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Paké
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Questions & answers
with a cultural recycler...
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VOLUME 17, NO. 3 ART & COLLECTIBLES QUARTERLY SUMMER 2008

Forty Years of Collecting in the Islands

T
rue to his craft, Don Severson’s office is Inspired by tahiti’s allure he opened tahiti
full of Hawaiian artifacts, rare books, and Imports in 1963. tahiti Imports was a booming a s
valuable paintings. Originally from Oregon, business in the International marketplace of o n e
Severson sailed through the South Pacific in his Waikiki which specialized in custom-made of the
youth and came to the islands during statehood in bikinis and pareus. In 1965, Severson opened f irst
1959. Severson fell in love with tahiti and its rich Hawaiian antiquities. antiques
culture and brought tahitian fabrics and designs With more than 40 years of experience as an dealers in Hawaii, Severson faced almost no
with him to Hawaii. antiques dealer and businessman, Severson now competition in 1965. although competition has
owns and operates two increased over the years, Severson expresses
corporations in Hawaii, confidence in the fabrics, clothing and products
Severson enterprises and of tahiti Imports and the antiques of Hawaiian
Hawaiian antiquities. antiquities.
today, tahiti Imports is In addition, Severson’s painting collection is
the name of the Waimanu increasing in value over time. “Over the past forty
Street business he and years, the value of good oil paintings in Hawaii has
his wife Betty operate. increased several hundred times,” says Severson.
Betty is the president of He explains these paintings out-perform the stock
tahiti Imports. market and give the owner the advantage of living
Severson’s wife is with art that continues to increase in value.
of Hawaiian blood and Severson said the one thing antiques collectors
her lineage includes or aspiring collectors should know is to “never
pig hunters from kauai collect anything made for collectors (with value
who have uncovered in mind).” Beanie babies and state quarters are
and collected various prime examples. Severson also works as an
Hawaiian artifacts. appraiser, specializing in Hawaiian and Pacific
the family connection material. He has written appraisals for many
sparked Severson’s of Hawaii’s esteemed institutions including the
interest in antiques and Bishop museum and the Honolulu academy of
from there, arts.

H
Don Severson he began awaiian antiquities is located at 1174
with Mele at his to buy Waimanu St. Honolulu, HI 96814.
Honolulu antiques and sell telephone: (808) 591-2929.
art gallery. artifacts.
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collectibles. The views expressed in this residential campaign buttons. They use to give them away. Then they
publication, other than our own editorial
Consultant / Campbell Mansfield comment, do not necessarily express gave them only to a special few, and sold others for a modest fee. Today
the opinion of the publisher. Published by
Service Publications, Inc., dba Hawaii
they are produced in limited numbers if at all.
Contributing Writers
Robert Reed, Paké Zane, Liane Fu
Antiques, Art & Collectibles Quarterly. It would be hard to imagine the breathless excitement of finding an authentic
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ribbon. Generally speaking, they just don’t make them like
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Tin photos were used on campaign buttons back
in 1860, and it was the first year candidates images were
featured on anything other than fabric or paper.
Campaign button
for Richard
Campaign buttons have been long held in favor
by collectors because they are historic, attractive,
Ceramics – Art M. Nixon with easy to carry, and they can appeal to just about
Wholesale – Retail ribbon and
plastic elephant
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authenticated more than two dozen button designs
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These political items really were buttons and were designed
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Dole Cannery Retail Center Live the President.”
HUA Enter from Ala Kawa St. These classic buttons are treasured and worth hundreds of dollars if not
Mon-Sat. 10am-5pm Sun 11am-3pm thousands of dollars today, however the real thrust of campaign buttons has
only come in the past 100 years.
The first modem era campaign buttons appeared during the 1896 White
House race between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. These
BAO particular buttons could be easily fastened-to clothing with a pin and were made
of celluloid. Handsome photographs of the candidates were also included. And
most buttons from the 1890s on are not completely out of reach to collectors
according to Marc Sigoloff author of Collecting Political Buttons (Chicago
Review Press).
“When I say my oldest buttons are of McKinley and Bryan from the 1896
ZAI election, people seem astonished,” he notes. “Little do they realize that many
buttons from the first presidential election which they were given widespread
use remain relatively common, and many are obtained for under $10.”
On the other hand, Sigoloff and other dealers can point out some
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Such buttons are known as jugate, from the Latin
word for yoke.
One rare exception to the regular collecting of
political buttons that is no ‘yoke’ is the fabled Cox-
Roosevelt jugate. This special 1920 campaign button,
issued when James Cox ran with Franklin Roosevelt,
first hit a record $33,000 during an auction of political
Americana in 1981. It has appreciated considerably
Button from 1900 campaign of
William McKinley with smokestacks
since that time.
of industry/prosperity. One senior citizen in Iowa has a fine collection of
Roosevelt, Dewey, Wilkie, and Truman. “I am
particularly fond of the 1930s and 1940s when I was first active in politics,” she
comments. “You can still find them, but you have to watch out for reproductions
now.” The prize of her collection is a 1940 button saying “On Our Way” with
a beaming GOP elephant sliding to victory at the polls on an arrow extending
from Maine to California.
A collector in Ohio has accumulated over 200 buttons in the past 25 years.
The vast majorities were simply gathered up during the presidential election
campaigns of the past. But he admits, “They use to give them away at the party
headquarters during the campaign, in later years they asked $1 to $3 for them.”
United States history professor Alice Almond-Shrock of Earlham College
observed in the late 1980s that such campaign buttons
had a very long-standing American connection.
“The popularity of buttons (celluloid ones), as
opposed to badges or other kinds of paraphernalia,
boomed in the 1890s with Bryan as the Democratic
populist,” she explained. “Soon the Republicans
had their own buttons too, and the relationship
has lasted ever since.”
Many individual presidential campaigns do vary
in terms of price and availability. Truman, for
example, who won an upset victory in 1948, is Campaign button from 1952 for Ike,
much more difficult to locate than his opponent one of the most familiar and appealing
buttons of the 20th century.
Thomas Dewey or his prior running mate FDR.
On the other hand, John Kennedy buttons are still very plentiful, but collectors
have to be careful to sort out the maze of recent reproductions.
And there are those who collect only losers. “Keep in mind;” observes
one dealer in Florida, “that often the losers are more in demand than the
winners. This list would Include Goldwater-Miller, MacArthur, Muskie, William
Randolph Hearst, and Bobby Kennedy.
Another possibility is regional-related buttons that perhaps
promote a Congressman in North Carolina and his party’s candidate for the
White House. American Political Item Collectors president Norman Lowenstem
advised during the last presidential election that the best buttons to collect
were “the ones tying in local candidates, groups or issues with the presidential
campaign.”
“One of the most famous examples,” points out
Lowenstem, “is the button issued when Lyndon Johnson
was a Congressman, saying me and Roosevelt for
Lyndon. Today they are worth hundreds.”
What many consider the ‘golden
era’ of political buttons ran during the
20-year period from 1896--when they started—
Ten-gallon hat featured on 1964-campaign untiI1916, and those are treasured. Prices favor
button supporting Lyndon Baines Johnson. generally celluloid buttons over lithographed
buttons, and condition is a major factor.
The best of the rest are typically the larger and more colorful buttons of
the latter 20th century with both presidential and vice presidential runners at
least identified, if not pictured, on them.

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 Paké Sez
FOR SALE Are There Wicked Wicker
Salespeople Out There?

A
loha and welcome to the Summer
Edition of The Hawaii Antiques Art and
Collectibles Quarterly. It’s said that time
flies when you are having fun. I’d like to say
that time goes faster when you don’t watch the
clock. Okay, it may be a bit like watching a pot
of water and waiting for it to start boiling. It sure
doesn’t seem like it’s been over eight months
since Julie and I visited the mainland to be
participants on the Antiques Roadshow. Since
the last issue of this publication we’ve received
a slew of questions relating to the Roadshow
Paké, a cultural recycler, works out of
Antique Alley at: 1347 Kapiolani Blvd.
and how it works. We’ll try and answer at least
one of them along with some general questions
To Celebrate Our 24th Honolulu HI 96814 941-8551
relating to collectibles and collecting.
Year In Business We Are So here we go….
Offering Discounts Up To QUESTION: My family is planning a trip to the southern US and we
want to attend one of the “miles and miles of garage sales.” Do you have
50% On Selected Items any suggestions?
Paké Thru August 31st ANSWER: It depends on when you are going and where in the South
you’re heading but we’ve heard from reliable sources that the 400 miles

H
ere is a place to go and find a plethora of sale through Kentucky is as “good as it gets”. The Antiques, Collectibles
interesting, hard-to-find collectibles and and STUFF 400 Mile Sale runs across Kentucky from Paducah to
artifacts under one roof. Knowledgeable Maysville and back. This sale rambles through sixty communities and
vendors are on-premise and available to discuss twenty-four counties on the Historic Hwy 68/80. Along the route there
your interests and to help you find that particular are over 200 antique shops, 11 state parks, all kinds of Civil War sites,
Julie museums, arts and crafts events and shops along with countless rest
item which will compliment your collection.
stops and unique southern dining venues. There are also a number of
Visit us soon … Our 8 vendors provide a vast good bed and breakfast places for rest and sustenance. I’ve heard stories
array of estate jewelry, Ming’s, silver, ivory, of people buying something and then selling the same item further
glassware, ceramics, Hawaiian artifacts, bottles, down the road making hundreds of dollars in a sort of mini Cadillac
prints, knick knacks, hula Jack maneuver. This is a full four day event that has its own website at
www.400mile.com/ or you can call (270) 781-6858 to get a free map
doll nodders, cameras,
Melave and brochure. This can surely be a “shop-til-you-drop: experience that
cigarette lighters, usually takes place at the end of May and beginning of June each year.
esoteric gadgets, fine Have fun and we hope this turns out to be a great collectible experience
antiques, kimonos, and memory.
tin toys, hand and
machine made QUESTION: I was recently at a garage sale and saw a comfortable
looking white lounge chair for sale. The owner said it was a wicker
marbles, FIRE KING.
chair and that it was a few years old but in good condition. As I walked
Steve up to the chair I sensed that it was fabricated out of plastic strands to
*Now available for over 20 years, look like old style white wicker furniture. I told the owner that it was
If you are interested
Antique Alley has shelf and showcase
please call us at (808)941-8551. made of plastic, not wicker as he had claimed. He said when he bought
space for rent.
the chair it was sold to him as an all-weather, indoor-outdoor wicker
lounge chair. I told him that he was misled because it looked like a
piece of wicker furniture but it was actually a plastic copy of a wicker
chair. He didn’t seem concerned and started attending to other potential

(808) 941-8551
customers. I walked away wondering why some people would prefer
to live in ignorance rather than become knowledgeable. Then the other
day I was in new furniture store and saw a similar chair also described
1347 Kapiolani Blvd. as an “all-weather, indoor-outdoor wicker patio set”. The salesperson
Open: Mon. - Sat. 11:30am - 5pm, Closed Sunday was busy with too many “real customers” so I just left wondering how
these people could misrepresent what they were selling with impunity.
(Next to America’s Mattress and Kissa Salon) Do you have any thoughts on this matter?
FREE two hour parking in marked spaces.
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Mauna Kea Galleries is the only gallery in Hawai‘i that specializes in museum
quality vintage art from Hawai‘i and Polynesia. We carry a vast and complete
inventory that includes:

• Old Paintings
• Engravings
• Rare Books
• Hawaiiana
• Vintage Menus
• Hula Lamps
• Ming’s Jewelry
• Aloha Attire
• Hawaiian Artifacts
• Koa and Rattan Furniture
• ‘Ukuleles
• Surfing Memorabilia
• Ephemera

We also purchase all of the above. � "Kahili Bearer", Ming's

— circa 1950's
Top Dollar Paid —
�Vintage Duke Kahanamoku
House Calls Made — Brochure
Will Fly to Buy Your Items — circa 1920

We are able to appraise and evaluate large � "Pali Oahu" D. Howard

Hitchcock, Oil on board
holdings, with all transactions handled in the — circa 1915
strictest of confidence. Complete estate and
probate work is our specialty. All inquiries
will be cheerfully answered.

Located in the historic

McCully Chop Suey Building
2005 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826
For more information please contact Sithra Campos, Gallery Director
at 808-941-4901, Toll Free 1-866-668-4781 or visit maunakeagalleries.com
Email: info@maunakeagalleries.com
Paké Sez Continued from page 8
ANSWER: I’m wondering how to respond to your thoughts and what I ANSWER: I agree that collecting state coins is an interesting way to learn
can say to ease your pain over what you believe are “deceptive product history and geography (they are issued in the order that the states entered the
descriptions”. First of all, with furniture, wicker is basically a process and union) as well as some interesting and unique things about each particular
not a material. The process is in the weaving of a pliant flexible material state by learning what the symbols and graphics on each coin means. It’s
(traditionally a pliant plant material) over a frame of some kind creating also a good and novel way to save money. To find the coins you need to fill
a structure strong enough to support some weight like a chair or a table. in the chart you may take one of several approaches. You can go to a stamp
Historically wicker furniture can be traced back to ancient Egypt but it and coin shop where you can expect to pay a premium for the coins or you
became popular in the modern western world during the Victorian period can go to a coin show where you might be able to strike a better deal with
in the late 1800’s. Traditionally the materials used in wicker works were and independent non-store based dealer. You could try collectible shops
natural fibers including rattan but in modern times the weaving of wicker but they often have a limited inventory of stamps and coins. Or you could
furniture has included utilizing both manmade and synthetic materials such just go to your local bank and buy $20.00 worth of quarters at a time and
as plastic. So living in ignorance may sit on your shoulders and it’s probably search through them to find the earlier coins you need. Then you can sell the
a good thing you made this inquiry before you confronted a wicked wicker balance of the quarters back to the bank while buying another $20.00 worth
salesperson about their “deceptive product labeling”. By the way I scoffed until you find all that you need. Make it a family project and have fun doing
at the thought of acquiring a plastic wicker lounge chair for our deck but it. This last approach will be the most economical cost wise since a quarter
since getting it I’ve learned to appreciate it. When it rains the water goes
that you save will only cost a quarter plus a little time and energy.
right through it and if it gets dusty you can just hose it down. I call this wiki
wiki wicker washing.
QUESTION: I have a restaurant tiki mug “Made in Japan” with the name
Otagiri. Have you ever heard of this brand of tiki mugs and are they rare
and valuable?
ANSWER: Many tiki mug collectors recognize
the name, Otagiri. Otagiri Mercantile Company
was contracted in the 1960’s to make tiki mugs
for many restaurants, bars and other venues with
a “Polynesian” theme. Many had Otagiri printed
on their base but others were marked only with
a gold foil paper label with OMC and Japan.
Otagiri was bought out by Enesco in the early
1990’s and now mark their products differently.
Besides making tiki mugs Otagiri also made a lot
of the ceramic bric-a-brac like vases, figurines QUESTION: Our family almost always watches the PBS program,
and spoon rests. If your tiki mug has the name Antiques Roadshow. Although we’ve never seen you on camera we now
of a restaurant it probably means that there are know why from your explanations in past columns. We were very fortunate
a lot of them out there which may temper its to get tickets to attend the Antiques Roadshow when it visited Honolulu
value. But if it’s from a famous establishment a few years ago. At the “triage” desk we realized that there were a lot of
and has a good design and features, it may be a categories that the triage people used but we’ve never been able to discern
desirable item and have high collector value. how many categories are utilized and what they are. Can you tell us?

QUESTION: I realize that the series of US state quarters are going to end ANSWER: I hope your experiences with the Antiques Roadshow are
in 2008 and that Hawaii will be the last one issued. I thought it might be a collectible positive memories as are ours. The Roadshow utilizes over
nice thing to casually collect since my grandson was born in 2008. I started twenty categories in each show and I actually counted 25 categories that
picking up one of each state earlier this year and have been doing okay the producers and generalists (triage personnel) can choose from. Here they
finding the coins issued in the last couple years. My question is how can I are in alphabetical order:
find the earlier coins to fill in the state coin chart?
1. Antiquities 14. Musical Instruments
2. Arms and Militaria 15. Paintings and Drawings
3. Asian Art 16. Photographs
4. Books and Manuscripts 17. Pottery and Porcelain
5. Clocks and Watches 18. Prints and Posters
6. Collectibles 19. Rugs and Textiles
7. Decorative Arts 20. Science and Technology
8. Dolls 21. Silver
9. Folk Art 22. Sports Memorabilia
10. Furniture 23. Tools and Implements
11. Glass 24. Toys and Games
12. Jewelry 25. Tribal Art
13. Metalwork and Sculpture

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Paké Sez
The producers also have up to seventy-five appraisers on hand at each
venue many of whom can work in multiple categories.
As a follow-up regarding the 2008 Antique Roadshow tour, we were
offered an opportunity to participate in the Wichita Kansas Roadshow but
had to decline due to a scheduling conflict with one of our co-workers. So
19th Annual

Hawaii
as a compensatory move we started planning a European trip and hope we
can re-visit some of the places and people we knew when we lived there
in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. A European Shop-a-log should be an
interesting adventure and project.
But in the meantime here are a couple shows that may pique your interest.
First there’s the Hawaii All-Collectors Show ’08 which takes place on
July 18th and 19th. Hours are Friday 3:00-9:00 pm with early entry at
2:00 pm. Saturday’s hours are from 10:00 am
Collectors’ Expo
to 6:00 pm. There are discount coupons in the
media ads and discount flyers at selected shops
including Antique Alley. For more information
call (808) 941-9754. February 20,21,22, 2009
Paké, a cultural recycler, works out of Antique 2009 2 20~22
Alley at 1347 Kapiolani Blvd Honolulu HI
96816. You can reach him there daily except
Wed & Sun between 12:00 – 5:00 pm by
Art, Antiques
phone: (808) 941-8551 or email: juli.pake.@
hawaiiantel.net.
and Collectibles
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Special
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THE GUY
FASHIONABLE OR NOT, THERE ARE
THOSE WHO HAVE ALWAYS
LOVED ANYTHING PRIMO

L ike a Phoenix
rising from its ashes,
Primo beer has returned.
A HUMBLE START
He is a very humble guy. He has four
brothers and is a middle child. His dad
worked in the Pearl Harbor shipyards as a
machinist. His dad would take them to the
It is now available in beach a lot and take his older brother dive
many of the stores and fishing. Because he was not old enough
to dive, his dad would leave him on the
bars around town. beach to watch his younger brothers and
the last time Primo was keep them out of trouble. He spent a
lot of time waiting for his father and
popular in Hawaii was older brother to return. But rather
in the mid seventies, than order his brothers around, or
build sand castles, or play in the
over thirty years water, all pleasures enjoyed through
ago. Fashionable or living in the moment, he would collect
puka shells. He like to look for the largest
not, there are those possible shells he could find, and in those
who have always loved days puka shells were plentiful. He
would collect his treasured shells
anything Primo. and keep them in a paper cup. later
Jason Kehoe is one he would make puka shell leis for
his family and friends. the leis he
such fellow. made and gave away number in
t he hundreds.
He recalls that he was eight or nine walking in and seeing
when he was first exposed to Primo. the Primo clock and
(not in a drinking way, but in an thinking it was really cool. He
aesthetic appreciation kind of way.) He liked the striking image of the
first saw the famous Primo logo in Hawaiian king in royal blue on the white
his grandfather’s bar. His grandfather face of the clock. at that moment he was
had set up a bar in his garage where hooked, and he started collecting all sorts
he would sit and shoot the breeze with of Primo paraphernalia. Fast forward
his friends drinking Primo and “Oly.” thirty years later, and today he has the
(Olympia Beer). Young Jason recalls largest Primo collection in Hawaii and
one of the largest collections in the world.

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 {
Jason recalls walking
in and seeing his
grandfathers Primo clock;
He liked the striking image
of the Hawaiian king
in royal blue on the white
face of the clock. “At that
moment he was hooked”

{
POGS GIVING BACK and money has produced one of the largest
He also collected the original antique He is very fit and though he does Primo collections in the world. He would
Pogs. He used to show them and was not compete in mixed martial arts, he never consider selling it by the piece but
gaining recognition as having put together helps to shuttle youth along the Waianae would rather let it go as a whole collectionin
an outstanding collection. then in 1993 coast to the gym so that they can practice order to maintain its integrity. Being that
a burglar broke into his house and stole and compete. He does it because he Primo is now fashionable again, someone
his Pog collection. they took nothing knows it makes the kids feel good to be might be really eager to buy it. So I asked
else. they didn’t take the t.V., stereo, or working towards a goal, and it gives them him what he might consider selling it for.
his wife’s jewelry. they only took his pog something to do which helps them to stay He didn’t really know, but he said perhaps
collection. He has since learned his lesson out of trouble. He knows that, deep down, about fifty thousand. like all collectors
and no longer keeps his collections in his their parents are glad that he helps their he gets a lot of joy from just having it.
house. In addition he has installed a high kids be involved in productive activities. I’m sure he’s amused that some people
security alarm system as well. right now he is very happy with his are finding Primo collect ably fashionable
Primo collection. His investment of time again. He hasn’t stopped collecting Primo
in over thirty years.

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 HAWAII’S HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT INSIDE ANTIQUE’S
H AWAIIAN I SLANDS Book Reviews- 2008
The latest on what’s in print compiled
S TAMP & C OIN by Antique and Collectible News Service.

Come down and browse through our Fiesta book as colorful As the enduring ware itself
extensive collection of inventory. Warman’s Fiesta book by Glen Victorey is every
bit as bright and colorful as the enduring ware
We are buying and selling new things everyday.
itself.
Old hawaiian Documents ✭ hawaiian Monarch Items The volume includes more than 700 full
color photographs, and if 20th century Fiesta
hawaiian Stamp & Letters ✭ hawaiian Prints & Paintings
ware is anything at all it is color.
Old hawaiian Artifacts ✭ hawaiian coins ✭ Medals
Between 1936 and 1972 lovely Fiesta was
Tokens ✭ hawaiian Books & Periodicals produced in 14 major colors according the author,
and Much, Much, More! a collector of the ware for more than a quarter
of a century. Fiesta’s “original” colors included
Don Medcalf-hawaiian Islands Stamp & coin cobalt blue, light green, ivory, red, turquoise,
Ph: (808) 531-6251 and yellow. The decade of the 1950s saw Fiesta
expand to chartreuse, forest green, gray, rose,
1111 Bishop st. • honolulu, hi 96813 and ultimate medium green.
(corner of Bishop & hotel St.)
“In many pieces, medium green is the hardest to find and the most expensive
Fiesta color,” observes Victorey.
hours: Mon-Fri 9a.m.-5p.m. No Fiesta was produced form 1972 to 1985. Later the makers of Fiesta, Homer
and Sat. 10a.m.-4p.m. Laughlin China Company, added antique gold, mango red, and turf green; plus
the striped, decal, and Lustre pieces.
Even the established colors of the famed ware can vary somewhat according to
the author.
“Some glazes have several shades, to the point that even seasoned collectors
and antiques dealers may mistake an especially heavy light green glaze for the
more rare medium green,” according to Victorey. “Some glazes are also prone to
www.hawaiiancollectibles.com mottling, including turquoise and—to a lesser degree---red. Cobalt blue and turf
green pieces tend to show even the slightest scratches more obviously than lighter
HAWAIIAN STONES glazes, and ivory examples often exhibit cloudy, yellowish, or sooty spots along the
rims and bases.”
& ARTIFACTS Warman’s Fiesta by Glen Victorey, color illustrated with current prices, softcover, 256 pages, is $24.99 plus
shipping from Krause Publications, 1-800-258-0929.

A collection of authentic Solid-Colored Dinnerware Book Is Rainbow Of Items

Hawaiian Artifacts, The newly released Solid-Colored
Dinnerware reference book provides a rainbow
Collectibles, Rare of items for the collector.
and Unusual Bottles Virtually all of those delightful dinnerware
lines are included from the middle years of the
nation’s 20th century. It revisits those dandy
Located At
decades from the 1930s to the 1960s when
ANTIQUE ALLEY American-made solid-color dinnerware graced
1347 Kapiolani Blvd. tables around the country.
(next to america’s Mattress and Kissa Salon) Most collectors agree that it was the
popularity of Depression glass that steered
Ph: 941-8551 potteries in the direction of colored glazes
according to author Mark Gonzalez.
“Towards the late 1930s, the older
Bus. Office: Depression glazes were replaced by one or two sets of colors,” notes Gonzalez,
126 Queen St. Suite 309 “the bold Fiesta-types and pastel glazes. The Fiesta-type glazes remained popular
until the late 1940s when they were replaced by darker, more modern colors.
Honolulu., HI 96813 Pastel glazes continued to be popular and by the 1950s companies were making
speckled glazes.”
Ph:(808) 526-3245 Certainly it is all here in this splendid volume. Specific chapters deal with

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 H
Atlas Globe, Cronin, French-Saxon, Knowles, Mt. Clements Pottery, Homer ere is a
Laughlin, Shawnee, Steubenville, Red Wing, Royal China, Paden City, Taylor sampling from
Smith and Taylor, and Universal Potteries. robert reed’s
Homer Laughlin alone spawned a rich array of solid-colored dinner ware
newest Antiques and
including Dover, Fiesta, Harlequin, Kraft Blue, Rhythm, Tango, Virginia Rose,
and Wells. All are represented among the book’s 500 full color illustrations. Collectibles Dictionary
Solid-Colored Dinnerware: Depression to Mid-Century by Mark Gonzalez, softcover, illustrated, with due to be published this
prices, 176 pages is $29.95 plus shipping from Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA year. the unique volume
19310. includes not only terms
but craftsmen, brand
Antique Vienna Bronzes - Book ‘Ark’ Of Treasures
names, silver-smiths,
The book, Antique Vienna Bronzes, is a virtual
Noah’s Ark of vintage cast treasures of the tools, manufacturers,
animal kingdom. makers, lost words, and
Written by veteran collector and dealer Joseph thousands of names for
Zobel, the volume offers information and just about everything in
illustrations on hundreds of bronze objects of antiquing.
art. Generally the finely detailed objects were
fashioned in Austria starting the latter 19th N.Y. Condensed Milk Co.:
century. Contracted to supply rations to Federal troops during the Civil War,
Full-color photographs include dogs, cats, located in new York City.
horses, bears, bulls, snakes, camels, mice, pigs,
squirrels, and even human figures. Nadig Road Wagon:
Made in that country’s small factories and Gasoline-powered carriage built by Henry nadig of allentown,
private artist studios, they were inspired by Pennsylvania. In 1891 the vehicle had a four-cycle engine weighing
French sculptors according to Zobel. 300 pounds, and attained speeds up to 15 miles per hour.
“The bronzes were cast using wax or plaster models,” notes the author. Name Dolls:
“Once casting was completed, they were finished with details added by term for china head dolls manufactured in Germany during the late
hand,” he notes. Zobel points out that the ultimate stage of the bronzes 1890s. Popular names for girls were embossed into the material and
involved chasing, the use of a tool to suggest texture in the metal. The more frequently painted in gold. among them Helen, ethel, and marie.
complex pieces were cast in sections and then attached.
Such small bronze figures were exported to eager markets in various Nappy:
parts of the world including New York City. Zobel, who has been studying an early term for an uncovered serving dish, usually small and oval
Vienna bronzes for over 40 years, does a creditable job in explaining the or rectangular in shape.
public’s continued fascination with those artifacts. Nase, John:
The book’s high-quality color photographs of more than 650 Vienna listed as a potter working with redware in 1830s and 1840s
bronzes cannot help to bring attention to any manner of bronze figures montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
which still attract collectors. The prices provided for individual Austrian
renderings in the book may give the reader a gulp, the overall result is a very Nell Rose:
not a proper name but a color defined as a medium rose in early Sears
fine reference.
and roebuck catalogs.
Antique Vienna Bronzes by Joseph Zobel, hardcover, color illustrated, current values, 256 pages, is $79.95
from Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA 19310. Niello:
term for incised metal designs filled with a black metallic alloy.
Scottish Cabinetmaker Book elegant, extensive
Scottish Cabinetmakers in Federal New
Neo-classic:
term for 18th and early 19th century furniture designed to celebrate a
York is both elegant and extensive in its
revival of ancient classical designs. additionally some empire period
presentation of those remarkable 18th and
furniture was also called neo-classical.
early 19th century craftsmen.
Obliviously the accomplishments of New Albany Glass Works:
Scottish-born Duncan Phyfe are legend, but Glass works located in 1869 new albany, Indiana. Firm was founded
this quality volume documents the work of so by Captain J.B. Ford (also of louisville). after 1872 it was operated
many others with similar by W.C. DePauw.
backgrounds. Author Mary Ann Apicella
Newcomb pottery:
diligently details the work of these Highly regarded art pottery operation doing business from 1890s to
cabinetmakers that were active in around the 1950s in new Orleans, louisiana.
the Atlantic coast fashion centers during the
Colonial era. The Antique and Collectibles Dictionary by Robert and Claudette
“The importance of English and French models to furniture made in Reed includes more than 5,300 entries plus hundreds of illustrations. It
Federal America is quite dramatic and immediately apparent,” notes the will be an early summer title from Collector Books, one of the nation’s
author, “the impact of Scottish models is not.” leading publishers of books on antiques and collectibles.
Continued on page 18
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 GLEN’S COLLECTIBLES INSIDE ANTIQUE’S
Book Reviews- 2008 Continued from page 17

To that end the author notes in the book’s introduction the goal was
A collection of: to present the contribution of Scottish craftsmen “in the main style
centers of America, especially in New York.”
Apicella spent nearly 15 years inspecting furniture and collecting
• Hot Wheels data throughout America and the British isles, “in an attempt to
illustrate the nature of the contribution” of these skilled craftsmen.
Specific chapters deal with chests of drawers, wardrobes and
• Action Figures linen presses, sideboards, desks and secretaries, tables, chairs, and
clocks. Additionally the book includes coverage of Scottish migration
• Pez Dispensers patterns, artist and social influences, and the cultural impact of New
York City.
Scottish Cabinetmakers in Federal New York by Mary Ann Apicella, hardcover, 161 illustrations, 200
• Matchbox pages and is $75 from the University of New England Press.
& Die Cast Cars!
Hot Wheels Volume Documents 40 Years
The small world of those
legendary Hot Wheels
miniatures deserves
recognition after all these
years. And it gets it in
Hot Wheels: 40 Years by
Angelo Van Bogart.
This year marks of the
40th anniversary of those
wonderful little Mattel
vehicles that began rolling
forward in 1968.
From the beginning the detailed die-cast cars were both ‘hot’ and ‘cool’
at the same time in the minds of countless youngsters. The author tells
this absorbing story very well and provides hundreds of high quality full-
color photographs to complete the textural evolution of the mighty Hot
Wheels.
The author comments, “this book explains the magic of Hot Wheel
cars through the eyes of someone who, like many collectors,begged his
parents for Hot Wheel cars as a kid and grew into an adult collector.”
Van Bogart is also author of 100 Years of Cadillac, a columnist for Toy
Cars and Models, and a very dedicated collector of Hot Wheels.
“The creators of Hot Wheels, the marketing agents behind the brand
and the designers were all part of the magic,” he adds, “and many of them
explain (in the book) the cars and the processes that made that magic.”
For all of its comprehensive coverage, Hot Wheels: 40 Years is not a
price guide. The same publisher, Krause Publications, provides the third
edition of Hot Wheels Variations by Michael Zarnock for that task. Van
Bogart’s book however is good reading.
Hot Wheels: 40 Years by Angelo Van Bogart, hardcover, color illustrated, 256 pages, is $30 plus
shipping from Krause Books, 1-800-258-0929.

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pails to water cans. Included are hundreds of color photographs and
details on the very characters often illustrated on the sand toys.
Colorful chapters by character include the likes the Donald Duck,
Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, the Katzenjammer Kids, Baby Snooks,
Felix the cat, Davy Crocket, Popeye, Raggedy Ann, and even Sponge collectibles, novelties, ebay Drop Store
Bob. Major makers of marvelous sand toys included Ohio Art and J.
Chein, but there are many others also featured in the book.
Readers may find the values on some of these fine sand toys to be
somewhat shocking, but the quality of this well presented volume is
not debatable.
“Generally the larger the pail or shovel, the greater is value,” note
the authors who active dealers and seasoned collectors. “Almost
always a shovel came with a pale, although usually it was plain shovel
with no decoration. Occasionally a shovel would include an image of
the character or characters. This was particularly true with boxed sets

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that might include a pail, shovel, watering can, and sand molds.”
As with many other toys, “a box increases the value of the items, arge Selection of Collectible
and greatly increases the value if the characters are pictured on the box. Figures, Hotwheels, Johnny
The value of the bucket is also increased if the images are embossed
around the paint.” Lightning, MatchBox, Muscle
The volume largely deals with pails and watering cans. However Machines New, Hard to Find,
coverage also includes sieves, rakes, molds, and a host of other related
‘summer fun in the sand’ items. TH die cast cars, 1:64, 1:24
Comic Character Metal Sand Toys by Doug and Pat Wengel, hardcover with dust jacket, 400 pictures,
176 pages and is $39.95 plus shipping from Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA
and 1:18 scales & Airplanes,
19310. Collectable Figures, Star Wars,
Doll Quilt Book Offers View SplderMan, Marvel, MacFarlane
Of Vintage Treasures G.I. Joes, Collectable Cards,
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By and For Children wonderfully Comics, Beany Babies, Dvds,
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miniature antique quilts dating back
Cds, Memorabilia & more!
to the early 19th century.
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“Crib and doll quilts are perhaps the tenderest and personal of
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their charm but also for the love that went into making them. Antique BRING IT IN, WE CAN SELL IT FOR YOUR
doll quilts, like all old quilts, connect us with the past. As do other
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