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Upscale Yard Sale packed with toys, jewelry and more set for SUNDAY NOV. 23 in Silver Spring
UPSCALE YARD SALE MOVED FROM SATURDAY NOV. 22 TO SUNDAY NOV. 23. HOURS AND ALL OTHER DETAILS THE SAME. WE'LL RUN SALE FROM 9 TO AT LEAST THREE ON SUNDAY NOV. 23. We apologize for the inconvenience. We did not realize a Thanksgiving parade would be blocking off that part of Georgia Avenue.
Orion's Attic is going back to our roots by throwing a humdinger of an "Upscale Yard Sale" on SUNDAY NOV. 23, 2014 from 9 a.m. until at least 3 p.m. We'll be setting up a couple of big tents on the corner of one of our favorite charities, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, located at 8230 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. You'll be able to gobble up some great pre-Turkey Day treasures while also helping us raise a little more money for Pyramid Atlantic as we will donate part of our revenues to the fantastic nonprofit organization.
If you weren't with us in our early days, you haven't seen a yard sale like this before. Forget Mom's old socks and Dad's rusty golf clubs. Our Upscale Yard Sales are smaller-scale estate sales filled with great stuff we've purchased on estate buyouts that weren't big enough to host sales. Think more of Mom's vintage jewelry and Dad's old toys – with good stuff from Grandma and Grandpa, too.
You'll be surprised by how much high-quality merch we can stuff inside some tents. We're packing this sale with vintage toys, jewelry, sports memorabilia, china, decorative glass, art and a few pieces of furniture and much more. (View more than 400 photographs on our Facebook page and check back throughout the week to see what else we ad. Note we'll be bringing more than we have time to photograph.)
Our Upscale Yard Sale features a ton of vintage finds including:
TOYS: Exceptionally rare cast iron Champion policeman on motorcycle (1930s), Tonka vehicles such as the Mighty Tonka Black Jeep Bronco, Car Carrier No. 840 (1962), NYLINT vehicles including Timber Transport Logging Truck, Aerial Hook and Ladder Fire Truck, Gasohol Toy Tanker Truck, NAPA Automotive Parts Delivery Truck, 1970s Matchbox and Hot Wheel sets in cases, Sun Rubber Company car, CORGI Seagrave 70th Anniversary Pumper, a variety of die-cast metal trucks and cars by CORGI, Trust Worthy and others, a slew of banks, leather cap gun belt, Star Yacht sailboat made in England, tin lithograph train cars by Louis Marx and others, United Feature Syndicate Snoopy cars (1950s), eclectic mix of dolls and stuffed animals, piles of Pez dispensers.
JEWELRY: Antique and vintage jewelry, including antique Native American-made necklace with silver and green turquoise, silver and turquoise rings, gold/sterling rings with various stones, antique hand-carved ivory bracelets, bakelite pins, locket made of butterfly wings, assortment of men's and women's watches, and mountains of costume jewelry including earrings, rings, bracelets, cufflinks, and more.
SPORTS MEMORABILIA: 1940s and 1950s Sport magazines with stories on Jackie Robinson, Christy Mathewson, Roy Campanella, Babe Ruth, Bob Lemon, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Lou Boudreau, Joe Dimaggio, Andy Phillip, Rocky Marciano, and more; NBA jerseys representing players Scottie Pippen (Bulls) and Gilbert Arenas (Wizards) , NFL jerseys representing Ricky Williams (Saints and Dolphins), Jeremy Shockey (Giants), Brandon Jacobs (Giants), Terrell Owens (Eagles), Keyshawn Johnson (Jets) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh; Baltimore Colts pennant
CHINA, DECORATIVE GLASS, BARWARE: Staffordshire Blue Transferware, Pink Depression Glass, Platinum Wheat pattern fine china made in Japan, cordial set, Murano glass vases.
HISTORY: Theodore Roosevelt signed appointment document (U.S. Navy).
HOME DÉCOR AND FURNITURE: Vintage wood wagon turned into coffee table, hand-made and signed facial figure lamp made in Haiti, antique quilts including one from 1917, two sets of Kurt Adler Fiber Optic Christmas lights new in box.
ART: Two antique family photo album books from the 1800s, Douglas airplane drawing portfolio, nude woman limited edition signed photograph, wood sculpture of woman carrying water, packs of black and white photo reprints of historic downtown Frederick, Maryland.
MISC: Vintage Dietz Gen drafting set; Decorative stamp booklets on subjects including trucks, pets, insects, snakes, turtles, lizards, wildlife and Alaska; Partridge Family record; Nelson Family TV show print; old Match book album;
We'll add more good stuff to the sale than what we list here. If we can fit it on the truck, we'll bring it!
Sale starts promptly at 9 p.m. Please try to avoid parking inside the Pyramid Atlantic parking lot, especially if it's crowded. Turn on to Ripley Street beside Pyramid Atlantic and look for parking along that street. There is also plenty of metered parking in every direction. No early birds.
Do you have great stuff to sell or know someone who needs a full estate sale or estate liquidation? Contact us today!
First Dibs: Your advanced look at sparkling jewelry, crazy gumball machine, funky lamp
You've been asking for it and now we're giving it a shot: Here's your chance to see and buy some great new finds before we put them on sale to the general public. We're offering a special discount, too! All you have to do is join our e-newsletter list, which you can do from our Orion's Attic Web site, or Follow us on Facebook.
We just got in some gorgeous vintage gold, silver and costume jewelry, two gumball machines including one with a rotary phone attached to it and a few other nifty pieces.
We are giving our loyal e-newsletter subscribers and Facebook followers a 48-hour head start on perusing and purchasing these items. We are placing all of these pieces on a special Facebook photo album. Click here to view. You will see many close-up photos of each item, along with size, weight, pricing and shipping information in the caption of the FIRST photo of each item. All you have to do to claim it first is state in that first photo of the piece that you want. We'll contact you from Facebook to arrange payment and shipping.
As an added bonus, we'll even give you a 7-percent discount on all items and waive the 3-percent credit card fee — so you're saving 10 percent in total! We'll also throw in free shipping on jewelry.
This offer runs for 48 hours, starting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday October 22 and lasting until Friday Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m. After that, we will take any remaining items to the general public.
We'll try to find more opportunities to provide you with advanced looks at some of the great stuff we find. Hope you like this first batch!
A "beary" good day of picking in Silver Spring MD and beyond
Won-ok and I got up early on a recent Saturday and pounded the streets in our Silver Spring, Maryland neighborhood during a community- wide yard sale. We're always on the prowl for great stuff to buy and sell and it's not often that we get to do so in our own back yard. The first dozen sales we visited tanked. Nothing there for us.
We hit pay dirt on the next stop, catching a former foreign correspondent for a newspaper (yes, that job used to exist) just as he was setting up. He was late to the party and it worked out perfectly for us. We had a pocket full of cash we were itching to spend. He had a bunch of stuff he brought home from around the globe that he wanted to ditch and he didn't much care about the money. We bought a bunch of beautiful wooden masks from Central America, African spears, Central American knives and a killer lamp from Haiti in the form of a face.
Our new friend told us about his career as an old-fashioned news man and I couldn't get enough. I was a journalist once and still miss it to this day. Then he pointed me to a stunning stone sculpture of a green bear eating a white fish while standing in a river running through a mountain. I absolutely loved it. I stood in waters exactly like that in Alaska in 1991 and wish I had been able to witness a scene like that in person. I wanted the piece.
"I picked this up in Anchorage," the scribe said.
Oh my goodness. I no longer wanted it: I needed it.
"I paid $300 for it," he said. I'd take $100."
I almost sprained my fingers reaching into my pockets so hard and so fast. It was beautiful. I damn near cried. I told him I would keep it for the rest of my life. I'm still fired up. That is my kind of art – wildlife, especially items that bring back memories of critters I've seen and ground I've walked.
We took several other wildcard items on consignment – a nifty lamp made in Israel and a huge, heavy wood window with shutters from southern India. He wanted them gone and we had no idea what to pay, or if we could find the buyers.
The old-school journalist invited us into his house to see a few things he was not selling, including a limited edition print made by the handprint of none other than Nelson Mandela. Incredible. I got to see Mandela speak in Atlanta after he got out of prison. I don't remember the context of what he said but I remember how everyone in the stadium seemed to feel: We were touched and united by the power of his humble words.
Won-ok and I were both pumped, buying and consigning authentic, funky and uncommon items. Those are what make our work rewarding. Love stuff like what we bought from our new neighborhood friend. We both also noticed how much we easily left alone — bottom feeder, boring items that we would have scooped up in our infancy. Yes we could have bought milk glass for $.50 apiece but why? It's boring and hard to sell.
We made a few more stops in our neighborhood, handed out more business cards, returned home, added an antique Chinese desk to the fresh merchandise packed in the car and cruised toward Copper Fox Antiques in Sperryville, Virginia. We sell a lot of furniture and a ton of china there. Two-thirds of the way down the road, the delightful scent of grilled hotdogs and hamburgers wafted into the windows of our Prius. We saw that the Fauquier County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was hosting a fundraiser. Orion's Attic is named after a shelter-rescued dog and we love to help animal charities when we can. We were also hungry! We bought a few hotdogs and some chips, handed the SPCA a $20 bill and told the volunteer to keep the $15 change because we appreciated what the organization does. I even got to give a friendly pooch of good old-fashioned belly rub.
We reached Copper Fox, took care of business there and began to make our way back home. We caught at a moving sale on our way out, bought a little sculpture and marveled at a painting of a bear standing in a nearby Shenandoah Mountains stream done by the artist homeowner. He said he priced the piece at $2,000 in a gallery but was downsizing and selling a bunch of his work at half off. I almost pulled the trigger but I knew I should not be spending $1,000 on another bear for me right now. A $100 bear, okay, but not a four-figure bear. Still, it was beautiful. I loved seeing it and talking to the creator about its origin.
We made our last stop at a local farmer's market to pick up a freshly baked apple pie. It was the perfect way to end a "beary" good day.
Know someone who needs an estate sale or has great stuff to sell? Want to find out about our future events? Check out OrionsAttic.com today!
Great antiques abound at Great Falls VA estate sale
Be sure to get some rest so you have plenty of energy to peruse three floors of our Sept. 20-21 estate sale in a gorgeous old Great Falls, Virginia home. It is packed with great antiques from America and art from around the world. It's also loaded with all kinds of gold and sterling silver including gorgeous silver flatware and tea/coffee sets, piles of great jewelry, neat old trunks including a pair that belonged to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Apollo 15 crew autographs, blue Wedgwood china set, child's saddle, 1950s school pull-down maps, collection of U.S. and world flags, pool table, doll house stuffed with fantastic furniture, a music room, vintage and antique tea and chocolate shipping crates, tons of furniture for humans, and so much more.
The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Numbers handed out to early arrivers. Stay tuned here for more details this week. We'll add the address here on Friday.
Find nearly 500 photos and counting on our Great Falls estate sale photo album on Facebook. Look for more details here later in the week, too.
Daughter appreciates McLean estate sale service
Testimonial from Ann Reavey. Orion's Attic conducted an estate sale for her father in August 2014. We sold almost all of the contents of the home, consigned a few high-end pieces remaining from the sale, transported a number of other items to charity and left the house broom clean.
Fantastic! Thank you so much!
I can't tell you how pleased I have been with working with you and your crew. This process has been difficult logistically and emotionally, thank you for making it much easier for me on both fronts. Please know that I will enthusiastically recommend you to others!
Let's get eclectic at Bethesda estate sale Aug. 9-10
Let Orion's Attic offer the following pop quiz:
Have you ever been to a single estate sale that was so eclectic that it included all of the following items: Genuine Native American art and jewelry, Quimper pottery, Jerry Garcia images, coat rack made of copper tubing, leather biker chick jacket, drone, Mermaid stained glass panel, life-sized pig figurine, bronze sculptures featuring emergency responders, lithographs and pins honoring each branch of America's armed forces and a custom-made toilet seat adorned with nickels, dimes, quarters and Kennedy half-dollars?
If so, wow, you've lived a great life. If not, you absolutely have to come to our Bethesda, Maryland estate sale on Aug. 9-10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 6311 Poe Road, Bethesda MD 20817.
We found a more dizzying array of items piled on one over-sized farm table in this house than we often find in entire houses. One of the owners also dedicated much of his life to producing art and pins appealing to Vietnam Veterans and veterans of all branches of the military. The house is packed with piles of pieces he didn't have time to sell before his passing. Both of the owners of this home lived life to the fullest, though, embracing every new thing they could see and experience. Now you'll be able to get some gusto to take him with you!
See our Bethesda photo album on Facebook for some 600 photos. Tons more to come. More details on the way as well but make plans now to check out this sale. You really have to see this place.
Highlights include:
Art: Folk art including small metal dog, tin sun, wood sculptures, Jack Daniels bottle wind chime, beer can airplane, wood-carved airplane; signed pencil sketches; limited edition print of Jerry Garcia;
Cameras: Wide variety of modern and some vintage cameras, lenses and equipment used by the homeowner to produce his art;
China: Taylor-Smith; Italian plates with lobster motif
Clothing: Wide variety of vintage and women's clothing and accessories (leather and beaded purses), beaded dress by Hyo Bee; men's clothing including Jack Daniels belts;
Electronics: Spirit of St. Louis hands-free telephone; short-wave radio; large flat screen TV; Bose speakers; Pioneer stereo system; drone (yes, a drone – don't know if it works yet);
Glass: Floral crystal glass candy dishes by Daniel Hechter; heavy glass elephant;
Furniture: You have got to see the toilet seat. How many toilet seats are conversation starters? The one at this house is a clear seat embedded with coins; big farmhouse table with six matching wooden seats and two upholstered end seats; king-sized Sleep Number bed; hand-made coat rack made with copper pipes; suede couch; rocking chair; linen press; night stands; wooden chairs; short stools; single bed; full bed; corner cabinet; reclining chairs; coffee tables; love seats; buffets; china cabinet; shipping trunks
Home Décor: Life-sized piggy bank; baskets; ceramic, glass and other figurines of all kinds of animals including squirrels, dogs, elephants; Hochst decorative egg; decorative lamps, Herend hungarian fishnet figurines
Jewelry: Several unique watches including one that is custom made featuring a watch on a half-dollar coin with a custom eagle-adorned band that is signed and numbered; costume jewelry from necklaces, pendants, brooches/pins, bracelets, earrings, rings, and so much more. Some pieces take the form of elephants, the sun, turtles; amethyst ring; signed pieces by makers such as Christopher Jupp; sterling silver Austrian crystal by HY Jewels; earrings made from old Bhutan coins; Christian Bernard watch; Laurel Burch watch with horsehead image;
Kitchen: Coffee pot, microwave oven, antique pots, food saver, hand-painted salt and pepper shaker;
Mermaids: There's a veritable ocean full mermaids in this house including items such as: small stained glass panel, iron and other metal art, jewelry, clocks, candle holders; figurines; tiles; knives; footstool; drawings;
Military/Patriotic/Emergency Responder: This home was co-owned by an artisan who produced a wide variety of pieces appealing to Vietnam War veterans, veterans of other wars including World War II, Afghanistan, Iraq and more. Other pins honor the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines (we may also find Coast Guard but haven't located a box yet.) You will find perhaps a thousand pins honoring those veterans along with pins honoring nurses, firefighters, police including women in law enforcement, K-9 units. He made clear etched glass blocks honoring the Vietnam Wall. He produced a variety of lithographs and prints (including some signed and numbered) honoring Vietnam veterans and other military and patriotic themes. The home contains a bit of the work of Tom Nielson including his striking limited edition print of an eagle against a flag backdrop called "Colors of Courage"; cast bronze sculptures; Marine Corps banner;
Misc.: Colorful kite with nude woman figure; oak walking stick with brass animal figure head; black wood walking stick with carved elephant; Tiffany & Co. playing cards; breakfast tray with architectural rendering of a ship; Jack Daniels leather-covered whiskey flask; MetroMeter Co. Trident water meter from New York; bull horns; natural sine compass; dust pan made from South Dakota license plate; Iraqi coins saved by British military;
Motorcycle Stuff: Gorgeous leather biker chick jacket; multiple Harley-Davidson items including four-tile floor logo, Custom Chrome ad featuring Albert Einstein; belt buckle, carrying bag, pins and more; pins honoring many different years of Motorcycle Week and other motorcycle pins such as the Biker's 4-Leaf Clover; Framed print of 75th Annual Laconia Motorcycle Rally; what appears to be a die-cast figure of a winged, bikini-clad woman on a motorcycle; "Live to Ride" canteen; pottery with motorcycles painted on it; Sturgis shot glasses;
Musical Instruments: Guitars by Nagoya and Yamaha; vintage Sitar (needs re-stringing); stringed instrument from Africa; dulcimer;
Native American: Tapestries; jewelry; modern ceremonial pieces by the Lakota people;
Pottery: Great collection of pottery, sconces and figurines by Henriot Quimper (France); other signed pieces including R. Scot Hardwig (Lost Mountain Pottery), Stiles; Gail Heilmann; hand-made and painted pieces from Italy including motifs of sunflowers; hand-painted ceramics of Portugal; Delft;
Know someone who needs a great estate sale company or has nifty antiques and collectibles to sell? Contact us today!
McLean estate sale Aug. 2-3 packed with Asian décor, antiques, jewelry, vintage clothing and more
Our Aug. 2-3 estate sale in McLean, Virginia from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in shaping up to be another big one. [Address is 1513 Oakview Drive, McLean VA 22101.] Take a trip through many parts of Asia by perusing furniture and décor from across the continent. Scoop up heaping mounds of gold, silver and costume jewelry. Check out some good old fashioned American antiques. Get wild in the "nature room" full of wildlife and plant figurines and collectibles.
You'll also find a stunning volume of kitchenware, china, flatware including sterling silver and bronze, a smattering of vintage toys, tools, a large collection of vintage books, pottery, antique bottles, area rugs, baskets, art, vintage refrigerators, and more items than we can list here.
Check back here for more details as the week progresses. No early birds. Numbers handed out to early arrivers.
View more than 400 photos and counting on our McLean estate sale Facebook photo album.
Highlights include:
Asian antiques: Chinese lacquer sewing desk, ebonized with abalone (1840s-1870s); Ladies headside chest, China, late Qing period (1900 to early 20th century); Chinese bookcase cabinet (late 19th to early 20th century); Betel Nut box — brass with silver inlay — from the Phillipines;
Asian décor: Chinese snuff bottle (1870s – 1900); Cloisonne vases, napkin holders, jars, candle sticks; Chinese cinnabar-style enamel decorate porcelain vase and snuff bottle; Small Chinese rayon tapestry "Two Horses and a Groom by Han Kan"; hand-carved chair; soapstone carving from Korea; brass butterfly candleholder used by a madam in Korea to let people know she was open for business; small brass cooking pot from Korea; black lacquer plates; Korean brass hotpot with decorative lid; Chinese brass symbols for variety of wishes including peace, longevity and others; so much more.
American antiques: Victorian chests, dressers, dropleaf table with marble top; Louis Myers pencil sharpener, (1912); Skandia Furniture Co. secretary; framed mirrors; Kenney Brothers student chair with W.C. Eclipse school desk; rocking chairs; end tables; cane seat chairs; spindle back chairs;
Art: Etching by James S. King (active in late 1800s and early 1900s); Henri Le Riche signed etching; Dong Kingman San Francisco prints; Emergency Fleet Corporation meeting photo (1918); oil on canvas paintings; watercolors; pencil drawings; pen and ink drawings.
Books, Magazines and Newspapers: Many bookshelves packed with antique, vintage and modern books on wide range of subjects – clearly the home of serious readers; Small collection of old newspapers covering events including John F. Kennedy assassination, election of President Herbert Hoover, shooting of Pope John Paul and shooting of President Reagan; Large magazine collection from 1940s through 2000s including but not limited to Air World (1946), Look (1970s), Life (1960s and 70s), Photography (1951), Radio Stars (1937), Sports Digest (1946), Air Force (1945) and Wings (1943)
Bottles: Blanchard and Co. Whiskey, Curtice Brothers, Dr. Hookers Cough & Croup Syrup, Fellows Syrup of Hypophosphites, Larkin Soap Co., Philips Milk of Magnesia (1906), Sloans Linament,
China: Adams (Member of Wedgwood Group), Crownford; Royal Tara (Ireland); Myott (Staffordshire, England); Regency; M.Z. (Austria); Rosenthale; Dansk; W & J Sloane; plates hand painted in Portugal by Azuller; Hammersley; Lenox; Noritake; Nippon;
Clothing: Start your own boutique women's clothing shop or find the perfect retro item to make the perfect addition to your wardrobe. Hats, dresses, jackets, shirts, suits, skirts, pants, blouses, shoes, scarves and much more for all seasons.
Glass: EO Brody Company candy dish; antique cruets; ruby Bohemian or Bohemian-style bowl featuring winter scene; all kinds of lead crystal including American Brilliant Cut;
Flatware: Sterling silver, bronze, silver plate and more. Sterling flatware set (70 pcs) by Towle in Mary Chilton pattern (Pat. 1912); Saiam flatware.
Furniture: Brass bed (double); dining table with extension leaves and six chairs; Stakmore folding chairs; love seats; full bedroom set with double bed; bar stools; what appears to be a black leather couch (needs a bit of cleaning); end tables
Home Décor: Antique wall hanging; decorative lamps; antique oval Shaker box;
Jewelry: Fine jewelry, including a platinum diamond ring, numerous vintage and modern gold and sterling silver pieces and precious stones; a mountain of costume jewelry from necklaces, pendants, brooches/pins, bracelets, earrings, rings, and so much more. "Ant rings" are a must-see.
Kitchen: Microwave oven; KitchenAid mixer; Imperia pasta maker; Krups Panini grill; tons of cookware (enough to fill up the kitchen, giant shelves in the basement and some closets); flowered coffee mugs; meat grinder; jars; bamboo serving trays; cookbooks; dishes; ball jar;
Misc.: Washer and dryer; old refrigerators
Nature Room: We've rounded up just about every item in the house with a plant or animal and put it all in one room. You'll feel like you're walking into a nature preserve. Orange glass butterflies. Bronze miniature animals. All kinds of elephants. Flocks of birds. Flowers galore. Frogs. A three foot tall giraffe. Dogs. Cats.
Pottery: Italian pottery including Dip A Mano and Ceramiche; Buffalo Pottery Semi Vitreous Pitcher;
Rugs: A number of area rungs, including Afghan Turkoman rug and Konya Mountain Turkish rug
Sterling Silver: Sterling nut dish bowls by Gorham; Sterling holloware pitcher by Manchester; collectible sterling spoons by Kirk & Son, Gorham, etc.; Tiffany sterling bowl; several weighted sterling candle holders.
Tools: Black and Decker saw; hand tools; gardening tools
Toys: A nice little group of vintage toys including Tonka trucks, building blocks, fire trucks and cars, pull toy, puzzles, games, dolls and more.
Know someone who needs a great estate sale company or who has neat antiques and collectibles to sell? Contact us today!
Tools, jewelry, advertising, wildlife headline Silver Spring estate sale
We're hosting another big Silver Spring, Maryland estate sale on June 28-29, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This sale is bursting at the seams with all kinds of tools, jewelry (gold, silver, costume, vintage), antique sterling silver flatware, advertising (especially related to alcohol), furniture, player piano with hundreds of song scrolls, vintage radios and whole cases of old radio and TV tubes, kitchenware, lamps, records, a grandfather clock and more. There's an excellent library of books on subjects including history (Civil War and 20th century history), guns, Ireland, cooking, bartending and gardening.
VIEW MORE THAN 1,000 PHOTOS on our Facebook page via Album 1 and Album 2! We'll keep adding all the way until the sale starts. (Address is 324 Old Stone Road, Silver Spring MD.) No early birds allowed. Numbers will be given to early-arrivers.
Highlights of the sale in alphabetical order:
ADVERTISING: Coca-Cola trays and mirrors; Wine crates; Mirrors and art by companies including Southern Comfort, Guinness, Coach & Horses, Heineken, Cutty Shark, Wild Turkey, Lochan Ora, Smith & Wesson; Decorative decanters including stagecoaches, cowboys on horses, old cars, ducks, geese, turkeys; liquor dispensers including gas pumps and fire hydrants; liquor glasses by brands including Ancient Orange bourbon; Budweiser stein; German steins;
ART: White House Christmas print of Red Room with signatures of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy; Ansel Adams print; huge variety of limited edition prints, watercolors, photographs and oil on canvas paintings with themes including the American west, ships, cityscapes, Montgomery County history, Maryland history, American Revolution, Paris, wildlife, classic cars (Lamborghini, Corvette); Spartacus bust signed by S. Eylanbekov; NASA Apollo program prints
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES: Tremendous collection of books including some high-end on the subjects of guns (history, collecting, values), hunting, fishing, travel, cooking, American history (Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, modern presidents and more), world history; vintage magazines and auction catalogs of guns; other vintage magazines including Electronics Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, Field & Stream,
CAMERAS: Keystone 8mm magazine camera, Model K-40; Polaroid Sun 640; Clix Candid Camera; Baby Brownie; Canon AF 35; JVC GZ-S3 video camera; Foldex 20;
CAMPING GEAR: Coleman lantern in box; Coleman camp stove – apparently never used;
CHINA: Dining room table covered in mound of china by makers including X; decorative china made in Occupied Japan; Keele Street Pottery; hand-painted plates made in Austria by O. & E.G; hand-painted plates made in Bavaria; Maling china made in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; Seltmann Weldman (Bavaria) cabinet plates featuring work by artists including Francisco de Goya, Rubens, and Cassioli
CHRISTMAS: Collection of lights, ornaments, bulbs, manger scenes and decor
CLOCKS: W Jones mahogany grandfather clock
CLOTHING: Shirts, belts, shoes and more for a large man; women's clothing and accessories
ELECTRONICS: Electric typewriters by IBM; all kinds of fax machines, tape recorders, computer hard drives and key boards; HP Office Jet 6110 printer new in box; heavy duty monitor arm; wide variety of older push button telephones; Ceiling fans new in box; Bissell Power Steamer new in box; all kinds of fans; televisions
HOME DÉCOR: Hand-made quilts; decorative glass; painted sea shells; wood-carved wine display; Delft-Blauw vases; pottery made in Austria; Roseville candlestick; brass firewood holder; Lenox figurines
FLATWARE: Sterling flatware set (Danish Crown by Frigast), David Anderson Norwegian sterling flatware, Tiffany sterling baby spoon, George Jensen Denmark Spoon, Gorham sterling spoon, Norwegian Sterling Plique A Jour spoons By Johan G Kjaerland, Guatemala coin silver spoons, and many other collectible sterling spoons; numerous serving pieces, from sterling and silver-plate to stainless; several sets of stainless flatware
FURNITURE: Multiple bedroom sets including master bedroom with huge Thomasville bed, dresser, armoire; Broyhill bedroom set with pair of single beds; lodge-style couches and chairs; antique sideboard and display cabinet; modern lighted display cabinet; Mirassou wine wrack; pair of leather-topped bar stools; Mid-Century desk; black secretary desk needing new back panel; end tables; coffee tables
GARDEN: Tools; lighting; birdfeeders and more
JEWELERY: Fine jewelry, from a vintage Tiffany brooch through numerous vintage and modern gold and sterling silver pieces and precious stones; abundant costume jewelry from necklaces, pendants, brooches/pins, bracelets, earrings, rings, and so much more. The family is still going through most of the jewelry and will hand us the rest in a day or two. More details and photos coming.
KALEIDOSCOPES: Three very nice kaleidoscopes including Spirit Scope;
KITCHENWARE: Etched drinking glasses; crystal champagne glasses; coffee mugs; many appliances and gadgets (some new in box) including Cuisinart food processor, Novita digital pressure cooker, Bella Panini grill, Black & Decker countertop oven; Presto skillet, Flow-Thru salad spinner, coffee pots and coffee grinder; all kinds of pots and pans; spice wracks; mason jars; face mug; Norman Rockwell painted coffee mugs;
LICENSE PLATES: Pair of Pennsylvania license plates, one from 1940s and other from 1950s; Maryland license plates from 1980s;
LIGHTING: Cork lamps; leaded glass hanging lamps; decorative lamps; hanging pendant lamps new box;
MISC: Pokemon cards; new and used suitcases; medical devices including Lympha Press and Sequential Circulator; thermoelectric cooler;
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Player piano (Standard Artistic Action — not sure about condition) and hundreds of piano rolls/music sheet scrolls new in the box; banjo
ANTIQUE RADIO CABINETS AND RADIO AND TV TUBES: Brunswick Radio Corporation Uniselector Furniture Cabinet Radio 1930s (condition uncertain); RCA Victrola stereo cabinet (stereo removed, radio missing parts); Fantastic collection of new old stock radio and TV tubes in original boxes plus salesman's case;
RECORDS, CDS AND VIDEOS: Great collection of records covering multiple genres such as rock, jazz, country, classical, showtunes, comedy and more. Artists include Beatles, Rolling Stones, Frankie Lymon, Ray Charles, Joe Houston, Cole Porter, Mach One (U.S. Air Force Rock Band), Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Patsy Cline, Kiss, Simon & Garfunkel, Bill Cosby, Dolly Parton, and many, many more. DVDs of movies such as Shawshank Redemption and others featuring John Wayne;
RECREATION: Free weights with benches and bench press bar; girls' Huffy mountain bike; men's Brittany Free Spirit road bike
SPORTS MEMORABILIA AND DÉCOR: Coca-Cola bottles from Washington Redskins 1983 Super Bowl championship; Coca-Cola bottle from Baltimore Ravens; Photograph of Cole Field House at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland couch pillows; vintage Washington Redskins jacket (large man); Washington Redskins beverage glasses;
STAMPS: First day covers with automobile themes.
STEREO: Vintage and modern stereos, CD players, radios and speakers by companies including Panasonic, Sony, Admiral and more – some new in the box.
TOOLS: An entire basement that is flooded with tools, way more than we could ever list or photograph — some new in the box. You'll find all kinds of wet saws and various power saws by makers including Craftsman, power snips, nail guns, hand saws, wrenches, clamps, hammers, axes, ratchet and socket sets, power wrenches, battery testers, bolt cutters, hex key wrench set, tubing benders, glue guns, ratcheting screw driver and bit sets, drills, stud finders, screw drivers, nuts, bolts, tool boxes, painting supplies, sanders, high-powered flash lights, tool cabinets, electric pole saw, plumbing tools, air tanks, battery chargers, gas connector kit, shop vac, swing arm magnifying lamp, braces, coaxial cable, dollies, shovels, rakes. We've got everything including a kitchen sink plus a variety of faucets to put in it.
TOYS: Nice collection of die-cast vehicles including 1926 Mack AC Rotary Pumper, 1932 Cadillac V-16 Roadster, 1935 Dusenberg, 1932 Chevrolet Confederate, 1916 Mack AC Bulldog, 1956 Ford Thunderbird, Coca-Cola delivery truck, 1957 Chevrolet Corvette, Sherwood Forest delivery vehicle, Standard Oil Company Delivery vehicle, Ford Thunderbird; Model stagecoach including Wells Fargo Overland Stage
WILDLIFE DÉCOR: Murano glass fish; taxidermy ducks and other birds; kitchen and barware with birds including ducks, mallards, herons and turkeys; duck quilt square; photos, paintings and carvings of butterflies, ducks and many other birds; bronze or aluminum bird wreath sculpture; painting of buck deer on split log; "Ducks Taking Flight" painted plates by David Maass; Signed bells featuring eight birds including nuthatch, oriole and more; pewter bookends with ducks; Hummingbirds by Gorham; figurines of birds, dogs, and elephants;
Need an estate sale? Contact Chris at Orion's Attic today!
Silver Spring estate sale stuffed with antiques, fine art, militaria, jewelry, Mid Century furniture and more!
We're ecstatic about the May 31 and June 1 estate sale we're hosting in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 31 and June 1 and hope you will be, too. This house is stuffed with some serious treasures including antiques, fine art, Mid Century and Mid Century Modern furniture, jewelry, including numerous gold and sterling pieces, and one of the best military collections we've ever found.
A full list follows below but return here for updates and additional photos as the week unfolds. View hundreds of photos on our Silver Spring estate sale photo album on Facebook. Address is 4014 Havard Street, Silver Spring MD.)
We still have a lot to unpack and examine so return to this site for updates all the way up to opening day. (Our clients just called and said they're bringing more stuff from storage!) No early birds. Numbers handed out to early arrivers.
Antiques and Vintage Furniture and Decor: Beds, dressers, side tables, lamps, chairs, couches, Louis XV style cartel clock carved and gilded (made in Sweden); Magnavox radio cabinet;
Mid Century and Mid Century Modern Furniture: Couch, wood-framed chairs, molded Lucite chair with chromed metal base, lamps, stackable cabinet made in Denmark by Ervi-Mobler; dining set with table, chairs, buffet and china cabinet;
Art: Large oil on canvas painting dated 1615 of 29-year-old man; 18th century oil on canvas painting of figures at ruined building with nameplate attributed to Jacopo Marieschi (our research indicates it is not by Marieschi himself but a follower or someone painting in his style); 18th century painting of a gentleman in a powdered wig; statues;
China and Kitchen: China by Mikasa, Homer Laughlin, Nippon, Lenox and others; painted plates made in Italy (Benrose), Greece and elsewhere; stemware; coffee pots; stemware;
Decorative Glass: Perfume bottles; hobnail vase; Wheaton miniature bottles;
Figurines: Royal Doulton; Coronetti;
Glassware: All kinds of bowls, vases and plates; crystal; decanters; jars; handmade glass by Empire with sterling;
Home Décor: Large brass wall sconces; mirrors;
Jewelry: Fine jewelry, from very old 14K necklace and brooch with amazing artisanship through numerous vintage and modern gold and sterling silver pieces; abundant costume jewelry from necklaces, pendants, brooches/pins, bracelets, earrings, rings, and so much more.
Lamps: Leaded glass hanging lamp; chandeliers; table lamps.
Militaria: This is one of the best military collections we have found in a long time and includes an excellent blend of original and high quality reproduction pieces. The list of items available includes but is not limited to Civil War buttons and insignia (some authentic and many reproduction – great for the Civil War re-enactor enthusiast); uniforms, badges and pins from World War I, World War II, Vietnam and other eras; trench art from World War II; original U.S. World War II propaganda poster ("Help Them – Keep Your War Savings Pledge"); Air Force sword; Vietnam flight jacket; Royal Air Force badges; Wings from U.S., England and others; Army Air Force Cloth Chart of Philippines; Gear including folding shovels and mess kits; Post World War II caps, hats and clothing from Germany, Russia and elsewhere; Red Cross flag; American flag;
Toys and Games: Array of chess sets including set with hand-carved African pieces, another set with brass pieces; Tonka truck; Anson Classic 1947 Cadillac
Pottery: Signed and hand-thrown pieces including Irish pottery.
Women's Clothing and Accessories: Designer handbags and women's clothing;
Do you need an estate sale or know someone who does? Maybe you know someone who may have an attic full of treasures they need to sell? Contact Orion's Attic today!
Hyattsville estate sale packed with collectibles, Coca-Cola room, jewelry, vintage toys and more
Make plans now to attend our May 17-18, 2014 Hyattsville, Maryland estate sale that will include a staggering number of collectibles (especially figurines), Coca-Cola room, countless paintings covering many walls, Christmas collectibles, teddy bears, furniture, china, appliances, motorcycle, car, bicycles, jewelry including gold and silver, hair salon chairs and equipment, tools, vintage toys, vintage ladies clothing, baby clothes and much more.
The home owner has lived in home for decades and there are so many smalls and collectibles that we had to donate much of the furniture in the home to make room to display them!
We will post additional updates here in the days ahead along with many more photos. You can also find updates on our Web site at www.orionsattic.com and on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/orionsattic. Videos coming soon.
The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. No early birds allowed. Early arrivers will receive numbers for entry. Address to be posted here the day before the sale.
Here's a partial list of what we've uncovered so far:
Art: Oil on canvas painting of a bearded man whose eyes seem to follow you across the room; Countless pieces of inexpensive oil on canvas and board wall art with heavy emphasis on cottage scenes, flowers, beaches, light houses, ships and the sea; Scores of mansion, home, city skyline and Gone With The Wind plaques signed by Sheila;
Beanie Babies: Hundreds of Beanie Babies including those from 3rd generation plus Coca-Cola Beanies
Teddy Bears: It's as if Teddy Roosevelt himself convened a teddy bear convention. There have to be at least several hundred bears of every size and shape in this house and they're all in excellent condition, some with original boxes. Won't surprise us if number passes 500.
Bicycles: Pink Predator Pro; GT BMX Performer Pro; Ross EuroTour
Board Games: All kinds of current and some vintage board games.
Books: Modern and older hardbacks and paperbacks on history (Civil War and many other subjects), religion, diet, health, arts and crafts, nature and many other subjects; modern and old children's books; coffee table books
Cameras: A small group of vintage still and video cameras
China: Multiple sets of china including Noritake, Staffordshire Ironstone,
Eschenbach (Germany), Bavarian, Haviland Limoges (France), Shelley (England) cup and saucers, La Fleur gold-rimmed coffee cups, Pfaltzgraff, china with duck decor
Christmas Stuff: Every manner of Christmas décor, bulbs, paper, trees, lights and more
Clothing – adult: Vintage women's clothing including hats, purses, handbags (Prada, bottega veneda, etc.), dresses, fur coats, leather jackets, shoes
Clothing – baby: Mountains of baby clothes and infant clothes for girls and boys including shoes, boots, pants, dresses, suits, bibs, pajamas, shirts.
Coca-Cola Collectibles: The Coke room includes a great ceiling fan, plus polar bears, plaques, glasses, lamps, towels, puzzles, clocks, signs, nightlights, snow globes, figurines, Coca-Cola Picnic Barbie, Beanie Babies, train car, antique wallets and more.
Crafts: All kinds of arts and crafts supplies including silk and plastic flowers, pine cones, reference books, paints and more
Dolls: Wide variety of dolls including Marian Yu Designs, Brinn's Collectible Porcelain, Princess House, Heritage, Memories, and more
Electronics: Stereo, vintage Apple McIntosh SE computer, Animated Holiday Symphonium
Figurines: Many hundreds of animal figurines including ducks, horses, elephants, dolphins and dogs (Collies); human character figurines by Enesco; Norman Rockwell figurines; Hummel figurines; numerous lighthouses
Furniture: Dining table and chairs, china cabinet, office chairs, rocking chairs, student desks, roll-top desk, marble-topped vanity, toy chests, reclining chairs, book cases, jewelry cabinets, patio furniture, mahogany flatware chest
Glass: Red decorative glass, unused lead crystal glassware in boxes, multiple punch bowl sets, pair of vintage milk bottles, Fostoria glass, unused lead crystal or etched glassware in boxes, multiple punch bowl sets and cake stands
Harley-Davidson Collectibles: Some great coffee table books, several figurines, black Christmas stocking, belt buckle and a few other items.
Hair Salon: Vintage and modern hair salon equipment and supplies including washing chair, dryers and all kinds of products (homeowner operated salon in basement)
Home Décor: Pair of leaded glass kitchen cabinet doors; lamps from Victorian to modern; piles of blankets and linens; lots of décor related to beaches and oceans including light house lamps, shells, art, miniature ships
Jewelry: We'll have a jewelry room with fine jewelry, including gold and sterling silver, as well as mountain of costume jewelry; rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, pins, earrings, charms, etc.
Kitchen: Cutlery, Reed & Barton flatware, cookie jars, glasses, cookware, dishes, NFL team glasses/mugs (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, Buffalo Bills)
Lamps: Lovely assortment of banquet lamps including some two-tier, hand-painted Victorian-style lamps, kerosene oil lamps, and decorative lighthouse lamps, including an unusual vintage Port & Starboard lamp.
Miscellaneous: Four nifty vintage matchbooks; fishing gear including lures; fish tanks and accessories;
Musical Instruments: Organ (not sure yet about condition), Yamaha PSS-270 keyboard
Puzzles: There have to be at least 50 puzzles, maybe a lot more.
Thimbles: Probably 100-plus thimbles made from variety of materials including porcelain, cloisonné, brass, tin and more.
Tools: Variety of household and garden tools; Craftsman tools;
Toys: Fantastic assortment of toys spanning decades. They include two working musical carousels in near mint condition; numerous dolls; doll houses and doll furniture; Hess trucks; metal farm vehicles; all kinds of vintage and modern Fisher Price toys; Barbie; Construx; Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars; Lego sets; cookware sets; McDonald's miniature food set; HO scale model trains, scenes and accessories by AHM, Tyco, Life-Line.
Vehicles: Suzuki Savage 650 motorcycle in excellent condition with clear title with 3,440 miles on it; 1983 Monte Carlo with blown radiator and much rust on the driver's side – great restoration project; small number of auto and motorcycle parts, starters, alternators, tires and rims.
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ENGLEWOOD, Fl. - Brand new appliances, massive closets are among the many expensive items inside this waterfront property on Fifth Street, all unknowingly paid for by the people of Dixon, Illinois.
Illinois native Larry Williams is one of many curious folks who came by to check out this Englewood home, not just for its amenities but for its story.
"They've got her but its just unbelievable the money she was able to get away with," says Larry Williams.
The former homeowner, Rita Crundwell, is now in federal prison. She was convicted of embezzling more than 53 million dollars over the course of 20 years from her long time employer, the City of Dixon. Crundwell was trusted to handle the City's finances.
"She essentially was making fictitious invoices," says Jason Wojdylo with the Us Marshals.
Cashing them in for herself and using the money to run her quarter horse breeding business and build lavish homes like this one. Since her arrest, US Marshals seized this house, 53 vehicles, a two million dollar motor coach and 400 quarter horses from more than a dozen states.
"Anything that she had that was a viable asset, we have seized and have liquidated," Wojdylo adds.
That money and what's ade from this home sale will go back to the City of Dixon taxpayers. In the end about 10 million dollars. US Marshals say, they use the power of forfeiture to send an even stronger message than jail time.
"We put people in jail all day every day... However putting people in jail is not enough, we must address the assets that are the proceeds of their crime or that are used to facilitate their crime and when we seize those and we forfeit those... it strips them of their ill gotten gain."

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Wednesday, 05 March 2014 00:00
Estate Planning Seminar
Saturday, March 8
Contemporary Book Club
Tuesday, March 11
Living In Color
Friday, March 7
The Massapequa Public library presents a workshop for painters with some prior experience using oils and acrylics. Beginners can paint using oil pastels, regular pastels or colored pencils. Mixed media also included for consideraton. Workshop may include portraits, still life, teacher's reference materials or photographs. Class size is limited, $55 due at registration. Additional $5 per person for each model sitting may be required. No refunds unless the class is canceled. Bring a table easel and your own supplies. For more information, call Jody Brower at 516-799-0770.
Environ Vision Designs Studio 5404 Gallery will celebrate its March painting show "Living in Color" on Friday, March 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. The evening will feature paintings by new local, New York and international artists including Kerstin Roolfs, Damon Tommolino, Marko Gavrilovic, Carol Radsprecher, Gary Selmonsky, Jane Dell and Stelios Stylianou. Music by Pandafan and refreshments will be served. Suggested donation $10; proceeds will go toward raising awareness and strengthening the arts in the community. The Environ Vision Designs Studio 5404 Gallery is located at 5404 Merrick Rd. in Massapequa. For additional information, call 631-748-4196.
Join attorney Anthony F. Russo, whose law practice is devoted to estate planning and elder law, as he explains, in simple terms, how proper planning an benefit families. The seminar will he held at Sergio's Italian Restaurant, 5422 Merrick Rd. in Massapequa at 10 a.m. Call for reservations at 866-984-5717 to secure a spot at this free seminar. Seating is limited.
The Long Island Roller Rebels present its home opener with a Pink vs. Black derby match March 8 at 7 p.m. at Skate Safe America, 182 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Rd. in Old Bethpage. The Roller Rebels roll into their 9th season as fresh bloods, veterans and transfers mix it up and face off in the fast-paced, action-packed, derby that fans crave. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Children under 8 enter for free. Bring an ID, as beer will be served. Bring a chair and sit rinkside. Parking is free, but arrive early to secure a spot. The venue is handicap-accessible. There is no ATM on the premise, so come prepared with cash.
The Developmental Disabilities Institute will once again be heating things up with Long Island's best rock-n-roll bands to benefit children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities at Mulcahy's Pub and Music Hall in Wantagh on Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m. For a $30 donation guests will enjoy the sounds of legendary local bands, gift baskets auction, raffles, food, cash bar and the company of hundreds of fellow Long Islanders. An all star lineup of legendary Long Island bands including 1 Step Ahead, The Cold Spring Harbor Band paying tribute to Billy Joel, 3, and Generation will be set to hit the stage. Advanced ticket sales are available by calling 631-366-2978 or online at www.rockinforautism.org.
Be a hero to kids battling cancer by volunteering to get your head shaved to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. Join the event on March 9 with St. Baldrick's Foundation at Jackie Reilly's Irish Pub, 3964 Hempstead Tpke. in Bethpage for a family friendly event including great food, drink specials, DJ, raffles, face painting and hair extensions. If you would like to sign up to get your head shaved or volunteer as a barber, visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/5766/2014.
Join the Massapequa Public Library, 40 Harbor Ln., for a discussion on Daddy's Gone Hunting, by Mary Higgins Clark from 12:30 to 4 p.m. In her latest novel, Clark exposes a dark secret from a family's past that threatens the lives of two sisters, Kate and Hannah Connelly. Step by step, in a novel of dazzling suspense and excitement, Clark once demonstrates the mastery of her craft that has made her books international bestsellers for years. She presents the reader with a perplexing mystery, a puzzling question of identity, and a fascinating cast of characters—one of whom may just be a ruthless killer. No registration required for this discussion. For more information, call Jody Brower at 516-799-0770 ext. 316.
Another event at the Massapequa Public Library, this program is suitable for investors who are thinking about retiring or who have retired already. Come in from 7 to 8:45 p.m. to discuss how smart retirement means planning ahead for financial needs. Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Laura Raad Cucuzzo at 516-797-0273.
Friday, 18 April 2014 00:00
Two hundred business students from high schools across Nassau County, including Massapequa High School, competed for scholarships and cash awards—more than $33,000 in all—from various sponsors at Nassau County's annual Comptroller's Entrepreneurial Challenge.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 00:00
The events on Sept. 11, 2001 had a profound effect on nearly all in the tri-state area, but for first responders, the effects were overwhelming. Long-time Massapequa resident Michael Smith, a member of the New York Fire Department, experienced those effects firsthand.
"While I've always been a person that could appreciate life, after 9/11 I became so distraught," he said. "I realized I need to do something I want to do — something I love to do."
A 30-year veteran of the fire department, Smith retired in 2002. He and his wife of 33 years, Teresa, began to look for a place they could enjoy life. This mindset brought them to the East End of Long Island, where they often went for day trips. They settled down in a home in Orient Point in 2004; in a home that needed quite a bit of work. And when it was time to landscape the property, a new idea took root — a vineyard.
Thursday, 10 April 2014 08:56
Massapequa athletes recently received honors from their coaches at Kellenberg Memorial High School.
Each season, the coaches of all of the Kellenberg teams choose one member of their team who stands out as an athlete that has worked hard to improve themselves in their chosen sport.
Thursday, 03 April 2014 10:19
The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team won the first game of their Spring Break trip to North Carolina with a victory over Greensboro College. In wet and muddy conditions, the Rams (8-1) held an 8-5 lead at the half and took the eventual 13-10 win.
In the first half and tied 2-2, the Pride (7-5) pulled ahead 4-2 with two unassisted goals by junior attack Nadya Fedun. Farmingdale State answered with four straight scores for a 6-4 advantage, on goals by juniors Alyssa Handel, Nicole Marzocca and Massapequan Jackie Kennedy.Sophomore attack Ashlynn Parks put Greensboro within a goal at the 7:03 mark, but the Rams scored two more to lead 8-5 at the halftime break.
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CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Members of the Tennessee Trail of Tears Association agreed Sunday they will need all of the new year to plan commemorative events for 2013, the 175th anniversary year of the Cherokee removal.
The challenge will be to plan commemorative events along Trail of Tears routes without being overlooked because of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which will be halfway through its five-year calendar of events by then, according to association members.
Many young U.S. Army officers in the Chattanooga region during the 1838 Indian removal events returned as senior commanders during the Civil War, said Shirley Lawrence, Tennessee Trail of Tears Association chapter president.
"I would like to see that whole year with events telling the story, accurately, about what happened," Lawrence said.
When the chapter meets again it will be 2012. Members said Sunday that, before then, other state chapters and interested organizations will be contacted to see how much interest there is in a series of 175th year commemorative events at appropriate sites between here and Oklahoma in 2013.
The association met Sunday at Red Hill United Methodist Church, which has a history going back to meetings during Cherokee removal times. Members also toured sites in the nearby Flint Springs area, including the last eastern farm of Cherokee Chief John Ross and the home believed to once have belonged to Judge John Martin, treasurer of the Cherokee Nation.
"I think this is one of the most unrecognized areas associated with the Trail of Tears," said local author and history promoter Debbie Moore.
Moore has started the process to have the Martin House listed on the National Trail of Tears.
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- If Pfizer is successful in acquiring U.K.-based AstraZeneca, its plan to redomicile there will save it millions in corporate taxes. The tax arbitrage scheme, called an inversion, creates a holding company in the foreign country with the lower tax rate. Britain's corporate tax rate is 21% (20% next year) which is substantially lower than the U.S.'s top rate of 35% (up to 40% when state and local taxes are included).
- About 24 U.S. companies have employed this strategy since 2008. Ireland, Canada, Switzerland and the Netherlands are also popular destinations for redomiciling.
- According to Reuters, many of the m&a deals this year have been driven, at least in part, by tax inversions.
- Predictably, investment bankers are working feverishly to generate deals in various industries that take advantage of the loophole before Congress acts to close it.
- Some lawmakers say that the best solution is to reform the U.S. business tax code.
- ETFs: SPY, QQQ, SH, DIA, SSO, SDS, PSQ, VOO, IVV, SPXU, UPRO, SPLV, TQQQ, SPXL, QID, PRF, SPXS, RSP, SQQQ, DOG, QLD, DXD, RWL, EPS, UDOW, SDOW, USMV, DDM, VV, SCHX, IWB, OEF, SPHB, NY, MGC, BXUB, QQEW, QQQE, VONE, FEX, JKD, XLG, TRND, SFLA, EQL, QQXT, SPLX, BXUC, ROLA, BXDB, EEH, TNDQ, SPXH, ONEK, IWL, TRSK, PXLC, EWRI, ERW, FWDD, LGLV, FMK, ALTL, SYE
Tue, Apr. 29, 8:05 AM
- If Pfizer (PFE) is successful in its plan to acquire AstraZeneca (AZN) and redomicile in the U.K., it will join a growing list of other U.S. firms who have executed similar transactions in order to lower their tax bills.
- Members of Congress say that the moves are symptomatic of the need to revamp the U.S. tax code.
- The U.K. corporate tax rate is 21% compared to the top U.S. rate of 35%. American firms must also pay taxes when they repatriate foreign profits after receiving credits for foreign taxes. This is why the ex-U.S. corporate cash horde is so large.
- Pfizer's 2013 tax rate was 27%.
- ETFs: SPY, QQQ, SH, DIA, SSO, SDS, PSQ, VOO, IVV, SPXU, UPRO, SPLV, TQQQ, SPXL, QID, PRF, SPXS, RSP, SQQQ, DOG, QLD, DXD, RWL, EPS, UDOW, SDOW, USMV, DDM, VV, SCHX, IWB, OEF, SPHB, NY, MGC, BXUB, QQEW, QQQE, VONE, FEX, JKD, XLG, TRND, SFLA, EQL, QQXT, BXUC, SPLX, ROLA, BXDB, EEH, TNDQ, SPXH, ONEK, IWL, TRSK, PXLC, EWRI, ERW, FWDD, LGLV, FMK, ALTL, SYE
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A type of loan investors give to a company in exchange for convertible debt, which, like convertible bonds, typically has provisions that allow investors to convert the bonds into stock at below-market prices. This can cause the original shareholders to lose control of the company.
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This type of loan is undertaken by companies that desperately need cash. It is called a death spiral because companies' stocks often plunge drastically after they take on these types of loans. It is important to note that death spirals often allow buyers to convert the bonds into shares at a fixed conversion ratio in which the buyer has a large premium.
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However, upon a conversion, more shares are created, which dilutes the share price. This drop in price may cause more bond holders to convert, because the lower share price means that they will be receiving more shares. Any further conversions will cause more price drops as the supply of shares increases, causing the process to repeat itself as the stock's price spirals downward.
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The best I.T marketing campaign for years?
No Monkey Spanking! Yes! Surely the best IT marketing campaign for years?
MS patch system poses 'significant risk', say researchers
Just get better at patching?
Surely thats the answer?
If it is taking a month to roll out patches then the window of exploit is HUGE!
A month you say? Well that is the amount of time that Microsoft allow for patching within their own network (according to the SMS training guide)
If you use old dated patching systems like SMS, Altiris, LanDESK, Radia or even Lumension.. Good luck...
As for the person who mentioned that it is the distribution of such attacks that would be the problem... get with the program. Nowadays its all about the targetted attack. The attacker knows who he wants to go for and will have everything up and running very quickly indeed.
Patch, and patch quickly.
I reccomend BigFix together with Skybox or Red Seal networks. Find where you need the patches FAST, then identify what you can do obfuscate the risk, then patch where you need to.
(and no, I dont work any of them - unfortunately)
Standalone security industry dying, says guru
So what stand was Schneier on?
Oh, it was the BT stand right? The one where they are trying to sell HUGE amounts of managed services to corporates? The company that purchased Counter Pane, the company which Brucey used to sell HUGE amounts of managed services to corporates... and we are SUPRISED that he says that people should buy these services from ISPs and Telcos?
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PARIS because in this case, she probably has much more of a clue...


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Isn't it interesting to site back and watch the old become new again?
While speaking with marketers after my session on Personas at Conversion Conference, it seemed to me a trend was (re)gaining traction. Over the past few months, the digital community at large has taken up the Personas mantle, and there have been many great articles written to help Marketers. As we wrote in Waiting for Your Cat To Bark, understanding your customers and enabling them to get what they came for is of utmost importance. This rings true in every interaction they have with your company, product or team. Personas remain one of the best tools out there to help Marketers transform what they know (or think they know, at times) about the customer base from the abstract, to the concrete.
A foundational element of the Persuasion Architecture Personas we've helped clients create for years is the use of Personality Type to help build followers. To this end, the singular question we routinely get asked more than any other by Marketers seeking to learn how to increase the performance of their marketing with the use of Personas is…
The answer: it's irrelevant.
Contrary to what you may assume, Persuasion Architecture Personas are not about identifying the "type" of each individual who visits your website so you can control exactly what you show them (ie – the goal is not to enable dynamically loaded content). Personas are about focusing your attention on the proper planning of scenarios or click-by-click pathways specifically designed for each persona. Doing so removes the need to identify a visitor's type in advance and assures you that the website is showing all personas the information they need to move forward. As long as your site has persona-driven content, self-selection handles the rest. Persona driven content is content that is "just right" for each type of visitor or visitors "behaving in a specific mode."
For those new to PA Personas, a brief summary:
Personas don't represent groups of people as much as they represent groups of behaviors. I know this is hard to digest, but it actually makes things easier. If you let go of the false assumption that each of us has a type, and fits into one of these groups, things start to make a lot more sense. That's because even though each of us has a preferred way of acting, and a preferred information focus, certain situations can make us act differently. This is one reason we here at FutureNow prefer to think of the personas as describing a mode of behavior rather than describing a particular kind of person.
Grok the concept that Persona cohorts are best developed by utilizing the characteristics of a specific "buying mode" rather than the Personality Type of the visitor you will your head will start swimming with a sea of facts you know about your customers. The key to successful Persona creation is in organizing the facts you know, so they can be validated through the persuasive content you plan based on these facts. Enter…
The Persona Canvas is a tool we use that maps the questions you hear from your customers, their motivations, and the topology of your personas within the context of four "decision mode" quadrants.
Here are some of the things you'll want to think about as you take a stab at doing a Persona Canvas for your business:
1) Products, brands and companies frequently have a "type" or "mode" associated with them too, and that can be part of what causes a person's preferred mode to skew toward another mode of behavior and decision-making when purchasing a particular item. Technical products with lots of details, like computer hardware, for example, tend to fall into the Methodical quadrant. This can cause even the spontaneous types to act more methodically when purchasing them. But that's not to say you won't have competitive or emotional buyers purchasing computer hardware.
2) The circumstances in which a person is making a purchase can also influence their mode. Think of someone who makes those kinds of purchases for their department at work. They purchased a secondary hard drive for a colleague's computer last month, and now another colleague has come to them with a similar request. They know just what they want, and where to go to get it. They are unlikely to need all the facts and details this time, because they already did that the last time they made a purchase. This situation is very different from the man looking for more storage for his home computer because he and his wife are about to have their first baby, and want to make sure they have enough storage for all the videos they plan to take in the next year or two.
3) Believe it or not, we may even shift modes several times while attempting to complete one purchase. Our stage in the buying process can influence our mode too. We may be much more methodical at earlier stages of the buying process, collecting lots of details, and comparing the stats for one product to those for another. By the time we've narrowed down our options, it's possible we've reverted to our naturally preferred mode of decision-making; we just want to read some testimonials to see what other people thought of the products, before we make our final decision.
The variety of reasons why people might have need of your product or service, the image your company presents, the nature of your product, and other factors that can skew persona behavior all will be evidenced in your Canvas. That's where you'll be able to see how those factors play out in your personas.
A very good article!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!!
I think 'The Persona Canvas' is a very powerful tool for every commercial seeking to enhance his customers list.
very insightful. will share with my sales team. thanks for sharing.
Comprehensive article! I understand very well what you're trying to point out. "Persona Canvas" the best! =)
Thanks for writing this post about Personal Canvas, looks like a great tool to understand better the mentality of customers.
Thank you for sharing your insight, very helpful in sales, I can use all the help out there!
precisely written and what I loved the most was the decision making tip…
great tool for knowing customers mentality
Persona driven content is absolutely the way to reach more visitors instead of just focusing on specific "types". Self selection will be leading and based on that "self-selection" you get a clearer view of your visitors persona.
Interesting post, I hadn't come across these ideas before.
This article helps me to understand the customers. Thanks for sharing a very nice article of personal canvas.
"As long as your site has persona-driven content, self-selection handles the rest. " i like this part… thanks for this idea…
Lovely written article with some great insights.
I do wonder, however, whether having site features that cater to all four types might make the site crowded. Perhaps there are certain features that work for all types and those are the most valuable to include.
thanks you for your sharing, very useful for references
What a fabulous article and a truly powerful personas canvas. Excuse me for being oblivious but I have never seen anything of that sort before. I always wondered how people behave when they make certain decisions. Thanks ever so much for the post and for sharing the canvas with us!
Great article… personas play a huge role in marketing, and this is going to come in handy for me. Thank you.
Interesting thing you said, that 'products, brands and companies frequently have a "type" or "mode" associated with them'. And I think this may be a great niche opportunity. For example Apple computers may be hardware for all these non-methodical people.
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It seems much easier to implement personas on an informational site, than say a product driven ecommerce site.
Other than running specific PPC landing pages, you'd have to create an interactive "wizard" to guide a shopper to the best product based on their persona….
Some may find this frustrating. Your thoughts?
I've always thought these personality tests are a little narrow. My outcome usually depends on the state of mind im in when taking the test. I act much differently at work, social events, friends I know or just acquaintances. So my outcome depends on the environment im in at the time of taking it.
The persona canvas is quite an interesting concept, taking marketing to a new level!
I totally agree. Persona is a great marketing tool to help in categorizing the consumers of the market. Great Article and well written!
I understand your points & respect your views, but I respectfully submit that we do far too much categorizing, pigeonholing, & stereotyping. While the Persona Canvas may be interesting & even useful to some, I feel that it's just another tool to separate & exclude, rather than bring together & include. Please consider this alternative perspective … thanks.
Thank you so much for the comment! This is exactly the point we are trying to make with the post. Anyone can be any 'type.' It depends on their mood, their surroundings and what they are shopping for. That is no reason why all those perspectives should not be catered to. Since you do not know what situation people are in when they come to your site, or what 'type' they are, you should be optimizing your landing pages for all of them.
It does not take wizardry to use personas. What if you only sell one product? No products should be considered persona specific. The usefulness of personas lies in the fact that you can make your site designed with landing pages that can help people find the information they need to make the next step towards a purchase. You can imagine it would take different language and advertising to convert someone shopping for sunglasses to impress babes, vs one who needs the best protection from the sun on the market for their snowboarding adventures. One would be looking for proof that babes love guys in those sunglasses, lets say a photo of a party on the beach, the other might be looking for specs and quality ratings. The more 'types' of people you can speak to on your landing page, the more you will be able to move along the buying process.
@Mariel – thanks for your reply. In your example of selling only one product, what you're saying is ONE landing page would have different sections addressing each persona?
The persona canvas is really an interesting concept to take marketing level higher.
I recently took a Adapted Myers-Briggs test and I guess I'm the ESTJ type, a leader. I can say taking personality tests are very interesting and makes you really think about yourself.
Very nice article. Forwarded to my team mates.
@ Jeff. Exactly, you've got it. You can create different landing pages for different PPC ads, referral sites, keywords, etc, that will help you maintain scent, but each different landing page should speak to ALL your personas.
Check out Mango Languages homepage for an example of a homepage/landing page that speaks to the needs of the 4 persona types.
The tool is impressive. This is very helpful for business analysis and generating progress reports. Good to know that there are tools that can allow us to determine a the consumer's perspective.
The persona canvas is a very enlightening concept. I can definitely apply this to my dealership.
@Mariel –
Thanks, this makes more sense to me. I have a tendency to overcomplicate things.
I can see just using one page and sectioning it off for different personas with content blocks.
In the Mango example. Are you referring to the 3 blogs on the left, starting with "Effective learning for practical conversation" , which are really features…
or the Personal, Govermnet, Libraries (Personas) on the top which actually go to different landing pages?
a really good post. very helpful to those who wants to venture in the marketing business. has new insights to customers and their personas
Good article and this "persona canvas" is a pretty good tool, however i don't understand the hard drives example. I think people analyze their need for hard disk space before buying one not just pick up one from the shop.
Very great article. There are some inspiring messages that are shared here, in particular the idea that we have different personalities and how it realates to other aspects of life never seems to end fascinating me. I see this can also be a great tool for personal growth for people that are ready.
Very important to consider but frequently overlooked part of sales! Thanks for the great post.
Very informative post and has great insights on the different personas of consumers.
I think 'The Persona Canvas' is a wonderful tool. Thanks for the ideas from this article
I am starting to understand better the idea of making sure my site has content for different personas.
I know I am looking at things in a very rudimentary way, but I have entertainment for those who want to be entertained, I have information for those who are seeking places to eat, recipes and a place to order food. I even have news for those who just want information that needs no action after viewing it.
I'll continue to tweak my website and see how the idea of allowing different personals to self-select content works for me.
Thanks for sharing your insights. Great ideas which I can share with my colleagues too.
"focusing your attention on the proper planning of scenarios" I am struck with this words. Thanks a lot for it is a big help for my sites.. Great Article!!
Thanks for having this blog about Personal Canvas, looks like a great tool to understand better the mentality of customers.
Thank you Howard. Very detailed stuff. I am going to have to read "Waiting For Your Cat to Bark". I love the title.
Yikes, reading this transported me back to the 90′s when I was working for a large city and we were surveying our "customers" aka residents. You're right, what was old is new again but I'm so glad I no longer live in that world. My stomach is in knots just looking at it
I run a travel magazine and I often look at the personalities in deciding what to publish for my readers… However, I've never thought to look at it as in depth as this. Nice write up!
Great persuasion and conversion tool! Many thanks for your share.
Idea is the main thing and idea can become a product so IDEA is the base.
Persona Canvas its a unique idea that provides a better solution.
THanks a lot for having this blog, Personal Canvas. Its really great article you have there.
Persona canvas you describe is really a good tool which helps in increasing your consumer list and also play a important role in marketing.
Persona Canvas seems like something very cool to consider for my new business for more efficiently marketing to the various "personas" of consumers. Great article.
Interesting post about PA. Personally I find it most gratifying (and easiest) to work with people who make decisions quickly based on logic/facts. Now send me a slow decision maker who bases their decisions on emotion and we have a problem!
A great read, Howard. I was looking exactly for this kind of info on persona/avatar and it really helped me.
Fab article, I will be sure to recommend this to my sales team- it is so important in the marketing world that people know how to interpret the 'personas' of customers. Thanks!
Great post here. Some interesting ideas I have not really considered before on personas.
this PA personas stuff is all new to me, didnt know what impact it really had, that was quite informative, thanks
I recently read an interesting article in the Atlantic that discussed how a person's bias prevents them from judging own characteristics without 3rd party input. There you have it folks, start welcoming constructive criticism if you truly care to figure out who you are as a person.
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