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The Newsletter For Dealers, Collectors and Investors September 2019 Volume 46 • Number 1 Whimsical Stickley Furniture Designs Give Was a Family Amphora Affair For more than 100 years, Lasting Stickley furniture has Appeal maintained a steady popularity. Known for its Large colorful style and sturdiness, Stickley Amphora vases often furniture is desirable whether decorated with reptiles, it is refinished or not. This birds and mythical creatures, Tree of Life magazine stand were created in Bohemia, now still retains its original finish. the Czech Republic. Many had For more photos and prices playful themes, like these three ladies peering into a step over to page 6-7. vase. Look to page 4 for more photos and prices. Tiny Bubbles Make Orrefors Crazy for Quilts Collectors Happy Friendship, family and The glass technique that frugality combine in quilts. became Orrefors Ariel Collectors look for quilts glass was a new technology with a history. Quilts like developed specifically for this one are often made the company. The technique for sentimental reasons, creates air bubbles within with fabric scraps from the glass like this 4 1/2-inch cherished clothing or blue and clear Ariel vase items. Find out more about by Edvin Ohrstrom. Look collectible quilts on page 8. inside on page 10 for more photos and prices. Modernist Icon Max Ingrand Creates Light Lighting designs by Max Ingrand were noted for their modern, innovative designs and textured glass. His large “Dahlia” chandelier has 16 cut, curved and colored glass “petals.” The spotlight is on Max Ingrand lighting – see page 5 for more pictures and prices. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Letter to Lee .... 2 Tips .... 2 Buy & Sell – Vinyl Records .... 3 Hotlines .... 5 Did You Know: Slinky .... 7 On the Road – Burton Flea Market .... 9 Dictionary of Marks – Orrefors Glassworks .... 10 Buyer’s Price Guide .... 11 Collector’s Gallery .... 12 SALES REPORTS Amphora Pottery .... 4 Max Ingrand Modern Lighting .... 5 Stickley Furniture .... 6-7 Quilts.... 8 Orrefors Glassworks .... 10 Kovels - September 2019 Page 1 LETTER TO LEE – LOST, FOUND, LOST AGAIN Dear Lee, Years ago, trash was put out for collection each week on what, in Cleveland, is called a “tree lawn.” It was illegal to Editor and Publisher: Terry Kovel; take the aluminum cans waiting to be recycled, but no one Editor in Chief: Susan Condon Love; seemed to care about the rest. My best find was a very old, CFO & Website Director: Kim Kovel; wooden crate labeled Ivory Soap. It’s still in our country Graphic Designer: Maureen Bole; store collection and the oldest one we have seen. Photo Editor: Janet Dodrill; Associate Editor: Liz Lillis; Copy Editor: Cherrie Smrekar; Marketing: Hamsy But the best trash find story is Kim’s chair. Kim and Mirre; Reporter: Lee Kovel; Editorial her husband, Al, were walking in New York City when Contributors: Gay Hunter, Beverly they saw a chair in a pile of trash. They recognized Photo: Malone; Polly Powers Stramm; and it as the work of Norman Cherner, who designed the Ruby Lane Jodie Tweed Norquist. chair in 1958. (You can buy one today for $1,300.) A full day of sightseeing ahead and nowhere to put the Letters to the Editor: Write to us chair, they picked it up and carried it down the street to join them on their day. First at Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles, stop, the Metropolitian Museum of Art. They checked it in the coat room. No one PO Box 22192, Beachwood, OH on the street or in the museum asked about the chair. They carried the chair with 44122 or email to [email protected]. them when they left the museum and visited the IBM headquarters’ lobby. Next stop the subway, then a train, still carrying the chair. No one looked surprised, asked a Subscriptions: $45 one year, $5 single question, or even cracked a joke before they got to Lee’s house and decided to have copy. him ship it to their Florida house. Customer Service: (print subscription) Call: 1-800-829-9158 But the valuable, treasured chair story has a sad ending. A workman who was repairing Lee’s house either stole the chair or, perhaps, didn’t understand modern design, thought KOVELS ON ANTIQUES & it was trash, and discarded it as part of the clean-up. COLLECTIBLES (ISSN 0741-6091) is published monthly The moral of the story is that sometimes, luck is on your side and you truly can find for $45 per year by Kovels Antiques, Inc., treasure in the trash. There could be a second moral, however: Be careful what you throw 30799 Pinetree Road, #305, Cleveland, out. Especially now, when you can do instantaneous research on the internet. Hate your OH 44124. Write or send payments and grandmother’s ugly vase? Look for a signature or mark before giving it to a thrift store. address changes to: Find a dusty toy in the attic, in its original, slightly battered box? Search for a collecting KOVELS ON ANTIQUES & website (or call a local expert) before assuming it’s worth nothing. COLLECTIBLES, PO Box 292758 Kettering, OH 45429-8758 Finally, Lee, if you find a treasure on the curb, in your attic or in a garage, make sure you keep it safe. Or you’ll be as unhappy as Kim and Al. Customer Service: [email protected] Online: go to Kovels.com and click on “Contact Us” at the top of the Homepage. Digital Subscription: Kovels.com/ digital TIPS Connect with us: ➤ If you see any numbers or letters ➤ Display your collections in a way on the frame of a wooden piece of that fits your lifestyle. Keep small furniture, do not remove or erase them. breakables out of the reach of children Copyright 2019 by Terry Kovel and They may refer to a catalog, and eventually or pets. Use wax, fishing line, or other Kim Kovel. All rights reserved. No part of you may be able to attribute the piece to barriers to keep small objects on shelves this newsletter may be reproduced or the proper manufacturer. if you live in an area that has earthquakes transmitted in any form or by any means, or even if you live near a train track or electronic or mechanical, including ➤ highway. Continuous vibrations will make photocopying or recording, or by any If you want to remove a grease stain information storage and retrieval system, from silk, wool, or paper, cover it with pieces “walk” toward the edge of the shelf without permission in writing from the grated chalk. Cover the chalk with a piece and eventually fall off. publisher. Photos are not reproduced to of a brown paper bag. Set a warm iron on scale; actual size of items pictured is given the paper. Repeat if necessary. Be sure the ➤ To remove stains from a glass vase, when possible. Out-of-print reference books iron is not hot enough to scorch the paper. fill it with a mixture of ammonia and water mentioned in articles may be available and let it stand for a few hours. through interlibrary loan, from book search services or online. PagePage 2 2 Kovels - September 2019 BUY & SEll: ORIGINal AND USED VINYL RECORDS re vinyl records dead, killed by first cassettes and then CDs? Short answer: No. Longer A answer: Not only are vinyl album sales healthy and growing, buying and selling vintage vinyl is a thriving segment in the collecting market. Vinyl album sales in the U.S. have grown for the 13th consecutive year. In 2018, 16.8 million were sold, up nearly 15 percent from 2017. Fifty-eight percent of vinyl buyers purchase only used records, while 32 percent only buy new. The remaining buy both. Many classic rock albums have been re-issued. To distinguish a re-issue from an original, look for small visual change such as a new catalog number that appears on every cover, or maybe a different print font on the label or cover, or maybe a different label color. There are several reasons for increased sales. While streaming services provide music and convenience, vinyls can be held and shared. The listening experience also is valued. Cover “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,” SEX PISTOLS, 7-in. single, A&M Records, 1977. No. 2 artwork and liner notes may be a draw, but not a major indicator of collectibility. In most on Discogs.com Top 100 Most Expensive cases the value for an album is split evenly between the vinyl and the cover. However, with Records, sold for $16,125 in November a 45 rpm, the picture sleeve that it came in is 99 percent of the time worth more than the 2018. Also holds No. 6 spot, selling for $14,680 in November 2017. (Photo: Blog. 45 itself. Perhaps the biggest example is “Street Fighting Man” by the Rolling Stones from Discogs.com) 1968. The vinyl is worth up to $10, where the picture sleeve can sell for $18,000. “The most valued vinyl categories for collectors are rock & roll, country, blues, soul and jazz,” said John Marshall, aka Mighty John of Mighty John’s Record Appraisal Guide. To help both buyers and sellers, his MoneyMusic.com website lists the values for more than a million records by more than 75,000 recording artists from 1902 to present day. Two of the largest online sources for pricing, researching, buying or selling vintage, collectible vinyls are Discogs, an online database and marketplace, and eBay. Discogs requires sellers to provide detailed information, including country of release, pressing information, artist credits and conditions of both discs and sleeves. EBay “LOVE ME DO,” THE BEATLES, 7-in.