It's long straws are very flexible and durable, ideal for sweeping tricky corners. Made of broom corn (Japanese sorghum) straws, bound with hemp yarn.Ĭorn broom making used to be widely seen in Japan, in each region's distinctive binding style. But the mail volume precludes a personal response.For table/desk top, keyboard, kitchen worktop, bread board, window ledge etc. Anita Gold can be reached by writing Anita Gold, The Chicago Tribune, 435 N. īecause of the volume of responses, when writing sources listed in this column, you must enclose an addressed, stamped envelope for replies. Admission is $4 children under 12 get in free. More than 80 dealers will participate, and home-grown vegetables and homemade jams and breads will be available. 60), Lake Forest, half a mile west of U.S. Note: The 22d annual Station Wagon Antique Sale will be from 10 a.m. For information, phone the Lakeside Group at 787-6858. The admission price includes a seminiar lecture series. The show will feature unique and powerful sculpture, furniture, utilitarian artworks by artists, artisians and architects from the turn of the century to the present, along with Art Deco, Art Nouveau and American Arts and Crafts period pieces. Tickets are $100 each and can be reserved by phoning 880-6870 or sending checks to the Meryl Suzanne Weiss Fund, 2 N.
An opening night preview party and buffet dinner will be from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Admission is $8 students, seniors and individuals of 20 or more pay $6, and a three-day pass is $15. Wunderlich will exhibit Pendleton and Beacon camp and trade blankets along with eccentric furniture and tramp-art furniture and frames at the Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition from noon to 8 p.m. 60610, and enclose a photo or description of the Pendletons, stating their condition, or phone her at 943-2354. Who deals in such blankets?Ī-Write to Susan Mongerson Wunderlich, 704 N. Q-I have three old but well-preserved Pendleton blankets. Survey sheets picturing the Beatles or other famous recording stars have extra value. Q-Can you put me in touch with a collector of record survey sheets put out by WLS and WCFL Chicago radio stations?Ī-John Celarek buys sheets from the 1960s and `70s as well as any WCFL radio promotional items and radio taped programs from those years you can reach him at 1924 Glen Oak Dr., Glenview, Ill. The paper covers auctions and sales and includes other antiques-related information and photos. Early American furniture and furnishings in original paint and painted decoration can also be found for sale in the monthly Main Antique Digest, available for $29 a year, or $2.50 for a current copy, from Main Antique Digest, Box 645, Waldoboro, Me. next Saturday by noted country dealer Lawrence ''Gene'' King. For $5 you can see the show and a special presentation from 9 a.m. Fifty screened Midwestern dealers will offer country pieces, many in original old paint. next Sunday on the McHenry County Fairgrounds, at the corner of Country Club Road and Ill.
Q-Where can I find Early American wall or candle boxes made of wood with original paint or that are grain painted?Ī-I suggest you attend good country-antique shows such as the 7th annual McHenry County Antiques Show, 10 a.m. Collectors of such memorabilia subscribe to the College Athletic Collector, a quarterly publication featuring articles, ads and information on old and new college sports collectibles, available for $9 a year, or $3 for a sample copy, from 10432 Haskins, Lenexa, Kan.
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Also available are professional and college magazines in the hundreds relating to basketball, hockey, tennis, golf and every other type of sport. Bassett, 483 Valley View, Barrington, Ill. 61910 (phone 21).Ī-Special-event programs and magazines dating from 30 years ago to the present, including complete sets of college football programs covering all the Big 10 universities, are available in mint condition from the Bassett Publishing Co., in care of Robert C. For a descriptive color brochure, write to the Arcola Chamber of Commerce, Box 274, Arcola, Ill. Other Arcola attractions include Illinois` only Amish settlement, which began in the 1860s, as well the unique Rockome Gardens and Old Bagdad Town in addition to other events for country lovers and collectors.
61910, phone 21.) He also buys antique brooms, broom-making equipment and related items. (Annual Lawn Ranger membership, newsletter and ''Play Book of Maneuvers'' are available for $50 from Monahan at the Thomas Monahan Broom Corn & Broom Supplies Mfg. Each member is armed with a power lawn mower in one hand and a broom in the other to carry out choreographed maneuvers while under the command of Rangers founder and organizer Pat Monahan. Saturday featuring Arcola`s own Lawn Rangers, an army of fellows with cowboy hats and black Lone Ranger-type masks. The festival includes an old-fashioned grand parade at 3 p.m.
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