Classified Ads

The rates for classified ads are $1.00 per word. For 25 words or fewer, the cost is $25.00 minimum charge. Photographs or illustrations are $10.00 extra. (They may be furnished in any size, but will not exceed 1½" in publication.) Count all words, numbers, and standard abbreviations (etc., St., Ave., state abbreviations, ppd., Dept., ZIP, and so on) of text and address. Payment in advance, please, for classifieds. Tear sheets of classifieds are not sent. MAINE ANTIQUE DIGEST, P.O. Box 1429, Waldoboro, Maine 04572. mad@maineantiquedigest.com

SERVICES

NEED PROFESSIONAL FRAMING? We offer high quality, superior design, good value. Discounts to the trade. Open year-round. Call for hours. Oyster House Studio & Frame Shop, 25 Friendship Street, Waldoboro, ME. (207) 832-4446, <oysterhousestudio@myfairpoint.net>.

OPPORTUNITIES

INTERNATIONAL APPRAISERS GUILD seeks people interested in professional appraising. Home Study Course. Accredited appraisers can earn $80-$400/hour. Career/part time. (303) 455-1717. Web site: www.wetrainappraisers.com

FOR SALE

(www.thomasdimitroff.com) Contact for Steuben glass, both Carder and Modern, other decorative arts, and used decorative arts auction catalogs.

TWO OLD ISLETA POTS, circa 1910. Small is 3" high, 4" across, small roughness on edge. Large is 6" high, 11" across, two rough chips on each spout. Beautifully made and heavy. One of a kind. Indian artist of Sadona signed Jack Black ca. 84 on turquoise mother, children, and drum, four pieces. Jack Black is deceased. Beautiful and great workmanship. Elizabeth M. Peil, (303) 682-1171.

ANTIQUE BOTTLES. 50 antique glass bottles - amber, clear, colors. List available with stamped self-addressed envelope. Martin City Station, PO Box 480886, Kansas City, MO 64145.

“AVON AWESOME COLLECTIBLES.” List of over 100 available, half with mint box, each for price and postage. List with stamped self-addressed
envelope. Martin City Station, PO Box 480886, Kansas City, MO 64145.

WANTED

ANTIQUE SURVEYING AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS. Compasses, quadrants, sextants, transits. Especially instruments and related ephemera by early American makers. Please call Steve (978) 744-4683 or e-mail <nsbuczko@verizon.net>.

ANTIQUE OCCUPATIONAL SHAVING MUGS. One or collection. I collect. Ken, (724) 586-7271. E-mail <kenjantiques@zoominternet.net>. “As is” mugs also considered.

MOVIE POSTERS WANTED. Lobby cards, 1-sheets, window cards, glass slides. Highest prices paid. Dwight Cleveland, P.O. Box 10922, Chicago, IL 60610-0922. (773) 525-9152. Fax (773) 525-2969. E-mail: posterboss@aol.com

AUTOGRAPHS, banners, political pins, leathers, baseball cards, silks, pennants, baseball pins, sports memorabilia wanted. Highest prices paid. Stan Block, 128 Cynthia Road, Newton, MA 02159.

ANTIQUE SCRIMSHAW from the 19th century, including teeth, crimpers, boxes, tools, swifts, clock towers, etc. Please, please antique pieces only. Contact John Rinaldi, Box 765, Kennebunkport, ME 04046. (207) 967-3218, Fax (207) 967-2918. john@jfrinaldi.com www.johnrinaldinautical.com

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ITEMS. Collector will buy buttons, ribbons, posters, canes, hats, china/glass, candidate flags/ bandannas, etc. Also suffrage (votes for women) advertising, prohibition items. Call Bob, (800) 575-8150.

BANKS, BELL TOYS, and tin toys, mechanical and still, cast iron and tin. Collector and broker. Dr. “Z,” (248) 642-8129, 1350 Kirts #160, Troy, MI 48084-4800. http://www.drzzeezzi.com

BUYING OLD PHOTOS. Albums, dags, CDV’s, tintypes, snapshots, nudes, travel, sports, military, municipal, postcards, photography books, etc. (401) 421-2628 or <jcvp@cox.net>.

ANTIQUE WHALE TOOTH SCRIMSHAW (19th century). Also buying whalebone and ivory canes, crimpers, swifts, busks, etc. Antique pieces only please. Contact: Gregg Hurwitz, (818) 314-5575 or e-mail bluewave3@earthlink.net, see Web site www.antiquescrimshaw.net

HIGH-QUALITY METAL BOOKENDS, especially Austrian bronze, bronze/ivory, French bronze, and Deco. Louis Kuritzky, 4510 NW 17th Place, Gainesville, FL 32605. <lkuritzky@aol.com>. (352) 895-3213 (cell).

ANTIQUE YACHT CANNON and signal cannon by makers such as Brown, Naval Company, Lavigne, and Strong. Please call Steve (978) 744-4683 or e-mail at nsbuczko@verizon.net

SEMINOLE INDIAN ITEMS: clothing,
beadwork, weapons, photographs, silverwork,
bandolier bags, etc. Keith Reeves, Box 1210, Winter Park, FL 32790. E-mail: <ISKR5@aol.com>. (407) 647-1706.