| Discovering faded glory at antiques mall
Furniture restorer identifies pieces worth the time and money needed to make it special for dealers and decorators. BY DAVID A. KEEPS Los Angeles Times Service Niall Bourke has an odd way of taking a seat. He faces it and places his right knee in the middle of the chair, then puts one hand on the arm and the other on the back. Gently, he rocks his body to and fro. If the chair wobbles, it will need to be re-glued and clamped. If not, he'll look more closely to determine when and where it was built, what wood was used and how the piece was crafted. Bourke knows his stuff. He studied carpentry in school in Limerick, Ireland, and then in the mid-'80s moved to Greenwich, England, where he learned to restore wood paneling in the homes of aristocrats. Today, in a Culver City, Calif., workshop, he restores antiques, builds custom designs with aged lumber and specializes in applying a high-gloss French polish technique to furniture for dealers, decorators and customers with family heirlooms.
TIAS.com the Web's largest online antiques & collectibles mall ...
Garden City, New York - February 5, 2007 - TIAS.com, the Webs largest and oldest online antique & collectibles mall today announced that they have launched a brand new affiliate program that will give Web site owners a unique opportunity to sell antiques and collectibles TIAS on their Web site and make money on each sale. For online content publishers who serve collectors of antiques and collectibles, the new TIAS affiliate program gives them the unique ability to include a search box with their content so that their readers can purchase the items mentioned on their Web site. As an example, a Web site that published stories about collectible pottery, vintage Barbies or antique furniture could include a search box with each story to allow the reader to actually see and buy the items mentioned in their story.
ODDA recommends change in village ordinance
ONTONAGON -- The Ontonagon Downtown Development Authority is recommending to the Ontonagon Village Council that it change its 1985 ordinance that prevents DDA members to also be members of the County Board of Commissioners or hold other county offices. If the ordinance is not revised, DDA Chairman Skip Schulz, who was elected to the Ontonagon County Board in November, would have to resign his seat on the DDA. DDA members had other reasons for asking for the village to amend the ordinance. Sandy Baker noted that the DDA already has two vacancies they haven't been able to fill. She said putting road blocks in the path of those willing to serve will make it even harder to get members. The DDA has recently received one application to the board which is expected to be acted on by the council next week.
Fabulous finds for tomorrow
PHILADELPHIA - What do a tea kettle, a toilet brush and a trash can have in common? If they're award-winning designs by Michael Graves, Philippe Starck and Karim Rashid, they're antiques of the future, says a new book with that title by Philadelphia design maven Lisa Roberts. A former architect and product designer, Roberts began seeing high-design, mass-produced contemporary products as potential collectibles 25 years ago. Since then, she's amassed a collection of more than 300 objects, many of which are on display in her home. Seventy-two of those objects are featured in "Antiques of the Future" (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $29.95), whose lusciously photographed format is high on witty design itself. Among the selections are fly swatters, cheese graters, dust pans and tape dispensers, as well as Peter Max's limited-edition bottle designs for AriZona iced tea, Rashid's curvaceous detergent bottle for Method Products and Jonathan Ives' iMac G3 computer.
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