| Winter Antiques Show Frames Donald and Rosie, $2.5 Million Kid
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump may still be feuding, but they are yoked as a couple at the 53rd Annual Winter Antiques Show at New York's Park Avenue Armory. Photos of Rosie and Donald sit side-by-side in a French 1890 double-oval picture frame priced at $2,650 at the Associated Artists booth. It is one of the cheapest items at the show, which is open from today to Jan. 28. With 75 international dealers, the show offers countless juxtapositions as curious as that of Rosie and the Donald, from cow weathervanes to African masks to Tiffany lamps. ``The Winter Antiques Show is one of those marvelous comings together, like a reunion of sorts,'' said Florida-based tribal-art and folk-art collector Jane Katcher. She'll be speaking at the show on Sunday about her folk-art collection.
Clean Out Your Clutter--Sell it on eBay
(Rochester, N.Y.) -- People who love antiques and flea markets can browse and buy without leaving the house by visiting the auction Web site eBay, which some call "the world's biggest garage sale." Many others use the site to sell unique and valuable items to a worldwide audience. Barbara Wolf never used the silverware she received as a wedding gift 44 years ago, so she decided to sell it on eBay. "These things were dear to my heart and they were just sitting there," she said. She made over $1,000 on the silver and has also sold a number of signed lithographs she and her husband acquired in the 1960s. But, she said, this isn't about the money. "I'm enjoying myself, I'm having fun and I know they're finding homes," she said.
Norman Rockwell works coming to Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
WHAT: "Norman Rockwell, Images of America: 'Home for the Holidays,' and 'A Tribute to Boy Scouts.'"
ART SPECIFIC: Forty tearsheets from The Saturday Evening Post covers from the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., and four original paintings from the National Scouting Museum, Irving, Texas.
WHERE: Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, 3015 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
OPENING RECEPTION: 2 to 4 p.m. today with a 2:30 p.m. program given by Boy Scouts of America, Norwela Council. The exhibit continues through April 22.
Admission: free.
REGULAR HOURS: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
ADMISSION: free.
INFORMATION: 632-2020. .
A sweet return to Easton: Carmelcorn Shop reopening
Sia Bassil and her father, Chafiq Melhem, hung metal shelves on the red-and-white striped walls at the Carmelcorn Shop in Easton's Centre Square and stocked them with bags of coffee beans, licorice and cherry lollipops.
Loyal customers such as Diane Dutt, who works at nearby Bixler's Jewelers, peeked and then walked inside the store to witness the renovation work and say the same phrase.
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