Pieces of Roseville Plus Other Glass & Pottery, Breweriana, and Other Antiques Hours By Chance or Appointment (Call)

Antiques, vintage, collectibles, furniture and other fun stuff A Multi Dealer shop Buy~Sell~Consign~Estates

Check Facebook/LB Antiques for upcoming events!

218 Water Street Jordan, MN 55352 Tuesday-Sunday ~ 10am - 5pm

612-963-7952

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A former employee sought out his old mentor and found Foshay scrimping on $70 per month. His son brought him back to Minneapolis, where he died September 1, 1957, twenty-eight years to the date of his Tower’s unveiling. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

Foshay’s jury was made up of 11 men and one woman. Genevieve Clark (back row, second from right) refused to convict Foshay, resulting in a hung jury. Reporters discovered she had worked briefly for Foshay’s company but had failed to disclose her connection during jury selection. An enraged prosecutor put Clark on trial. She was found guilty. But before she could serve her sentence, she and her husband drove their two children to an isolated farm and fed toxic exhaust fumes inside the car with a hose. Their bodies were discovered after an extensive manhunt. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Observation Deck)

Antiques & more ~ A Seasonal Shop ~

Open November 14th to January 31st Primitives • Signs • Furniture Telephones • Books • Collectibles and much more including home decor!

Foshay Tower

landed on the desk of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, asking for a Quite a lot wrote letters reduction of the Foshay and Leota with friends in later years. in support of him,” said industrialist’s sentence. (Photo courtesy of Foshay Museum and Phelps. The letters “Foshay was smart Observation Deck) Cont. from page 8

New Ulm

•

St. Peter

Mankato

River Hills Mall 1850 Adams St. Mankato, MN

Antiquing in

Including Janesville, Mankato, New Ulm, Rapidan, St. Peter, Waseca, and Winthrop

Janesville

Rapidan

Mall Hours Mon-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 11-6 (In the Movies 8 wing)

Located in

South-Central Minnesota

Winthrop Lonsdale

507-388-5304

Waseca

WINTHROP

ST. PETER St. Nick’s Antiques

41214 - 436th St. • St. Peter, MN (Hwy. 99 west of st. Peter 6mi rigHt on Co. rd 13 for 2-1/2mi rigHt on 436tH street 1/4mi)

507-931-4180

Fairmont

Hours: Wed-Fri 11-5 • Sat 11-4 Sun Noon- 5 Antiques • Collectibles Bobble-heads Memorabilia • Twins for sale.

•

NEW ULM

MANKATO

ANTIQUES PLUS

Old Town Antiques & Mercantile

521 N. Riverfront Dr. Mankato, MN 56001

unique multi-dealer shop M-T-Th-Fri.-Sat. 11-5:30 Alocated in the heart of Old Sun. 1-4 • Closed Wed. Town that unites the present with the past.

MANKATO

RAPIDAN

OPEN Wed-Sat 11-5

Melissa & Doug Toy’s ® *

Occasional Happy New Year from theDates Peddler! Sale SeJanuary ptember 13, 14 & 15 Schedule September 20, 21 & Open by Chance or22 Thursday-Saturday Appointment! Please phone 10 call am -cell 4 pm ahead. Other times by chance or appointment

* Quilts * Rugs * Furniture * Jewelry

Vintage * Retro * Records * Watkins * Aprons

507-278-4808 507-278-4808

Cell: 507-340-5794 A Lovely Collection of Cell: 507-340-5794 Light Lunch 19075 Rapidan 19075 RapidanAvenue Ave., Serving • Handcrafted items Downtown Rapidan56001 Downtown Rapidan, and Desserts • Gifts • Antiques

Handiwork

* Dishes * it takes two

All in a Historic Building in a Charming Neighborhood.

HOURS:

(507) 359-1090 Mon.-Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-4

615 South Front Street 507-345-7551

10,000 sq. ft.!

Broad Street Antiques

•vintage • home decor • gifts • upcycled • repurposed • furniture •Country Chic paint retailer

(507) 386-0600

28 N Minnesota St. New Ulm, MN 56073

MANKATO

A large selection of glass, porcelain, pottery, furniture, jewelry, pictures, lamps, books, primitives & more.

1434 N. Broad St., Mankato 507-291-5528

Wed - Sat 11-5 pm, Sun. 12-4 pm

JANESVILLE Ms. Mac's Antiques and Coffee Shop

100 North Main Street • Janesville, MN Phone: (507) 234-2226 An "ever-changing" variety of country and primitives uniquely displayed in a century-old building OPEN: Tues. thru Sat. 10-5 Closed Sundays & Mondays

MANKATO A ntique W Arehouse 25 PLUS Booths Available To Dealers & Collectors FEATURES Roseville • Pink/Green Depression Glass Furniture • Primitives • Carnival Glass

125 Ruth Street (Behind the Bobber Shop)

507-388-1824 • Mankato

Hours: Tues - Sat 10am-6pm • Sun 12-4pm

WASECA

1101 N. State St. Waseca, MN 56093

Open 7 Days a Week • M-F 10-5 • Sat 9-5 • Sun 12-4 (507) 835-4000

Vintage • Furniture • Collectibles Glass & Pottery • Home Accents • Gifts 5,000 sq. ft. of shopping! PastPresentAntiquesAndGifts.com

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New winter Metro Show premiers in January -PRESS RELEASE ST, PAUL, MINN.-Prime Promotions is proud to announce its newest show, the Metro Antiques & Collectibles Winter Show, to be held for the first time in the Lee & Rose Warner Coliseum at the Minnesota State

Fairgrounds in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, January 16; Saturday, January 17; and Sunday, January 18. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission, $6. This new show

promises to bring browsers, buyers, and collectors the same breadth of artifacts and quality as Prime Promotions’s fall and spring Antiques Spectacular Shows regularly offer. The Warner Colliseum is located at

1784 Judson Ave. Enter the fairgrounds at the main gates on Snelling Avenue, three miles north of I-94 and two miles south of State Highway 36. Dealer space available. Call 612961-3401 or visit www. MNAntiquesShows.

Antiquing with the

Original Pioneers in

Gold Rush Country NORTHFIELD

CANNON FALLS

Antiques of northfield

Harmony Minnesota Iowa

Minnesota Iowa

416 S. Division • Northfield, MN

507-664-9599

Open 7 Days A Week M-Sat 11-6, Th 11-8, Sun 12-5

31265 County 24 Blvd. (In the Cannon Valley Mall)

Mon-Sat: 10:30-5:30 Sun: Noon-5:00

Come to see the Largest Collection of 1950’s Television Lamps in the World! Stay for the great retro and antique goodies.

507-263-5045

CANNON FALLS

general line of antiques specializing in advertising, pottery, stoneware, furniture, primitives, pictures and tools. 111 North 4th St • old BaNk BuildiNg dowNtowN CaNNoN FallS • (507) 263-5200

FARIBAULT

general line of antiques & Collectibles

OPEN dailY • 50 dealers

31752 65th ave., Cannon Falls, MN 55009

located midway between rochester & the twin Cities. turn east from hwy. 52 at either stoplight. Next to John deere implement.

(507) 263-0352

MANTORVILLE

Keepers

ANTIQUE STORE

224 Central Avenue • Faribault, MN

507-334-7673

A Complete Line of General Antiques HOURS: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm

ALBERT LEA

Antiques of the Midwest Antiques and Collectibles Featuring a wide variety of genuine antiques offered by multiple dealers

Hours Mon-Sat 10am - 4pm • Sun Noon - 4pm (Closed Mondays - December - March)

ZUMBROTA

CANNON FALLS

AnTiques thru boughT, sATurDAY solD, & 10am - 4pm TrADeD schAffer's Antiques TuesDAY

Phone: (507) 377-8212 • (507) 456-3699

Follow the I-35 /Hwy 52 / I-90 Loop

After Hours

218 S Washington Ave • Albert Lea, MN

Multi-dealer shop offering a wide selection of quality merchandise

OPEN DAILY Mon. - Sat. 10am - 6pm Sun. 11am - 6pm

Phone: 507-635-5554 416 N. Main St. Mantorville, MN 55955 www.Mantorvillesquare.com

AUSTIN

Olde Tyme Antiques

50422 262nd Street • Austin, MN 507-437-3343 or 507-438-7070

Hours - By Chance or appointment Call first to make sure we’re open!

Directions: 4 mi. N of Austin on Hwy 218 to 262nd St., then 2.5 mi west. Watch for signs.

Visit www.OldeTymeAntiques.com

MeMory Maker antiques 350 22nd st. - Zumbrota

Located behind McDonalds Hours: Dec 1 - apr 30:

(507) 732-5321 specializing in investment-quality antiques. Red Wing- 23 mi.

Twin Cities- 40 mi. 52

• Zumbrota Memory Maker Antiques

60 Faribault- 29 mi.

52 Rochester- 23 mi.

Open Daily: Mon-Sat 10-4 • Sun 12-4

ORONOCO

ROCHESTER

Old RiveR valley antique Mall Over 20 Quality Dealers

3727 Commercial Drive SW Rochester, MN 55902 Mon-Sat: 9:30-5:30 • Sun: 12:00-5:30 (Closed most major holidays)

507-208-4505 and www.OldRiverValleyAntiqueMall.com

ROCHESTER

old rooster antiques

106 n. Broadway rochester, Mn 55906

30+ DeaLers — oPen DaiLy Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 • Sun 12:00-5:30 (Closed Mondays - December - March)

Hwy 52 - Oronoco • (Exit # 64-follow signs)

(507) 367-2600

Specializing in quality antiqueS & collectibleS for everyone

RACINE, MN

ANTIQUE MANOR Happy New year! Thank you for your Business ThroughouT 2014! anTique Manor will Be closed January & feBruary and will re-open in March 2015 linda Bucknell (507) 378-7300 15 minutes S of Rochester on Hwy #63 OR I-90 Exit 209A then 5 mi S on Hwy #63

Under New Management!

507-287-6228

Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm • Sat-Sun: 10am-5pm Furniture Basement Now Open!

Over 15 quality dealers featuring pottery, glassware, stoneware, china, furniture, doll repair, & lamp parts.

HARMONY

• One-Level • Handicap Accessible • 100 Dealers • 10,000 Sq. Ft.

Open Daily 10-5 507-886-6660

50 Industrial Blvd NE (a direct turn off US Hwy 52)

www.GenerationsOfHarmony.com

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Wisconsin dealers hold vetted show

Correction

“Toast of the Town” winning toaster. (Photo by Les Broich)

A WADA show at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wis. (Photo provided)

--PRESS RELEASE WAUKESHA, WIS.--The 40th Winter Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Show will be held at the Waukesha County Expo Center at 1000 Northview Rd. in Waukesha, Wis., on Friday, February 6 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, February 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show features a special exhibit, “Wisconsin Milk Bottles,” and a fish fry dinner Friday night. The $6 show admission benefits grant and scholarship programs. Call 414-510-4441 for information.

American Antiques - 19th to 20th Century Lighting, Jewelry, Auctioneering Service Consulting and Restorations

This toaster, pictured on page five of the October issue, was mistakenly said to be able “to boil eggs and to toast bread at the same time.” The mechanism that was originally made to pull a basket of eggs out of the water is now being used to lift the lid.

www.kruesel.com

Telephone: 507-289-8049 email: kruesel@msn.com

HASTINGS

Visit Historic Downtown

Miss Molly of

Pottery Place Antiques

22 - 3rd St. Southwest Rochester, MN 55902

Located on Second Street - under the Hwy 61 Bridge.

Invites you to kick off your

2015

Experience

Second Street antiqueS mall

New Year’s Antiques Shopping with us!

Thank Y o

To all of our custome rs for yo ur business this past year! We look forward to serving y ou in 20 15!

~ Antiques ~Vintage ~ Shabby Chic ~ Lamps ~ Decor ~ Glassware

Tues-Sat: 10am - 5pm Sun: Noon - 5pm

109 2nd Street E Hastings, MN 55033

2000 Old West Main Red Wing, MN 55066 651-388-7765

Antiques, Collectibles Used Books and much MORE!

30+ dealers offering a large Variety. circa 1820-1960. always Buying and Selling.

651-437-4377 VintageInspirations.org

“Come on Down! We’ll give you a doggone good deal!”

The EMPORIUM

Historic Downtown Hastings Feels Like home!

Historic Downtown 213 East Second Street Hastings, MN

651-438-5444

OPEN 10-5 DAILY

Enjoy our river view!

204 E Second St Hastings, MN

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Monday thru Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5

651-480-0513

~ Plus four more Shops in area! ~ A Short Drive ona two-block Hwy. 55!

PotteryAntiques@EverythingRedWing.com

Antiquing in the

Mississippi River Valley RED WING, MN

ELLSWORTH, WISCONSIN

Hidden Oak International Antiques & Collectibles

490th St

AL’S ANTIQUE MALL

Proprietors of Antiques Vintage Collectible Curiosity

570th Ave.

New merchandise arrives almost daily

(651) 388-0572

512 Plum Street • Red Wing, MN 55066

N5852 490th St Ellsworth, WI 54011 715-273-5008

(Across from Salvation Army)

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BAY CITY, WISCONSIN

RED WING, MN

3rd Floor Antiques A Great Day Trip or a Weekend Getaway! (651) 388-3087

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2000 Old West Main • Red Wing, MN (Located on the 3rd floor in Pottery Place Center)

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • Mon-Sat: 10-6, Sun: 11-5 www.thirdfloorantiques.crappietomtackle.com

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AND GREAT ANTIQUING!

Co-author of 3 books on Red Wing Pottery

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Northbound has a general line of antiques and collectibles, specializing in:

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• “Vintage, Collectible, & Antique Wonders” •

Butterfly-bedecked “Bella Casa” fat cats

by Laurel Burch for Ganz. 6¼ in. h., $40-50/pr.

Happy Mew Year Crosse Logan Band nual La n A 15

Antiques and Collectibles too good to miss!

Furniture • Jewelry • Advertising Collectibles Glassware & China • Silver • Lamps & Lighting Sports Collectibles • Toys • Pottery

Logan High School Field House 1500 Ranger Dr. La Crosse, WI

April 11 12, 2014 &

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Saturday 9am - 5pm Sunday 10am - 3pm

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Proceeds benefit Logan High School Band and Student Scholarships

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Design Trends of the Mid-20th Century

Cat tales Collectible cat figurines Smack dab

in the middle by Donald-Brian Johnson

by Donald-Brian Johnson Cats. They put the “purr” in “personality.” There are frisky cats. Sleepy cats. Curious, talkative, and regal, ask-my-permissionbefore-you-pet-me

May good luck be yours—times two! Maneki Neko, Japanese “lucky cats.” 3 in. h., $20-25 each. Rush City

St. Croix Valley Map 1-18-07

The St. Croix River Valley 61

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Between N. Branch & Taylors Falls (651)583-3696 Fri & Sat 10-5; Sun 10:30-5 Antiques, coffee shop & more!

Lindstrom

Lindstrom Antique Mall

Downtown Lindstrom Hwy 8 & Park (651) 257-3340 Open 7 Days-A-Week: 10am - 5pm Two floors - over 9,000 sq ft

Sunrise Lake

61 19

N. Center Lake

Lindstrom

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Osceola, WI

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All wound up: American Bisque yarn ball cookie jar. The kittens are 8 modeled on Disney’s “Figaro.” 10 in. h., $125-150. Turtle Lake

25 Miles

cats. Try telling a cat owner that “they all look alike to me.” The invariable response will be a pitying smile. All look alike? Well, you just haven’t met

Dresser Osceola

Hwy 35, 117 N Cascade Street (715) 294-2886 Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 11-5 (360 days/yr)

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Osceola Antiques & Victorian Cellar Gifts

St. Croix Falls

the right cat. Much of what’s collected figural-catwise in the United States dates from the mid-20th century. During the uncertain

years of World War II, “keeping the home fires burning” became an even cozier prospect

Smack Dab

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North St. Paul A smAll town

A Premiere Midwest Auction House 2556 7th Ave. E, North St. Paul, MN 55109

Atmosphere in A

651-770-6175

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MONDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS! www.LutherAuctions.com

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for complete schedule and online catalog.

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2563 7th Avenue E, N. St. Paul, MN 55109

651-773-7001

7th Avenue Antique Mall has a Full Range of Antiques and Collectibles; Specializing in Postcards, Books, Coins, Glassware, Jewelry, and Toys with Over 20 Dealers.

Jerry Peterson, Owner

Sunday

by chance or appointment.

monday 10am

OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK to 8pm; tueSday to Saturday 10am

BIG HOLIDAY SALE

Nov. 28 - Dec. 31

Bargains ThroughouT The sTore!! to

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Ceramic texturing adds dimension to the “fur” of a cat, signed “Original.” 8 in. h., $40-50.

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Ever vigilant: Haeger Potteries Egyptian temple guardians. 7 in. h., $175-200/ pr.

Let There Be Light Antiques 210 North Main Street Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 351-7580 www.BeLightMn.com

Hours: Fri. & Sat: 10am - 5pm • Sun: noon - 5pm Fused feline: fused glass and wire cat, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. 9 in. h., $75-100. (Photos by Donald-Brian Johnson, with help from his cat, Beau)

Over 500 fixtures in stock!

Wishing a Bright and Whimsical Happy New Year to All! I look forward to seeing you in 2015!

Steve 10 am - 6 pm

Specializing in:

651-430-1816

Antique Lighting Repairs & Restoration Rewiring • Shades & Parts

StaplesMillAntiques.com E-mail:

Blown glass cat, with scarf to brave the wintry winds. Unmarked, 8½ in. h., $50-75.

StplsMillAnt@aol.com

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OVER 200 DEALERS in 5 Malls, IN Vintage Lighting, Book and Clothing Shops 300 DEALERS 5 MALLS & 11 SHOPS HWY 35/64 from Wisconsin

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1. Staples Mill Antiques 410 N. Main St 651-430-1816

2. Let There Be Light Antiques 210 N. Main St 651-351-7580

3. Stillwater Antiques Mall 101 S. Main St 651-439-6281

4. American Gothic Antiques 236 S. Main St 651-439-7709

The Old Times decorative giftware. Across the country, from the 1930s onward, never-ending litters of cat figurines scampered forth from factories. Ceramic cats. Glass cats. Chalk, tin, wood, papier-maché, and cloth cats. The medium didn’t much matter. As long as it was threedimensional, buyers were primed to pounce. The most prevalent mid-century cat figurines are those fashioned from ceramic. Hand-carved molds allowed for realistic, cat-like body Wood “couch cat,” Indonesia. 6 in. h. x 9 in. l., $25-30.

Wooden folk art cat bookends, complete with appropriate reading material. 10 in. h., $25-30.

Smack Dab

plenty of cat-lovers, eager to be reminded on a regular basis of when there was a cat their feline favorites. dozing by the fireside. That fact wasn’t lost on Plenty of cats meant the makers of Cont. from page 14

Mall of St. Paul 1817 Selby Ave (Corner of Selby & Fairview) St. Paul, MN • 651-647-6163 www.MallOfStPaul.com Antiques • Clothing • Vintage • Furniture Retro • Collectibles • Jewelry • Vinyl Tuesday-Sunday • 11am - 7pm Restoring Your Home? ClipThis Ad!

NORTHWEST ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE

VINTAGE LIGHTS; chandeliers, sconces, school globes, original & reproduction glass shades. HOUSE HARDWARE; brass & glass doorknobs, door plates window catches, hinges, locks, antiqued furniture hardware, etc. LARGE ITEMS IN OUR GARAGES; clawfoot tubs, radiators, wood trim and all types of interior & exterior doors. 981 Selby Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55104

Hardware Cleaned & Lights Rewired.

651-644-9270 or 651-227-0382

Open weekdays 12 to 6 pm, (Wed. 12 to 4 pm), Sat. 11 to 4 pm

50 DEALERS FEATURING Furniture, Textiles, Paintings, Jewelry, Folk Art, Architectural, Pottery and Decorative Accessories

Angular realism (and oversize eyes): “Peek & Boo” by “Rebus” (Ulle Cohen) for Ceramic Arts Studio. Tallest cat, 3 in. h., $75-100/pr.

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curvature, and the smooth consistency of ceramic lent itself well to colorful glazes and detailed surface decoration. Few ceramic firms could resist adding to the menagerie. Madison’s Ceramic Arts Studio even used Betty Harrington’s kitten design, “Bright Eyes,” as a test piece for would-be CAS decorators. If they could successfully give Hat-wearing kitten by “Bright Eyes” her “Cordelia.” 4½ in. h., signature inquisitive $50-75. gaze and colorful neck bow, the job was theirs. Pierce went for the Ceramist Howard abstract: the eyes and ears of his creations were exaggeratedly catlike; the rest was left to the viewer’s imagination. Cats by Haeger Potteries, drenched in multi-hued drip glazes, were reminiscent of Egyptian temple guardians. Roselane’s “Sparklers,” their rhinestone eyes glittering forth from bisque faces, took cat depictions to a new, and somewhat unsettling, level.

John’s Antiques Celebrating 45 Years! (since 1967)

Specializing in Lamps & Lamp Repair We Buy and sell Antiques • We Conduct Estate sales • Appraisals • Chandelier Cleaning available

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651-642-1938

1750 Selby Ave., St. Paul Tue-Fri 11-5 • Sat 10-5 • Sun 11-5

Wescott Station Antiques • Collectibles • Furniture

YES!

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7 ROOMS FULL! • 1,000’s of Items • Stained Glass Windows • Reasonable Prices Other Shops Nearby

Open Daily 9:30am-6pm • Closed Sunday

226 West 7th Street • St. Paul, MN (1 Block West of Xcel and River Centers)

(651) 227-2469 • Wally & Kurt Wescott

John remackel Phone: (651) 222-6131 261 Fort Road (West 7th) St. Paul, MN 55102 Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. • Sat. 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

A glittering glance: Roselane “Sparkler” cat. 4 in. h., $25-30.

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An unusual matchup: pink Elzac ceramic cat with green Lucite hair bow and tail. 3¾ in. h., $125-150.

Whiskery wonder: handcrafted clay cat, United States. 5¾ in. h., $30-35.

Eyes alight: Haeger Potteries candleholder. 11 in. h., $75-100.

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Most unique were ceramic cats championed by short-

lived manufacturer Elzac. Luridly-colored in shades ranging from Pepto-Bismol pink to fluorescent blue, Elzac A butterfly on his tail: Lacombe tuxedo cat, cats were outfitted with Annaco Creations, 2002. 7½ in. h., $25-35.

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Enhancing Your Lighting Heritage

• LAMPS • LAMPSHADES • FIXTURES

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VINTAGE & REPRODUCTION SALES 9911 Lyndale Ave S SERVICE East & South of 35W at 98th St. TWIN CITIES Open Five Days (CLOSED SUN. & MON.) BEST REPAIR

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Vintage Home Decor Jewelry Unique Gift Ideas 3721 Minnehaha Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55406

Fri. & Sat. 12-6

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MN 55331 Bring Your Lamp for Fitting!Excelsior, thru FRI OPEN 7 MON DAYS A WEEK 10am - 6pm HANDCRAFTS HOME Street 239 Water 952-474-7428 SAT GIFTS ACCESSORIESMN Excelsior, 10am - 5pm

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Over 50 years Experience in Appraisals and Estate Sales 332 South Broadway, Wayzata, MN 55391

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to have been used at one time or another as a basis for folk cat figurals. Most common are

Glass & Fabric Prints & Plains Bring Your SPECIALIZING IN LAMPSHADES Lamp for Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-4 p.m. Street • 952-474-5880 9 239 cozyWater rooms of American & European antiques for Fitting! the discerning collector & decorator.

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gaudy Lucite bows and tails. (Co-founder Elliot Handler later found greater success with another venture: “Mattel”.) Glass cats were also popular. These could be pressed, molded, blown, fused, or created through a combination of glassmaking techniques. In a blown glass figurine, interior bubbling added texture to the cat’s “fur.” Fusing meant that other elements could be added to the mix. Flexible wire legs and whiskers imbedded in the glass body, for instance, allowed the cat to be “posed” in true catlike style. There were folk art cats, too, the designs as individualized as cats themselves. Every material, from clay to shelf mushrooms to Mayan marble, seems

Tues - Sat: 10am to 4pm 952-473-7719

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ANTIQUES

Many Quality Dealers! 4101 E. 2nd Street Superior, WI 54880 (715) 398-0529 Located on Hwy. 2/53 OPEN YEAR ROUND 7 Days a Week 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Dealer Space Available.

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wooden cats, handcarved and handpainted, their styling deliberately primitive.

A Freeman-McFarlin white cat admires a vintage ad for White Cat Cigars. Cat, 10 in. h., $50-75; ad, $15-20.

Metal proved adaptable as well. During the 1800s, metal cats fashioned from iron, pewter, and even silver plate were all the rage. By the mid-20th-

Duluth’s Newest & Finest Multi-Dealer Mall

~ Open Daily ~ 11am - 5:30pm Appraisals Estate Sales

century, frugal buyers in the mood for metal opted for tin cats, often brought back as souvenirs from trips south of the border. The most personal examples of figural folk art are cloth cats, usually stuffed and sewn at home, their decoration either the result of painstaking

All eyes and ears: fantasy cats by Howard Pierce. Tallest, 5¾ in. h., $75-100/pr.

irresistible scruffy charm. Today, cats are the most popular giftware subject. Not just the most popular animal. The most popular subject. (Sorry, Fido.

EXTENDED ThRu DEc 31ST!! DIScOuNTS 10% up TO 50% ALL DEALERS pARTIcIpATINg! Stop in on your way to Canal Park or the North Shore.

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ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES AND FURNITURE Open 7 Days a Week | 10 am - 5 pm

Open daily at 11 am

Over 90 Dealers!

Furniture • Architecture • Glassware Art • Jewelry • Clocks • Pottery Sports • Seasonal • Coins

STOREWIDE SALE!

Sorry, Elvis). At last count, there were well over 1000 stores across the country devoted solely to selling cat-

Hixton School House Antique Mall

395 South Lake Ave. Duluth, MN 55802 218-625-2379

210 W. Superior St • Downtown Duluth, MN 55802

• 218-481-7121 •

needlework or of liberally applied fabric paint. Not all cat figurines are created equal. Many were imported knockoffs or were cheaply made by unknown manufacturers, and fashioned from the least costly materials. But sometimes, even alley cats have an

Located halfway between the Twin Cities & Madison on I-94, Exit 105 - 1 Block off of Main Street in the Old High School

70+ Duluth’s Finest Antique Mall Dealers! 9,600 Square Feet! Located In Duluth’s Canal Park!

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antique Shopping in

WiSconSin’S

EARL - 54875 Prock’s Crocks & Antiques 10 mi NE of Spooner on Hwy 63 (715) 635-3655 Open 7 days/week, 9am - 5pm ProcksCrocksAntiqueStoneware.com

RICE LAKE - 54868 Primrose Parlor Antiques 417 N Main Street (715) 234-5849 WINTER HOURS: Open Tues-Sat: 10am - 5pm Charming Victorian structure; multi -dealer.

‘up north’ Wonderland

CAMERON - 54822 Red Cedar Mercantile Antiques 2 mi West of Cameron on Hwy 8 (715) 458-4931 Open Thurs - Mon: 10-4; (closed January) Online: www.red-cedar-mercantile.com

Earl

SPOONER - 54801

CHETEK - 54728

Marker’s Antiques 7077 Green Valley Road (Off Hwy 63 at Hwy 253 & Green Valley Rd) (715) 635-3581 • Thurs-Fri-Sat: 10am-4pm A wide variety of quality, affordable antiques!

Exciting Shops!

SIREN - 54872 Siren Antiques Collectibles & Gifts 24530 State Road 35/70 (715) 349-7573 OPEN: Fri, Sat, & Sun: 10am - 5pm The coffee’s on... we’re waiting for you!

CUMBERLAND - 54829 Years Ago Antiques & Collectibles 1367 2nd Ave. (Downtown) (715) 822-4625 • (Closed on Wed: Jan, Feb, Mar) Mon-Sat: 10-4:30; Sun: 11-3 Mall; 20+ dealers selling a wide variety.

DALLAS - 54733 Old Farmers Mercantile Historic Farmers Store on Main Street (715) 837-1919 • THE ROAD’S OPEN - Stop by! Solar heat- sunny days best, BUT winter hours are by chance so call before coming! Quality Antiques, Clocks & Great Homemade Items.

SHELL LAKE - 54871 Jean’s Antiques Collectibles & Gifts 24 5th Avenue (downtown Shell Lake) (715) 468-7035 OPEN: Thurs-Sat: 10-4 (or by appointment) 8,000 sq. ft. Glass, Furniture, Jewelry, & more

Time and Again Antique Mall & Estate Sales 606 2nd Street (Downtown Chetek) (715) 924-4000 • Open All Year! January: Tues-Sat: 9am-5pm; Sun: 11am-5pm 35 Dealers • www.ChetekAntiques.com

A GREAT WEEkEnd RoAd TRip

pERfEcT foR A fAmily oR GRoup ouTinG

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themed items. So what conclusion can we draw from all of this? Simple: It’s a cat’s world. We’re just lucky that they let us live in it. Uh-oh. Time to feed the cat! Donald-Brian Johnson is the co-

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A playful Siamese pair by Walker Potteries. 4 in. h., $40-50

Carved cat of Mayan marble. 3¼ in. h., $30-40.

Cont. on page 22

ANTIQUE SHOPS in and around

EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

1 2

Including: Fall Creek, Hixton, Menomonie and Neillsville.

1. Town & Country Antiques 2. White Cow Antiques 3. Eclectica On Grand 4. Antique Emporium 5. Engelwood Antiques

Antique Emporium 306 Main Street Downtown, Eau Claire, WI

715-832-2494

6. Cobblestone Cottage Gifts & Antiques

Neillsville

7. Millers Antiques & Auction Co. 8. The Rocking Chair

Town & Country HOURS

Antiques Memorabilia & Collectibles

Mon-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-4 Sun 12-4

An entertaining and ever-changing multi-dealer shop.

715-231-3222

3 244 Main Street • Menomonie, WI 4 Mon-Sat • 10am to 5pm The area’s largest shop Located in a wonderful 1898 Masonic Temple and featuring a huge inventory of prints & frames, china & glass, jewelry, linens, books, collectibles, orientalia, etc. ~ Buying & selling since 1981 ~

There’s AlwAys room for one more shop in The old Times! Call or email Paul to help you place YOUR shop ad here! 320.492.6399 Paul@TheOldtimes.com

ECLECTICA

GRAND

106 W Grand Avenue • Eau Claire, WI 715.834.7811 • EclecticaOnGrand.com Tues - Sat: 10am - 6pm Worldly Treasures & Antiques Tribal, Sterling & Vintage Jewelry Vintage Clothing & Accessories

Next-d River Toor to r Antiquaeder s

White Cow Antiques

2284 County Road T, Eau Claire, WI 54703

Located 2-1/2 miles north of Eau Claire on T or 1 mile south of Highway 29. Buying & selling antiques of all kinds. Furniture, glassware, primitives, toys, etc. Open by chance or appointment, we are open when home. We are happy to open up for you- please call ahead.

715-559-0556 Email: bobber@discover-net.net

Millers Antiques & Auction co

Specializing in stoneware, advertising, primitives & the unusual

Antique store Hours Open 7 days a week 10am - 5pm N8779 Hwy 95 East Hixton, WI 54635

Cell: 715-299-2543 • Store: 715-963-1100 Located at the intersection of I-94 & Hwy 95, 1 block North of I-94

19 mi. East of Eau Claire, WI.

S2020 Townshop Road Fall Creek, WI 54742

The kind of shop you’re glad to discover!

Open Tues. thru Sat.- 11am-4pm Victorian furniture • vintage lighting tools • fishing lures • watches & clocks jewelry • linens • fine glass and china pictures • general line of antiques

715-877-3468 • Buy-Sell-Trade

Over 70 antiques booths cover 11,000 sq ft. Also featuring gifts and home decor. Open 7 days/week Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 11-5

(715) 963-4438

135 Interstate Road • Hixton WI 54635 Exit 105 off I-94

Historic Neillsville, WiscoNsiN 32 Historic BuildiNgs, specialty sHops aNd...

tHe rockiNg cHair aNtiques, collectiBles & gifts 442 Hewett St (Hwy 73) Neillsville, WI 54456 Open: Wed - Sat 9:30am - 5pm

715-338-0959

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MAJOR ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES SHOWS / SALES / MARKETS JANUARY 12, 2014 - JANUARY 18, 2014 ST. PAUL, MN: Prime Promotions’ BRAND NEW Metro Antiques & Collectibles Winter Show. Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 16th, 17th and 18th; Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 10am-4pm. ALL INDOORS at the Historic Warner Coliseum at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (on Snelling Ave. 3 mi. N of I-94 and 2 mi. S of State Hwy 36). Admission: $6. For information call: (612)961-3401 or visit www.MNAntiqueShows.com Page 24.

FEBRUARY 2, 2015 - FEBRUARY 8, 2015 WAUKESHA, WI: The 40th Winter Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Show and featuring a special educational exhibit: “Wisconsin Milk Bottles”. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association. February 6th and 7th, 2015. Friday: 11am9pm; Saturday: 10am-5pm. Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road (I-94 to Hwy J (exit 294), then south 1 mi. then west to the show). Admission: $6 (good for both days). FREE Parking. Good food (Friday night Fish Fry Dinner). Info.: (414)510-4441 or www. WisconsinAntiquesDealers.com. Page 14. FEBRUARY 9, 2015 - FEBRUARY 15, 2015 MOUNDS VIEW, MN: Antique To Modern Dolls, Bears, & Original Artists Show & Sale. Sponsored by C Promotions Plus. Sunday, February 15th, 10am 3:30pm. Mermaid Event Center, 2200 County Road H (Just off 35W on County Road H & Highway 10). Admission: Adults: $5; Under 12: FREE. Info.: (612)6691613 or www.CPromotionsPlus.com. FEBRUARY 16, 2015 - FEBRUARY 22, 2015 MEDINA, MN: The 2015 Hamm’s Club Spring Beer & General Breweriana Show sponsored by The Hamm’s Club. Saturday, February 21st, 9am to 3pm. Medina Entertainment Center Ballroom, 500 Hwy 55, (Located on Hwy 55 - 18 miles west from downtown Mpls. 4-1/2 miles west of Hwy 494). Info.: (608)444-9182 or ScottLovelace2000@yahoo.com. Page 21 MONTHLY MARKETS & OCCASIONAL SALES

Auction & Estate Sale Calendar The Old Times Auction & Estate Sale Calendar is a listing of auctions and estate sales advertised in The Old Times. The listing includes the location of the sale, the company name, the type of auction or sale and the page on which the advertisement can be found in this issue. (If no page is listed the advertisement appeared in the previous month’s issue.) December 25, 2014 *CHRISTMAS DAY* Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions ** NO AUCTION TODAY ** – P 25 December 29, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Pre New Year’s Fine Art & Estate Auction– P 24 January 1, 2015, Thursday 10:00 am Lake Elmo, MN– Washington County Fairgrounds - Danny’s Auctions - 36th Annual New Year’s Day Antique Auction by Danny– P 8 January 3, 2015, Saturday, 9:00 am Stillwater, MN– National Guard Armory Jay Anderson Auctions- 25th Annual Jay Anderson New Year’s Antique Auction– P 9 January 5, 2015 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Estate, Antique, & Collectible Auction– P 24 January 7, 2015 Wednesday 6:00 pm Center City, MN– Moe Auction Service Estate & Consignment Auction– P 25 January 8, 2015 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 January 12, 2015 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Estate, Antique, & Collectible Auction– P 24 January 15, 2015 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 January 21, 2015 Wednesday 6:00 pm Center City, MN– Moe Auction Service Estate & Consignment Auction– P 25 January 22, 2015 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25 January 26, 2014 Monday 6:00 pm St. Paul, MN– Luther Auctions Fine Art & Estate Auction– P 24 January 29, 2015 Thursday 6:00 pm Cannon Falls, MN– A New Day Auctions Antiques & Collectibles Auction– P 25

JANUARY 12, 2015 - JANUARY 18, 2015 SHAKOPEE, MN: How Quaint - A 4-Day Market held each month. January 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th. Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 11am4pm. 714 1st Ave E (Hwy 101). Info.: (952)465-3887 or www.How-Quaint.com. See the “Spend A Day in the Country” ad for a more complete listing of shops in and around Shakopee - Page 8. FARMINGTON, MN: Vintage Marketplace - A 4-Day Market held twice each month. January 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th. Thurs, Fri, & Sat: 10am-7pm, Sun: 11am-5pm. 302 Oak St., (Downtown Farmington). Info.: (651)4633401; or www.VintageMarketplace.org. Page 7. ROCHESTER, MN: Mayo Civic Center Flea Market. Sunday, January 18; 10am-4pm. 30 Civic Center Dr. Admission: $2; FREE parking at all meters and ramps. R. Townsend, Mgr. Info: (641)832-2700 or (507)2691473 Website: www.IridescentHouse.com. JANUARY 19, 2015 - JANUARY 25, 2015 APPLE VALLEY, MN: Haupt Antiek Market: “Neat and Sweet”. January 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th. Thurs: 9am8pm, Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 11am-4pm. 7570 147th St W, Apple Valley, MN. Info.: (651)3293871; or Deb@HauptAntiek.com, or www.HauptAntiek. com. Page 7. FARMINGTON, MN: Vintage Marketplace - A 4-Day Market held twice each month. January 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th. Thurs, Fri, & Sat: 10am-7pm, Sun: 11am-5pm. 302 Oak St., (Downtown Farmington). Info.: (651)4633401; or www.VintageMarketplace.org. Page 7. SPECIAL EVENTS / MEETINGS / CONVENTIONS EXHIBITS / MUSEUMS / GALLERIES ST. PAUL, MN: The Minnesota Museum of American Art features the following: New Visions: Works from the Permanent Collection, ongoing. The Minnesota Museum of American Art is located in St. Paul’s historic Landmark Center, 2nd floor, 75 W. 5th St. Hours are 11am - 4pm, Tues-Sat, (‘til 7:30 p.m. Thursday), 1-5 p.m. Sun, (closed Monday). For more information, call 651-292-4355 or visit www.mmaa.org TWIN CITIES, MN: The Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization (TCFAO) is a resource on arts and events for the community. It is a nonprofit membership-based organization that galleries, museums and art centers may join. TCFAO is made up of Galleries, museums and art centers, Artists and Arts advocates. Museum & gallery and events calendar info.: www.TwinCitiesFineArts.org.

LA CROSSE, WI: The 24th Annual La Crosse Great Tri-State Rail Sale, Railroad Show, Model Railroad Flea Market and Swap Meet. Sponsored by The 4000 Foundation Limited. Saturday January 31st, 2015 9am-3pm. La Crosse Center, 2nd & Pearl Streets. Admission: $5 - children under 12 FREE. All proceeds go to maintain and restore the La Crosse Short Line Railroad Display. For information call (608)781-9383 or www.4000Foundation.com CLUB / ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY MAPLE GROVE, MN: The Fenton Finders of the Twin Cities Area typically meet the first Saturday of each month, at the Maple Grove Public Library, 8351 Elmcreek Blvd. The doors open at 1 p.m., meeting starts at 2 p.m., followed by an educational seminar and snacks. Guests are always welcome. To verify meeting time and location, or for more information, contact Alan Fenner, pres., at 320-594-2752 or email: fennersa@reaalp.com CHESTERFIELD, MO: The White Ironstone China Association is looking for new members. If you collect white ironstone, just want to learn more about this very collectible 19th century English and American china, would like to meet other collectors and/or attend a yearly national convention where white ironstone is the focus of educational seminars and exhibits, visit www.WhiteIronstoneChina.com, call 314-9977963, or write to WICA Membership, PO Box 6052, Chesterfield, MO 63006-6052 to learn how to become a member of this non-profit educational organization. BIGFORK, MT: The Butter Pat Patter Association is a club for connoisseurs of butter pats, miniature plates that were introduced during the mid-1800’s for individual servings of butter. For additional information about membership and the club newsletter please contact: Mary Dessoie, Butter Pat Patter Association, 265 Eagle Bend Dr, Bigfork, MT 59911-6235. ST. PAUL, MN: Twin City Postcard Club has an informal meeting, program and trading, etc., usually the third Wednesday of the month, 6:15-9:15 p.m. For location and more information, see our website at www.TwinCityPostcardClub.com or write to 25145 Chippendale Ave, Farmington, MN 55024. HOLMEN, WI: The Coulee Region Toy Collectors Club meets quarterly in addition to hosting one annual show in December. The club focuses on all facets of toy collecting, old to new, appraising, buying, selling, trading, etc. Guests always welcome at meetings. For more information, call Rick Christenson, club director, at (877) 783-4143 or email: couleetoys@aol.com. MINNEAPOLIS, MN: The Minnesota Art Pottery Association meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm at the Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake Shore Drive. For more information, contact Anita Macias-Howard, secretary, at (952) 920-3266 or email: MNArtPottery@gmail.com.

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January 12th • Monday 6 pm

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Fine Art & Estate Auction January 26th • Monday 6 pm Preview: Sunday 4pm - 8pm & Monday 9am - 6pm

Happy New Year 2015!

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Editor’s Note: Calendar listings are published free of charge. Space preference is given to advertisers. Listings in bold type have paid display advertisements in The Old Times, and page numbers (if in this issue) are given. Please look for these ads, (either in this issue or the previous issue), for additional information. To be included in the calendar simply mail information to: The Old Times, P.O. Box 411, Sauk Centre, MN 55378-0411, or email the listing to Paul@TheOldTimes.com. The deadline for calendar listings is the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication. Because of the possibility of cancellations, we recommend that readers confirm the scheduling of an event before traveling any distance. Club information in the Club Directory is published on a rotating basis as space is available.

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CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE COLLECTIBLE SIGNS, MILITARY, BREWERIANA, CAST IRON, STERLING / GOLD JEWELRY. Many items for the Man Cave / Woman Den. Ask for DDS areas, Gateway Antique Mall, Rogers MN. (763) 428-8286. (3) GOT RECORDS? Clean, playable vinyl reasonably priced. DLJ @ Mall of Saint Paul (Selby and Fairview) & DLJ @ School House Mall (Hixton, WI). I buy record collections. David 763-7808422. (TFN)

ANTIQUE HARDWARE, lights, doors, etc. for older homes. 2,000 sq. ft. of stuff. Also, furniture hardware. NORTHWEST ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE, 981 Selby Ave, St. Paul, MN. (651)644-9270 or email: pmanly8376@aol.com (TFN) TELEPHONES: Over 85 different, genuine 1892-1983, parts, restorations. FREE Catalogue: We now offer our entire business for sale. phonecoinc@aol. com; www.phonecoinc.com (608)5824124. (0)

Come and see old Hamm’s Commercials and hear old radio ads. Get your picture taken with the Hamm’s Bear!

Beer and General Breweriana Show

Saturday February 21 • 9-3 Quality Signs •Brewery Collectibles Beer Cans • Advertising! The Best Place in the nation to purchase quality Hamm’s Beer items!

The Medina Entertainment Center 500 Hwy 55 • Medina, MN Admission: $8 (Kids 14 & under FREE)

Info: 608-444-9182 / ScottLovelace2000@yahoo.com (Limited numbers of vendor tables still available)

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ESTATE SALE - 30 DEALER SPACE German Hummels. AVAILABLE Will sell all or separately. Call (507)525- TWO BOOTHS 6370 or (507)526AVAILABLE. Busy 5966 (0) shop on 2 major highways in Siren, Wisconsin, a WANTED prime year-round destination! Call BASEBALL CARD Jill (763)227-6845. COLLECTIONS and (0) accumulations. Pre1975. Also 1960 Peter’s Meat Twins SERVICES cards. Box 61, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54325. DOLL REPAIR & ghusby@charter.net APPRAISALS: Deor (920)743-6322 mi’s Doll Studio (0) and Hospital: www. demisdollstudio. WANTED TO BUY: com. / demisdollOld comics, old toys, studio@comcast. postcards, and old net. (BF10) photos. Call Dave: (651)503-0642 (9) JOE’S CHANDELIER CLEANING, LLC. Chandelier cleaning, rewiring, & repair services. Insured. Free loGot cal estimates. Joe Something to Schwab, Proprietor. (651)338-9515 or Sell? jschwab22@comcast.net. (0)

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