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, ME 04572. <[email protected]>

SERVICES

FINE ART SERVICES. Conservation and restoration of paintings and painted objects. Free consultation, exceptional service. Elizabeth Caton Pardoe, BFA, member AIC. Warren, ME. (207) 273-1375, <[email protected]>.

FOR SALE

RARE NEWSPAPERS – The New Collectible! Authentic originals, all historic events, 1600s-20th Century. Revolutionary War, Civil War, Old West, Harper’s Weekly, (www.RareNewspapers.com) (570) 326-1045 ([email protected]).

“POTTER” REVOLUTIONARY WAR SABER 2 known to be in existence. Appraised by John Sexton at $15,000 “as found.” Serious collectors only. SASE for more information.  Gaynor, 705 Kendall Lane, Boulder City, NV 89005

WANTED

WANTED: CHILD REACHING DOORSTOP, (as pictured), cast iron,
17” tall. For daughter pediatrician. (609) 921-7511.

WORLD’S FAIR AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION SOUVENIRS from all fairs 1851 thru 1964. Send pictures and descriptions to <[email protected]> or call Andy (904) 825-1723.

19th C. WHALEMAN SCRIMSHAW Whale teeth, pie crimpers, boxes, swifts, harpoons, tools, etc. Contact: Rafael Osona, PO Box 2607, Nantucket, MA. 02584, (508) 228-3942. <[email protected]>, (www.rafaelosonaauction.com), Lic. 366.

NANTUCKET ART, BASKETS AND ARTIFACTS Anne Congdon, Frank Swift Chase, Wendall Macy, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, Hayley Lever, John Austin, Ralph Cahoon, James Walter Folger, Andrew Shunney. For comprehensive list, visit (www.rafaelosonaauction.com). Contact: Rafael Osona, (508) 228-3942 <[email protected]>, Lic. 366.

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.

MOVIE POSTERS WANTED. Lobby cards, 1-sheets, window cards, glass slides. Highest prices paid. Dwight Cleveland, PO Box 10922, Chicago, IL 60610-0922. (773) 525-9152. Fax (773) 525-2969. E-mail: <[email protected]>.

WANTED TO BUY: Woodworking tools: axes, hatchets, chisels, gouges, spokeshaves, drawknives, hand planes, calipers, clamps, etc. Used tools, all trades: Stanley, Starrett, Bailey, machinist, mechanic, blacksmith, farrier, pattern maker, etc. Tool chests. Collections and estate lots. Liberty Tool & Hulls Cove Tool Barn now open daily (888) 405-2007 Hulls Cove, ME. Also (207) 288-5126; (www.davistownmuseum.org).

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, <[email protected]>, 
(www.johnrinaldi­nautical.com).

KLOPFER COLLECTION SEEKING RARE NUTMEG GRATERS. Include price & photo to NutmegGraters.com, PO Box 777, East Longmeadow, MA 01028-0777; (860) 763-2675 / <[email protected]>. Educational website: (www.NutmegGraters.com/index.html).

BANKS, BELL TOYS, and tin toys, mechanical and still, cast iron and tin. Collector and broker. Dr. “Z,” (248) 561-2314 EST, 1350 Kirts #160, Troy, MI 48084-4800.

REAL ESTATE

 

 

CONNECTICUT – 3 bed, 2 bath New England-style saltbox built in 1979. Private wooded 4 acres, stone workshop, pool, garden shed. $350,000 (860) 256-1149.  

 


Originally published in the July 2019 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2019 Maine Antique Digest