Page 31 - tmp

October, 2019 The Antique Shoppe Page 31
Anne – The hard putty you Kovels’ Price Guide Hits Book Stands
A. are having a problem with
is probably old linseed oil based The all-new Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2020 features 16,000
putty. In many pieces it usually prices, 2,500 photographs, 500 factory marks to identify and date your antiques,
does not actually hold the glass in plus a special new section “Collecting Trends: Iconic Designers of Twentieth-Century
Main St
place. It is more of a dust seal than Furniture.”
a fixative, important in your case This 52nd edition has more tips, more marks and more prices giving you the
for the well being of your dolls. In information you need to quickly identify and price your items. The guide is arranged
most cases the glass is actually held in over 700 categories sought-after by collectors, including Advertising, Furniture,
in the frame by very small nails or Glass, Jewelry, Porcelain, Pottery, Sports, Toys, and more.
220als.
brads placed at regular interv Kovels’ has prices for the antiques, collectibles and design used in American
Exit
50
This is actually better in the long run homes. It’s the only guide that empowers collectors with the most up-to-date price
406
because it allows the glass to move information based on actual sales and market data. “Americans have become much
405
slightly as the wood expands and savvier and collecting has become much more popular,” says Kovels website,
contracts. The putty will sometimes www.kovels.com.
lose adhesion and may even cause What has remained the same yet improves every year is the Kovels’ Antiques &
the glass to break under this stress. Collectibles Price Guide. The guide can be purchased on their website.
I have always used 19 gauge ½ inch
or 5/8 inch brads for this purpose. 50
I always cut off the heads before I 1. Wildwood Antique Mall Titusville
use them so the heads do not create 2. Wildwood Antique Mall Melbourne
a bump in the glazing compound 1
when it dries. One way to avoid all 405 3. Grant Antique Mall
that is to use “beauty brads” instead TITUSVILLE 4. Grant Central Antiques
407
of nails. Beauty brads are headless 5900 US Hwy 1, Bldg A, Grant, FL
and are case hardened so they will 321-676-8727
snap off rather than bend. Most 6. Wildwood Antique Mall Vero Beach
of the old hard glazing compound Bay Blvd 7. The Castle Antique & Collectibles
is dark while water based modern Titusville 1102 S US Hwy 1, Ft. Pierce, FL
glazing compound, which I highly Melbourne 772-461-0656
recommend, is light or white. You Grant 8. Pineapple Patti’s Antique Mall
can tint it down with the dry coloring Vero Beach 2739 S US Hwy 1, Ft. Pierce, FL
compound used to tint latex paints 772-801-5723
or you can buy coloring tints from an Ft. Pierce
art supply store. 528
If you are uncomfortable using
the brads around the old glass, you
can use a type of glazing compound COCOA
that will harden like the old stuff. I 520 Forrest Ave.
frequently have used tinted Bondo,
an auto body filler for that purpose, Florida Ave. We Buy
but only because I am used to it.
There are other hard compounds like 2 & Sell
Quick Wood or the equivalent that
can be used for the same purpose. 518
Sarno Rd.

MELBOURNE

Wickham Rd. 192

Send your comments, Babcock St.
questions and pictures to me Palm Bay Rd.
at PO Box 215, Crystal River, FL
34423 or email them to me at 1
info@furnituredetective.com Malabar Rd.
Visit Fred’s website at www. Over 18,000 sq.ft. of the finest quality Antiques, Furniture,
furnituredetective.com and check out the Valkaria Rd.
downloadable “Common Sense Antiques” GRANT 3 Vintage Glass & Art Pottery that Central Florida has to offer
columns in .pdf format. His book “HOW TO
BE A FURNITURE DETECTIVE” is now available Grant Rd. 4 Plus The Largest selection of:
for $18.95 plus $3.00 shipping. Send check or SEBASTIAN Official Florida Highwaymen Art ANYWHERE
money order for $21.95 to Fred Taylor, PO Box 512 Sebastian Blvd.
215, Crystal River, FL 34423 VERO BEACH
Fred and Gail Taylor’s DVD, “IDENTIFICATION FL 60 - 20th St. Brevard’s largest mall for over 20 years
1
OF OLDER & ANTIQUE FURNITURE”, ($17.00 Glendale Rd. 1 6
+ $3.00 S&H) are also available at the same
address. For more information call (800) 387- FL 68 -Orange Ave 7 Phone: 321.726.6778 • 5900 U.S. Hwy. 1•Grant, FL
6377 (9AM-4PM Eastern, M-F only), fax 352- Virginia Ave On Florida’s Scenic East Coast - Between Sebastian & Melbourne
563-2916, or e-mail info@furnituredetective. FL 70 Oleander 8 Open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm • Sunday 12-5pm
Edwards
com. All items are also available directly from Sunrise grantantiquemall@reagan.com • GrantAntiqueMall.com
the website, www.furnituredetective.com FT. PIERCE 3
95

1 1
76