| Antique car collection to be auctioned in April
CENTERVILLE - Anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a '57 Chevy may want to make plans to be at the Georgia National Fairgrounds on April 7. That's when 59 antique cars from a collection by the late R.C. DeFoor of Centerville will be auctioned off. Auction coordinator Bill Bonbrake said it's the largest antique car collection by an individual in Middle Georgia. The cars range from a 1933 Plymouth Coupe to a 1985 El Camino, plus some later-model cars. Bonbrake said it will be the largest antique car auction in the area since DeFoor sold his collection of more than 100 antique cars in 1984. "He wanted to retire then," Bonbrake said. "But a couple of years later he got the itch again." DeFoor liked to buy cars in original condition, some with very low miles, Bonbrake said.
Teen's baseball fantasy comes true
HILLCREST -- Justin Topa's bedroom pays homage to his sports heroes -- all 6,000 of them. The 15-year-old Chenango Valley student guesses he has at least that many autographs from professional athletes. He earned the autographs, his mother Karen said, approaching professional athletes with a pen. Topa, who plans to make 2007 his third year as a batboy with the Binghamton Mets, is headed to Florida today to meet Yankee's shortstop Derek Jeter. Topa won the trip after entering a contest conducted by Upper Deck Entertainment, the sports trading card company. "I couldn't believe it at first," Topa said of winning. "I was very excited." Topa said he has been collecting baseball and hockey memorabilia since he was 5. It's a passion he shares with his father, Bob Topa, and a pursuit that has netted more than 100,000 baseball cards, more than 100 signed baseballs and an expansive collection of bats, hockey sticks, jerseys and bobble heads.
Heart to heart — Tradition of sending valentines has evolved ...
Old valentines can be a lot of fun, because they are all about love and friendship. "It's interesting to see how people shared those feelings in past years," says Edith Menna, curator at the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum.
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Case cane or Dance master cane
This new room is dedicated to the usage of the Case Cane also called Dance master Cane. This cane, well-known since the Seventeenth Century will become more famous in the Eighteen Century, from the revolutionary times on. So, this new theme takes to the renewal of the Canes and sticks in the French revolution. "Canes and sticks in the French revolution". Ten years that mattered for the democratic renewal of the Cane, from 1788 to 1799. This new room has just been launched at the Web site of the Segas Gallery, that specializes in antique and rare canes, gadget canes or cane curiosa. The Cycle of Virtual Exhibitions initiated by Gilbert Segas, a history lover, is dedicated to the history of Canes and Walking sticks, at the cross road of art, collectibles and history. Apart from the present exhibition and the new room that tells us the history of the Dance master, Gilbert Segas has offered us an exhibition on Glass Canes and Conscription Canes, another focused on Popular art and Canes sculpted of wood, and more recently "Cane and eroticism".
A New Yorker Brings You French Works of Art You Can Sleep With, and Dream ...
After spending five years in France where she uncovered a world of quality antique linens, Robin Molbert, a native New Yorker, decided to open an internet store to introduce the finest of these to the US market. What she found, and is now offering, are unique bedding and table linens that were all or partially crafted by hand. "I was astounded by the quality of the linen, the beauty and intricacy of the embroidery. There are marriage sheets that took more than two years to complete. Each piece is unique and many of them were made to be passed down as heirlooms from one generation to the next -- and it's entirely possible because the linen was loomed to last centuries. But when I realized that I could still find these rare treasures in unused condition, pieces that couldn't possibly be reproduced today, I didn't hesitate a moment to create Fleur d'Andeol." Until now, most Americans who enjoy luxury bedding have thought that sleeping on very high thread-count cotton was the ultimate in luxury.
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