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a Passion to Re-Purpose
10/1/2012
By Dave Schwab
Susan Williams of Van Nuys has found a new purpose in life "repurposing" used furniture.
"It's my business, just me," said Williams who recently moved from Valencia and now works out of her own private home space.

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A well-loved, poorly preserved childhood friend. Mrs. Beasley pre-surgery.
VINTAGE RESTORATION - The Surgery of My Best Childhood Friend
9/1/2012
By Nicole Bissett
We met when I was seven, and were instant friends. We played together for years. We moved from Boston to California, went to summer camps, ski trips, and many other overnight stays together. She was always willing to play with me. We played together for years longer than playing with dolls was considered cool. Yes, I am talking about my childhood favorite doll, Mrs. Beasley.
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Julia" Paper Dolls, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1968, 1970
Black Paper Doll Devotee
9/1/2012
By Arabella Grayson
As a child I played with paper dolls, sitting for hours on the living room floor carefully cutting out clothes, and creating grown-up scenarios - traveling abroad, going away to college, starting a business - while dressing them in appropriate paper attire.
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Small table made from Wine Barrel
Nested Treasures - A Creative Woman's Dream Fulfilled
8/2/2012
By Linda O'Connor
Can an old wooden chair become a shelf? Is it true that an abandoned headboard can be reincarnated as a foyer shelf and hat-rack? Does an old wrecked chandelier have a future as a one-of-a-kind ballerina lamp? Yes, my lovely cast-aside relics - there is hope! With the artisans at Nested Treasures, it is possible. You will be useful again!


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A sparkling new storefront looks out to a spacious parking lot
Charleston Antiques is In With the New
8/1/2012
By Julianna Palazzolo
Charleston Antique Mall relocates...
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This set of gas-burning streetlamps pre-dates those using electricity. Photo courtesy of Glena Dunn.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
7/3/2012 - by Julianna Palazzolo
Seems that a bit of the gambling spirit may be as alive and well in the antiques business as it is with the tourists and locals in Las Vegas casinos.

"If you're diversified enough and know what you're looking for, you still have a chance to hit a home run," Nick Valenti observed from the makeshift office he has set up at Antiques at the Market in southeast Las Vegas, Nev. Amidst a sea of boxes, books, glassware and pottery, he kept busy authenticating a box of antique postcards as he spoke about his "first love" - selling antiques.
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Vintage Musical Memories: For Sale and For Fun
7/3/2012
By By Nicole Bissett
Remember the time when you turned on an album and heard static in the background? That nostalgic sound comes from those good old thirty-three, forty-five and seventy-eight records played all the way through to the mid-eighties. Believe it or not, vinyl records are still selling quite well, at least well enough to keep Folk arts Rare Records open after all these years.

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Rick Dale, owner of Rick's Restoration, subject of the History Channel's popular TV show, American Restoration
History Channel Favorite Moves to the Heart of Las Vegas
5/7/2012
By Julianna Palazzolo
When Rick Dale was 9 years old, his dad gave him a bike from out of the dumpster, telling him, "if you want something, you have to work for it." He restored that bike for his own and went on to restore other bikes, motorcycles and cars, teaching himself as he went along.

That 9-year-old boy now has a son of his own and is the star of the popular reality television show on the History Channel, American Restoration, which is filmed at his shop, Rick's Restorations, in Las Vegas, NV.
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Steelcraft Pursuit Plane. The propeller really turns when pedaled. Note the cannon mounted to the front of the windshield. Pictured are two originals, staged juxtaposed as "before and after" restoration.
Pedal Cars Shown in Boulder City
5/1/2012
By Julianna Palazzolo
It's hard to believe that this will be the 35th year for the Boulder City Spring Jamboree, and the eighth for the Antiques in the Park Show, but it's true! The Country Register of Southern Nevada has sponsored the show for the last eight years, and its publisher, Glena Dunn, has been adding to the excitement for the last three with her Annual Pedal Car Show and Sale.
This year will be no different, as Dunn - dubbed "the Pedal Car Princess" - will be displaying over 50 restored and original pedal cars at the park show venue and her antiques shop, Back in Thyme, a short walk away.

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"Purple Poem" by Shanee Epstein, one of the works of art to be examined slowly on Slow Art Day.
Take the Time for Slow Art Day
3/24/2012
When is slow better than fast? When it comes to art appreciation. The fourth annual Slow Art Day will be celebrated Apr. 28, 2012. More than 50 events have already been planned around the world and organizers expect many additional events to be created by the time the day arrives. They've announced not only the continuation of the growing movement, but the debut of a new website and logo.

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