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Steiff’s Official Consultant Archivist Rebekah Kaufman, AKA Steiffgal joins Martin and greets all our listeners with teddy bear hugs. A very enthusiastic guest who is passionate about collecting Steiff and preserving the Steiff legacy. Listen in for lots of helpful information and interesting facts (it all started with undergarments) about collecting, rare finds, identifying, restoration and more. Click here for Show Notes.
http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com
Listen in to a roundtable informative chat with worthpoint.com CEO Will Seippel, Maggie Turnipseed, Audra Blevins, Mike Wilcox, Jason Robins joined by host Martin Willis. They chat about the success of sponsoring The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, the launch of marksandlibrary.com a data source for over 40k marks of all kinds of marks of your antiques and collectibles. Jason Robins speaks about the remaking of goantiques.com which will launch in March, 2012.
Episode 2 of 2, we interview Miami Show dealers: Philip Chasen on Galle Glass; Vivienne Hall on Picasso Ceramics and Arty Unger on Georg Jensen Silver.
Check out informational websites.
Philip Chasen Antiques (Galle Glass): chasenantiques.com
Squire Antiques (Picasso Ceramics): trocadero.com/squireantiques
Imagination Unlimited (Georg Jensen): imaginationunlimited.com
Part one of two, Martin interviews dealers at The Original Miami Beach Antique Show (largest indoor antique show in the world). This episode’s dealers are: Marco Astrologo of Branded Luxury Unlimited (Louis Vuitton); Phil Larke on O.S.A.R. Antiques on Amphora art pottery, and Peter Rudolph of McClees Gallery on fine art. Tune in to part II on: Galle glass, Picasso pottery and Georg Jensen silver.
Click here to watch our video.
Branded Luxury Unlimited: brandedluxuryunlimited.com
Send an email to Phil Larke on Amphora
McClees Gallery: mccleesgalleries.com
Martin chats with a young & fun American folk art dealer who began collecting at age five! Listen in as Kate talks about getting her generation active in the antiques world, the struggles they face and her part in keeping collecting alive.
Make sure you visit: mankoamericanfolkart.com
Martin steps into the beautiful Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine and speaks with curator, Arlene Palmer Schwind and director, Tom Johnson. Listen in as they discuss the beginnings of this fabulous summer home with a Gustave Herter interior, it’s near miss with demolition and what is involved in preserving this historical landmark.
Check out the mansion’s website at victoriamansion.org
Check out the video of 2011 Christmas decor here.