October 5, 2001
Greetings Accumulators!
The Big Apple is beginning to come back. The streets are full of people,
the restaurants and movie theaters are crowded again, and American flags
have sprouted like flowers everywhere - on rooftops, lampposts, car
windows, and lapels. It seems our anxiety level is once again under
control. A genuine New Yorker could never be entirely anxiety-free, of
course. Not as long as there are trees full of pigeons that must be walked
under.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LIKE A PEBBLE IN A POND
The repercussions of the September 11th attacks just keep coming. Aside
from the obvious loss of life, and the businesses and homes that have been
destroyed, we've all heard about how New York's very important tourism
business is being harmed. And it's not just because people are fearful of
coming here. It's because so many events that draw tourists have been
cancelled. And they've been cancelled not out of fear, but because of lack
of space. The list of antiques and collectibles events cancelled because
the facilities in which they were to be held are being used for some aspect
of relief or other necessary procedure connected to the World Trade Center
tragedy is a very long one. All the city's armories are being used as
shelters, processing centers, morgues, supply depots or for other official
functions. The piers are being used as well. In fact next month's Triple
Pier Expos will be held at the Jacob Javits Center, and not at the Piers.
The Stella Show Company, managers of the Pier Shows, count themselves lucky
to get the new venue, since their armory shows, as well as Sanford Smith's
and various others, all had to be cancelled. Yesterday, the show promoters
held a press conference at Madison Square Garden aimed at pointing out to
the Mayor that the damage to the city's economy must be controlled somehow,
and that these shows can go on, if only someone will provide the space in
which to hold them.
SHARP COOKIE JAR COOKIE DEPARTMENT
Barbara Crews, longtime Cookie Jar Guide at About.com, will appear on "The
Incurable Collector" on the A&E Network this Sunday, October 7th. Check
your local listings for the time. The show will be repeated on Saturday,
October 13. If you like cookie jars, you'll love this tour of Barbara's
amazing collection of over 1,000 items.
CONGRATS, ED!
I don't know if you're a subscriber to AntiqueWeek. If you're not, you
should be. It's the best weekly on collecting around. You will be pleased
to know, as I am, that Connie Swaim, former Eastern Edition Editor, has
been appointed Managing Editor of The Whole Shebang! Congratulations,
Connie. You go, Girl!
This weekend, Artie and I will be attending the auction at The Old Red Barn
in Cuddebackville, NY. Watch for next month's auction there, as Vince The
BarnMan, our very favorite auctioneer, and his manager, the Lovely Linda,
will feature that parlor suite you saw me appraising on The Sally Jessy
Raphael Show. It's being auctioned to raise money for WTC relief, and
there'll be some extra surprises attached to the lot.
I wish I could be everywhere this weekend. Our dear friends the Sussmans
will be exhibiting at the Allentown Paper Show in Allentown, PA. And
there's also the Stormville Airport Flea Market, one of my favorites. But
we're suckers for the lure of work to be done in the house (sure we are!)
and fun at The Old Red Barn. And I'm being banished back to NYC on Sunday,
so He Who Is The Light Of My Life can frolic with his brother and their
friend. Sniff.
The weather's turning. Get out there and pick up that last "score" of the
summer. Hurry! And participate in eBay's Auction for America. Their heart's
in the right place, and their goal is lofty: 100 million dollars in 100
days. Go for it, I say. Have a great week, Accumulators. Happy hunting!
Best,
Judith
© 2001 Judith Katz-Schwartz. All rights reserved.
Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter #156
U.S. Library of Congress
ISSN 1520-4464
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