September 3, 1998
Greetings Accumulators!
No, I'm not in some time warp! This is Thursday, I
know, and it's
particularly strange for you to be receiving this
newsletter today, because
it's sometimes late. I'm sending it out early this
week because Artie and
I are leaving for Farmington, CT, where we're doing
Farmington Antiques
Weekend at The Polo Grounds. Let us pray for
fabulous weather there this
weekend, as the June show suffered such heavy rain
it looked as if it was
being held in Venice, not Farmington.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS
POURING OOLONG AT THE TIME
A thunderstorm in Spring Green, WI caused a tree
incorporated into the
design of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Taliesin
studio to fall and crush
it. The studio was used by Wright in the
summertime, and the tree occupied
an area called the tea circle. It had a large bell
hanging from a limb
which was rung to signal the 4PM tea time.
NO, NOT THE PORN STAR - AND SHAME ON YOU! DEPARTMENT
Police are searching for fugitive Bobby "Reno"
Livingston, who is wanted
for sale of unregistered securities, organized
criminal activity and bail
jumping. It seems he went around claiming to own
exclusive rights to "The
Godey Girls", images created by Louis Godey in the
19th century.
Livingston told people that he was going to produce
collectibles with the
images on them, and sell them. He actually
convinced some to buy
lithograph blanks, to be lithographed at a later
date. Anyone with
information regarding Livingston's whereabouts
should contact John Holmes,
Jr. at the Harris, TX County District Attorney's
Office at (713)755-5836;
or Evan Marshall at "America's Most Wanted",
(202)895-3147; or FBI Special
Agent Crockett Oaks (I swear!) at (713)693-5046.
SO CAN WE ALL SMOKE THE PEACE PIPE NOW?
For the first time ever, American Indian artifacts
have been returned by a
museum to the tribe from whence they came. The
Allen County Museum in
Lima, OH has returned various artifacts, including a
child's buckskin
dress, a beaded sheath and some bronze bells to the
Nez Perce Tribe in
Idaho. The return was marked by a ceremony held on
August 12. And to what
items is the Museum still holding on? 70 skeletons,
of which they'll
retain possession until some tribe can prove
ownership.
REPRODUCTION ALERT
Forgers have not contented themselves with making
reproduction cast iron
toys. Now, they're reproducing ancient artifacts
that fool even some
experts. The archeological establishment is hard at
work developing a
method of detecting these fakes (without being
specific, it involves the
bodies of dead insects - I knew there had to be a
use for those!). In the
meantime, if you collect such things, be perfectly
sure you know with whom
you are dealing, and get a written agreement for a
full refund if the item
turns out to be a fake.
Okay, Accumulators, off to Connecticut for me. Have
a happy, safe, sane
Labor Day Weekend. Drive carefully and watch out
for the other guy. See
you next week. And Happy Hunting!
Best,
Judith
© 1998 Judith Katz-Schwartz. All rights reserved.
Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter #55
U.S. Library of Congress
ISSN 1520-4464
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