Antiques

When John Hobe and his late wife took over a small collectibles store, they hoped it would augment their furniture-importing business. But it quickly became their main passion, and 35 years later, Hobe is still selling M.I. Hummel figurines and other collectibles at the Artisan Home of Opa's Hummel Haus. Customers come from around the Valley and state, and the store also ships hard-to-find merchandise to Europe, Canada and elsewhere. Hobe said Hummels have a timeless appeal. "They're childlike. I think people look at them and get memories of when they were children," he said. .

ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION SERVICE

The Arts & Crafts Home is fortunate to be closely associated with the workshops of AD Restoration, a team of highly skilled and experienced antique furniture restorers, based in Brighton. We are leading specialists in 19th and 20th Century furniture restoration and renovation, working with Arts & Crafts furniture, Gothic Revival and Aesthetic Movement designs. We can offer FREE advice and FREE valuations for the repair, renovation and restoration of all your Arts & Crafts furniture. We have recently been commissioned to repair and renovate a unique group of furniture, designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, and made by Whytock and Reid. Sir Robert Lorimer and his Furniture Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864 - 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect noted for his restoration work on historic houses and castles, and for promotion of the Arts and Crafts style.

Antique found negative of red tide

San Jose, Antique (2 February) -- With reports of red tide occurrence in Sorsogon Bay and the government on top of the situation in containing it, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Provincial Director Rosemary G. Nacisvalencia said that Antique province is negative of red tide as of press time and no cause for alarm for Antiqueos.

Nacisvalencia explained that red tide likely occurs or thrives in polluted coastal waters usually appearing when there is a shift in weather conditions resulting to rise in temperature, which is conducive to growth of micro-organisms known as dinoflagellates making shellfish unsafe for human consumption.

In some parts of the country, four municipalities in the vicinity of Sorsogon Bay are now under a state of calamity. Latest reports show that nine persons have died while around 100 persons got ill because of red tide.

Go on treasure hunt at antiques show

HANOVER -- Hunt for treasure at the 101st New Year Antiques Show at the Birchwood Manor, 111 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, Jan. 26-28.

There will be more than 200 exhibit booths featuring a variety of quality items. In addition to an array of offerings including early American and English furniture, silver, art glass, jewelry and more, there will be appraisal and expert glass repair clinics, porcelain and pottery restoration, china mending, and vintage trunk restoration.

There also will be a diverse selection of 19th- and early 20th-century American and European paintings. Lighting of all kinds -- crystal chandeliers, wall sconces, table, floor and desk lamps and more -- will be featured in various lighting exhibits.

Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts will offer investment-grade illuminated manuscripts dating from the 14th to 18th centuries.