| Stamford auctioneer offers uncommon treasures
STAMFORD In one room, a 12-foot Asian-themed jade boat sails toward the doorway. In another, the floor space is packed with pieces including 19th Century oak breakfronts, Americana decor and a Ms. Pac-Man machine. The eclectic mix of antique and vintage items which include furniture, jewelry and art can be found on Canal Street, home to Connecticut's largest auctioneer and New England's biggest estate liquidator.
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Go & Do
Smocking Trunk Show: First Baptist Church of Palmetto, 1020 Fourth St., Palmetto The Smocking Arts Guild of America National Traveling Trunk Show will be on display 7-9 p.m. Feb. 8. The free event includes samples of English smocking, silk ribbon embroidery, garment construction, and techniques of interest to needle and fiber artists. Information: 798-3116. Greek Glendi: St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 7671 N. Lockwood Ridge Road, East Manatee The 23rd Greek Glendi will be 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Feb. 8-10 and noon-8 p.m. Feb. 11. Come experience the great food, music, and culture of the Greek people. There will be live music and dancing, food vendors, and merchants selling goods. Guided tours of St. Barbara's will be given throughout the day. There will also be raffles with the first prize being a Mercedes C280 luxury sedan.
Saga of the campus press
Pablo T. Anido must have been a Renaissance man. A medical student at the University of Santo Tomas during the 1920s, he was also a writer, violinistand boxer. In fact, he went on to become the first editor in chief of the Varsitarian, the official student publication of UST, in 1928. The honor of being Father of the Varsitarian, however, goes to the famous Jos Villa Panganiban, for it was he who persevered in putting together the fledgling school paperwhich later won many awardsand helping ensure its survival. Panganiban was a linguist who later served as director of the National Language Institute; in 1972 he published the landmark Diksyunaryo Tesauro-Pilipino-Ingles. The other founders were Elizabeth C. Bowers and Olimpia Baltazar, a granddaughter of, no less, the poet Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar).
Antiques, from floor to ceiling
They had nearly 200 chairs and no place to sit. More than 60 platters but rarely hosted guests. Above all, they had an obsession with antique Americana, a passion that defined their lives for more than 50 years. As compulsive collectors, Marie and the late Harold Futch spent a lifetime scouring flea markets and antiques malls, haunting auctions and estate sales. Ultimately, they packed their 2,000-square-foot home in Lancaster with so many collectibles that, according to their daughter, "there was a trail from the bedroom to the kitchen and that was it. You simply couldn't fit in the rest of the rooms." The spoils of a life on the prowl will be unveiled Thursday through Feb. 3 at the East Texas Fairgrounds in Tyler. John Sauls, longtime acquaintance of the couple and proprietor of the antique venue Marburger Farm in Round Top, has spent months cataloging the Futch collection.
Antiques of the future are state of the art now
Antiques of the future. It's an oxymoron but a deliberate one, devised by architect/designer Lisa Roberts, who looks at the best-designed furniture and furnishings of our time and picks those she thinks will be coveted when they're out of production - everything from teakettles to toilet brushes. Now, she has written Antiques of the Future (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $29.95), the first in a series of books aimed at teaching others how to spot future antiques. They "have to be icons, have to break the mold, have to stand the test of time and be recognized as such by experts," Roberts says. She considers current products with USA Today's Maria Puente, giving thumbs up or down. One Roberts pick: Louis Ghost armchair
Philippe Starck for Kartell, $334 .
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