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By Harry L. Rinker

I often am asked: when did I start collecting? My initial response is to tell people I still have the bassinet in which I was brought home from the hospital. While true, I did not collect it. In fact, it was passed down to other mem-bers of my mother’s family once I no longer needed it. Although not certain when it came back into my mother’s possession, I suspect she tracked it down when she found my

had it cleaned up and repainted. I carried Harry Junior home from the hospital in it in early January 1967.

Before I collected, I accumulat-ed. My earliest accumulation mem-ories involve vacation trips to Sea-side Heights, New Jersey, where I walked the beach accumulating sea shells. I had two goals—build a big pile and pick up anything that intrigued me. When my parents moved from Dundalk, Maryland, to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1946, I was fascinated by my Uncle Bill Prosser’s match cover collec-

tion. My source of supply was dis-carded match covers found in street gutters. The price was right – free. For a brief period, I was fascinat-ed by soda fountain and restaurant sugar packets that featured colorful

ing a road trip to visit my father’s sister and her family in Cincinna-ti, I emptied the soda cap holder at every soda cooler I encountered. None of these accumulations sur-vived.

Shortly after my family moved from Bethlehem to Hellertown in the fall of 1948, I started to save things I accumulated. During sub-sequent visits to Seaside Heights, I spent my time in boardwalk penny arcades rather than on the beach. Within a short time, I acquired a group of arcade cards featuring baseball players and other sports

movie cowboy heroes), and, for their time, diaphanously clad wom-en. I still have them. They were the beginning of my “saver” stage. The desire to save differs from the act of

collecting. Saving occurs without a

eled by a feeling that it might be fun to revisit these objects at some future point, if only for the memo-ries they evoke. They are random curiosities stored in a cabinet, on a shelf, or in a box.

In the 1940s and early 1950s, individuals had hobbies, an activ-ity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure. Collecting was just one of many hobbies. Garden-ing, camping, working on cars, and cooking were other examples. The focus was on fun. Affordability was paramount. There was little to no competition, especially among youngsters. Serious collecting was an adult endeavor and limited to a small, elite group of individuals. In

lectibles collecting was 25 years in the future), the number of collect-ing sub-categories numbered fewer than 250.

View Master slides are my ear-liest collecting memory. I received a Model C viewer for Christmas

in 1949 or 1950. A View Mas-ter slide projector followed a year later. View Maser slides expanded my world horizon. I had no inter-est in the cartoon, fairy tale, reli-gious, and television show slides. I focused on slides of places. Shortly after receiving my projector, I made a conscious decision to collect all the scenic slides available. When-ever my parents included me on a shopping trip to Bethlehem, I im-mediately headed to the store that sold View Master slides. Besides buying the new slides, I encouraged

and sell them to me. I still have the viewer and projector, each in its pe-riod packaging. The demise of my collection is a memory I have tried to bury but will take to my grave.

lection, I do not share the View Master story. Instead, I focus on the Big Three collecting categories for youngsters at the time – coins, stamps, and rocks. These were the

a Boy Scout. My father turned over

his coin collection and stamp al-bum in hopes I would add to them. I did for a brief period. By the time I was a junior in high school, thecoin and stamp collections were inboxes and housed in my bedroom closet.

Although I never seriously col-lected rock and mineral specimens,my interest led to my working atLost River Caverns in Hellertown.At the time, the Gilman family wasa leading importer of jewelry spec-imens and lapidary supplies. had no need to collect rocks and miner-als. I was able to handle and studythem as part of my job.

Still more a saver than collector, I did not become a “serious” collec-tor until the mid-1960s during my career in the museum profession.I began by collecting things relat-ing to the American canal system,a byproduct of being a founder and

nia Canal Society in 1966. By the early 1970s, I was into collecting Pennsylvania German material and

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Current prices are recorded

out the United States. Prices vary in different locations because oflocal economic conditions.

Photography, carte de viste, am-putees, civil war veterans, trumpet,

Rocker, Shaker, shawl, woven tape seat, mushroom caps, no. 7, 40

Photography, tintype, Geo. W. Butler, sea captain, holding octant,

Sewing machine, new home, quarter sawn, oak, cabinet, hinged

Salad Serving Set, Les Six Fleu-rs, sterling silver, fork, spoon, 9 3/4

Sampler, alphabet, potted plants,

abeth Tibat, 1723, 18 1/2 x 8 1/4

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This table lamp with a bronze base and painted glass shade was made by Handel in the early 1900s. It is signed on the base and shade. The shade is 18 inches in diameter, the lamp is 25 inches high. Price, over $5,000.

By Terry and Kim Kovel

Tshades were made in 1895. They became very popular and very expensive. Other lamp and glass companies adapted the idea and made less expensive reverse-painted glass shades, colored glass and metal-trimmed shades, and copies of the originals. None are as expensive as the originals today, but some are considered important and sell for thousands of dollars. Philip Julius Handel made lamps in Meriden, Connecticut, from 1893 to 1933, and his reverse-painted shade lamps are now selling for up to

and on the metal lamp base. Price is determined by the design on the shade and the shape of the bronze base. A recent Morphy Auctions of

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SEPTEMBER4-9 ......The Meadows,

Brimfi eld, MA4-9 ......Shelton’s,

Brimfi eld, MA5-9 ......New England

Motel, Brimfi eld, MA

6-8 ......May’s, Brimfi eld, MA

6-9 ......Atlanta Expo Centers, Atlanta, GA

7-8 ......Auction Acres, Brimfi eld, MA

7-9 ......Convention Center, Rehoboth Beach, DE

SEPTEMBER14-16 ..Lakewood 400,

Cumming, GA15 .......Gordonville

Fire Company, Gordonville, PA…Auction

15-16 ..Dulles Expo Ctr, Chantilly, VA

15-16 ..Harmony Museum, Harmony, PA

16 .......Viking Village, Barnegat Light, NJ

21-22 ..Renningers, Kutztown, PA….Radio Meet

21-23 ..York Expo Ctr, Mem.Hall East, York, PA

SEPTEMBER27-29 ..Renningers

Extravaganza, Kutztown, PA

28-29 ..Pike Farm Rd., Liberty, NC

28-30 .Fayette County Fairgrounds, Washington Court House, OH

29 .......Brooke Mansion, Birdsboro, PA, Auction

29-30 .Tip Seaman Cnty Park & Tuckerton Seaport, Tuckerton, NJ….Decoy & Gunning

OCTOBER5-7 ......Expo Center,

State Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA

6-7 ......Agricultural Hall, Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA….Paper/Adv.

6-7 ......Stormville Airport, Stormville, NY

6-7 ......Dutchess Co Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY

6-7 ......PA Lumber Museum, Galeton, PA

11-14 ..Expo Centers, Atlanta, GA

12-14 ..Augusta Expoland, Fishersville, VA

19-21 ..Lakewood 400, Cummings, GA

20 .......Community Center, Kempton, PA

20-21 ..NY State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY

27-28 ..AllStar Event Complex, Gettysburg, PA….Civil War

27-28 ..Twin Valley HS, Elverson, PA

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Beaver Creek Antiques & Arms, Dillsburg, PAStephen C. Burkhardt, Felton, PA

Jeff Bridgeman, American Antiques, Dillsburg, PAAlice and Art Booth, Wayne, NJ

Brill’s Antiques, Newport News, VAThomas Brown, McMurray, PA

John Chaski Antiques, Camden, DEDon and Pat Clegg, East Berlin, PARobert M. Conrad, Yeagertown, PA

Louis J. Dianni, LLC, Hopewell Junction, NYDark Horse Antiques, Annapolis, MDB. Hannah H. Daniel LLC, Athen, ALDovetail Antiques, Williamsburg, VA

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Firehouse Antiques, Galena, MDFleshman’s Antiques, New Market, MD

Tucker Frey Antiques, Woodbury, CTFryling’s Antiques, Green Lane, PA

Sam Forsythe, Columbus, OHDavid L. Good, Camden, OH

Matt Greig Antiques, Milton, DE

James B. Grievo, Stockton, NJSamuel Herrup, Sheffi eld, MA

Don and Betty Jo Heim, Jersey Shore, PA Holden Antiques, Sherman, CTGroundhog Hollow, Felton, PA

Michael Paul Gunselman, Centreville, DEThe Haneberg’s, East Lyme, CT

Hanes and Ruskin, Old Lyme, CTHeller and Washam, Portland, MEH. and L. Antiques, Princeton, NJ

Ingle Nook Antiques, Springfi eld, VAJames Island Antiques, Charleston, SCJewett and Berdan, New Castle, ME

James M. Kilvington, Inc., Greenville, DEKelly Kinzle, New Oxford, PA

Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, PAWilliam and Teresa Kurau, Lampeter, PA

Jane Langol, Medina, OHJames Lawrence, Little Compton, RI

Joseph J. Lodge, Lederach, PAThomas R. Longacre, Marlborough, NH

Jon Mehl, Cabinetmaker, York, PALisa S. McAllister, Clear Spring, MDJ. K. Nevin Antiques, Pottstown, PA

Neverbird Antiques, Surry, VANewsom • Berdan, Thomasville, PA & Hallowell, ME

Hilary and Paulette Nolan, Falmouth, MA

The Norwoods’ Spirit of America, Timonium, MDDaniel and Karen Olson, Newburgh, NY

Perkins and Menson, Ashby, MAPratt’s Antiques, Victor, NYJames L. Price, Carlisle, PA

R.G.L. Antiques, Pittstown, NJGene Rappaport, Strasburg, PA

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Scott’s Antiques, Pottstown, PAJohn H. Rogers, LLC, New London, NH

Sorisio’s Antiques, Leechburg, PARush Antiques, Shelby Twp. MI

Steve Smoot Antiques & Navajo Textiles, Lancaster, PALana Smith, Masonic Home, KY

Donald & Verna Stump, Sinking Spring, PAStephen - Douglas, Rockingham, VT

Larry Thompson, Atlanta, GAJeffry Tillou Antiques, Litchfi eld, CT

Steve F. Still, Manheim, PAStiles House Antiques, Woodbury, CT

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Thomas Restoration, LTD, Laurel, MDMichael Weinstein, Binghamton, NY

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“family” things.The 1970s was a wonder-

ful time to be a young collec-tor. It was a time when coun-try auctions and small local auction houses were king and regional antiques shows were eagerly anticipated and well attended. Many collect-ing categories were afford-able. Collectors and some dealers encouraged new col-lectors. The level of comrad-ery was high.

High-end pieces were be-

many young collectors, my-self included. Collectors de-veloped a core collection and then swapped, traded, and bought as opportuni-ties presented themselves. There also was an unbri-dled faith that the value of antiques, which had risen

two-thirds of the 20th cen-tury, would always continue to increase. When I bought

canal-theme American His-torical View Staffordshire, I was assured by the dealer that I should think of it as part of my long-term retire-ment package.

I was a competitive collec-tor, always trying to add upper

-mate) units to my collection.

-sources were limited. As a re-sult, I passed on many pieces.

Collectors never forget the pieces they did not buy. “Woulda, coulda, shoulda” as my friend Norman Marti-nus used to say. I should be grateful for all the pieces I

did acquire over the years. I am. Truly, I am. That aside, the pieces I missed during my collecting career still haunt me.

Today, they haunt me in a different way. Thanks to the 2008-2009 Great Recession, and the changing collecting tastes of the Millennials and Generation Z, many of these pieces are available in the 2018 market place at 1970s prices or less. Further, while I did not have the money to buy them earlier, I do now.

My dilemma, similar to that of other collectors in my age bracket, is why buy them now. First, my time with them is limited. I already have passed the average life expectancy of males born in the 1940s. Sec-ond, the chances of the piec-es holding or increasing in value while in my possession is questionable. I constantly remind myself of the old ad-age—no sense throwing good money after bad. Antiques and collectibles collecting catego-ries do not recycle. Disappear-ance is the long-term prospect for too many of them. Third, I have reached the maximum square footage of my living space. I will not be buying a bigger house or adding an ad-dition. More likely, I will be downsizing – not this year or the next but sooner than I care to admit. I have reached the point where if something new comes in something old needs to go out.

to see objects I once consid-ered treasures sell for prices far below what they should be worth. The “save it, save it”

inner voice in my brain grows louder each time I encoun-ter such an object. Although common sense dictates I should listen to a second voice screaming “to what end?” I recently have acquired objects based on the premise that if I do not buy and save them no one else will. I leave it to my readers to decide which of the two voices is the devil talking.

Collectors care about ob-jects. It is hard to walk away

and take an “it is not my problem” approach. In 2018, the ability to do this is criti-cal if older collectors wish to maintain their sanity and/or their retirement funds. Is there a breaking point when an “I no longer care” attitude prevails? I hope I never have

Harry L. Rinker welcomes questions from readers about collectibles, those

ters will be answered in this column. Harry cannot provide personal answers. Photos and other material submitted cannot be returned. Send your questions to: Rinker on Collectibles, 5955 Mill Point Court SE, Kentwood, MI 49512. You also

to harrylrinker@aol.com.

full name and mailing address will be considered.

You can listen and participate in WHATCHA GOT?, Harry’s antiques

in show, on Sunday mornings between 8 AM and 10 AM Eastern Time. If you

in your area, WHATCHA GOT? streams live on the Internet at www.gcnlive.com.

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Diamonds on brace-lets, candlesticks in pairs, bright silver chairs, stunning Persian rugs handmade of wool strings, these are a few of our favor-ite things.

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their amazing pieces hop-ing they will become favor-ites of yours.

Roy Leverett, who has been a vendor since 1995, sells beautiful mahoga-

ny and oak furniture. One of his pieces was a utili- net with four shelves and a

drawer tucked inside. The piece was made out of oak and was from Grand Rap-ids, Michigan around 1890-1910. The piece was selling

ware, goblets, candlesticksand other pieces of sterling

ing in for his father at their booth, described a six-piece Chantilly silver tea set by Gorham. The pieces were of relief silver design, mean-ing the details are pushed out from the inside creatinga three-dimensional effect.The set was dated aroundthe early 1900s and was

tion of retail pricing which

David Stark spoke of a stunning Thomas Brooksmirror he sold to a collec-tor. Thomas Brooks was a furniture maker in the mid-nineteenth century that be-came famous for his Vic-torian Renaissance Revivalstyle. The piece sold at the

Antique and estate jew-elry vendor Barbara Tal-bert, a vendor at Scott’s for 18 years, spoke of many of her pieces fondly as she showed them off. She hada gorgeous 45ct aqua ringwith diamonds surrounding the center stone in her case.The ring was dated from the 1940s and was selling for

piece Talbert was sell-ing was an 18ct gold snake bracelet with diamond eyes and diamond accents on thehead and down the spine.The piece was selling for

So many of your favoritethings can be found at ScottAntique Markets; all you

Scott Antiques: Our Favorite Things

Vendor Barbara Talbert was selling this stunning 18ct gold with diamonds snake bracelet for $6,500 at Scott Antique Markets in Atlanta. Courtesy: Scott Antique

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September is that transitional month when the lush greens of summer give way to the yellows, oranges, and rusts of autumn. School begins anew, and football games lure fans to the field.

The special display at the Haddon Heights Antiques Center will draw on the colors of September for inspiration. You’ll find vintage glassware and pottery in yellows, oranges, and browns. Fall flowers like mums will be featured. Birds and wildlife associated with the new season will be represented in prints and figurines.

Don’t forget the green of the world champion Eagles or the red of the little one-room schoolhouse. Vintage Eagles memorabilia and antique schoolbooks and school materials will also find their way into the display.

September is a great month to go on an antique collecting hunt, and the Haddon Heights Antiques Center is a great place to start. Dozens of dealers offer a wide variety of vintage and collectible merchandise with new stock added all the time. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the generous discount policy in place year-round.

Open seven days a week from 10 to 5 with extended hours on Fridays, the Haddon Heights Antiques Center is conveniently located just off Exit 29/29B of I-295 and the White Horse Pike on Clements Bridge Road where Haddon Heights and Barrington meet at the railroad tracks. Call 856-546-0555 for more information or directions.

Glorious Colors of Autumn at Haddon Hts. Antiques

Boehm sculpture, mag--

dron, porcelain, metal, 16 1/2

Sevres urn, lid, two lov-ers seated, garden, bronze mounts, signed Marant, 29

Tobacco jar, humidor, sil-ver, wood liner, Georg Jen-

Music, piano, grand, rose-

Doorstop, wine merchant, green jacket, red pants, red and yellow bottles, cast iron,

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Parents around the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief as the smell of newly sharpened pencils and the stacks of school supplies accompany their children back into the classroom for another year. However, it also brings a sense of nos-talgia and remembrance of school days gone by. Who can forget the tingly antici-pation of walking into a new

seeing old friends and mak-ing new ones; wondering if the teacher would be nice; thinking about the school activities and clubs to join?

All those memories are housed in the September special display at Grist Mill Antiques Center in Pem-berton, NJ. Vintage school-books, chalkboards, maps, inkwells, microscopes, rul-ers, pens & pencils, staplers, globes, desks, type-writers, yearbooks, school bells and lunch boxes adorn the showcase as school days of years gone by are fondly remembered. The Grist Mill invites you to come out and

recapture some of the mag-ic of when life was full of imagination and possibili-ties.

thing to evoke memories and bring a smile to your face.The Grist Mill’s semi-annual Flea Market is just around the corner! On Sun-day, October 21 from 8 a.m.

treasures and take home loads of deals. Dealers from both the Grist Mill and Had-don Heights Antiques Cen-ter will be participating. If

you would like to set up as a vendor, please contact Bar-bara Lind for more infor-

via email at theplace@grist-millantiques.com. Limited spaces are still available.

There’s always something happening at the Grist Mill. On the last Wednesday of each month, stop by to par-ticipate in their month-ly Scavenger Hunt! Lists are given out at 5 p.m. and a prize is awarded to the

items. Light refreshments

are served. For more in-formation on this and oth-er events, sign up for their weekly emails on their web-site: gristmillantiques.com.

This multi-dealer shop,

ing inventory, is open sevendays a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesdays un-til 8 p.m. Their dealers arealways ready to help you

looking for and inventory is always changing, so you’re invited to stop by often for

Back to School Memories

Jug, Owl, white, black, blue spotted breast, Madou-ra, Pablo Picasso, 10 1/2 x 7

Huckleberry Finn is the name of this door-stop marked Littco. The 12 CURRENT

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Q: Can you give me an idea of the value of my Hunzinger rocking chair? It’s a platform rocking chair with a twisted wood frame and a worn padded and upholstered back with headrest, arms and seat.

A: George Hunzinger em-igrated to the U.S. in 1855 and began to make furniture in New York City. He was an innovative designer of Victo-rian patented furniture, and known for carved twisted legs and arms, big beaded decoration and a complex rocking mechanism. Many Hunzinger pieces are signed with a label or tag, and many are not. But often you can

patents used by Hunzing-er that can be used to help

Hunzinger platform rock-

extraordinary detail in ex-cellent condition and in a recognizable pattern sell for more. Your rocker would be

* * *Q: I have a brown and

green glazed Weller bowl

the rim. It’s about 5 inches high and 7 inches long. Is

ed onto the bowl? A: The squirrel is molded

then added on the rim of the bowl. It’s attached the same way a handle is attached, by

surface of the two parts to be joined, then pressing the two parts together. It is not glued but held by working the still-damp clay. Your bowl is part of Weller’s Woodcraft line, which was introduced in 1928. It included pieces with matte glaze and natural-looking tree stumps, logs and realistic ani-mals.

* * *Q: I hope you can identify

this pen that has been in the family for some time. There

is no name on it. I thought it was just a pen, but found

ily for about 100 years. The ink pen slides out and back

pose the lead, but it looks like a part is missing at one end of the pen. The only mark is “EPENCO NY” on the

cil combination similar to this listed online and it was

tell me what I have?

A: Combination pens and pencils were popular in the 1930s. Several companies made dip pen-pencil com-binations beginning in the late 1800s. Makers designed a variety of innovative ways to make the combinations work. Mabie, Todd & Com-pany was founded in New

ward Todd in 1859. If your pen was made by Mabie, Todd & Company, the original nib would have been marked “Ma-bie Todd.” Some Mabie Todd pens are marked on the shaft

cil Co., which was founded by German pencil maker Hein-rich Berolzheimer in New

York City in 1856. Both com-panies made pens, pencils, pen-pencil combinations, and

enco” is the only marking on your pen-pencil combination,it probably was made by the

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