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Pickers Pedals Passions& Blunders is an eclecticmix of unique items, pas-sions, events and bar-gains and the people wholove them. Our mission isto provide more exposureon a monthly basis for an-tique and collectibledealers in order to connectto consumers who want tofind those dealers. There’salways this unquench-able thirst to add to one’scollection and to find thatever elusive item, whetherit be a piece of period fur-niture, a doll, a tea pot,or a vintage piece of farmequipment. We just wantto connect folks so that ev-eryone can buy and sellthe things that we all love.

The Story of the Multi Million Dollar Chinese Vase

an internetpublication

serving dealersand consumers

Nov. 18, 2010

Imagine our dismay at thisnews story breaking this pastweek just after last week’sedition of our publication talkingabout art as an investment.

First, we offer congratulationsto the British family who found atreasure amongst a relative’sbelongings being passed down.This is truly a Cinderella story.

We’ve reprinted and cited twomajor media source reportingson this story (see followingpages) but wanted to focuson the fact that theunderlying market trendwith anything Asian andOriental is that there is ahuge movement torepatriate their historyand heritage byacquiring back theirantiquities.

It goes withoutsaying that themoment mankindappeared on Earth,there has been arunning documentaryof wars and conflictsbetween tribes ofpeople. During the courseof conflicts, the plundersand rewards of their conquestsincluded art, jewelry, anythingthat increased the conqueror’swealth base. To the victors go thespoils, as they say.

Newstories on Chinese Vasecontinued next pg

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The probable story on this 16inch vase is that it was caught upin history and ended up like aneedle in a haystack. It is notuncommon for people with suchpieces in their possession do notknow of the true value of the itemconsidering the history behind it.

For those readers who followthe world economy, it comes asno surprise that a Chinese buyeris the proud owner of this vase.This speaks to the fact that the

economy is hot in Chinaand that there is a large

segment of thatpopulation who have theability to spend beyond theactual value of an item in

order to own it.This is what all ofus sellers andbuyers call the‘ e m o t i o n a l ’factor. It isuniversal for all of

us collectors ofwhatever. And that’s

what makes auctionsfun a lot of times,

watching two or morebidders give in to their

‘emotional attachment.’Since I am personally a lover

and go weak inthe knees when itcomes to anything Asian andOriental, I am planning on doinga wonderful series on the

upcoming Chinese New Yearwhich starts February 3rd and willbe the Year of the Rabbit. We’llbe featuring more Asian andOriental antiques, collectibles,furniture, reproductions, etc.

Who knows, maybe there willbe one of our readers whodiscover they have the nextantique that is their pot of gold atthe end of the rainbow?

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Relatives find vase,sell it for $83 million

$68 Million Chinese Vasecontinued pg 4

by JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press

LONDON -- A Chinese vasethat sat, little-noticed, in a sub-urban London home has becomeone of the most expensive art-works ever sold, evidence thatChina's sizzling art market showsno signs of cooling down.

The 18th-century porcelainvase, sold by a family clearing outa deceased relative's house, wentto a Chinese buyer for $83 mil-lion - more than 40 times the pre-sale estimate and a record for aChinese work of art.

For Peter Bainbridge, a smallindependent auctioneer who spe-cializes in house clearance sales,Thursday's result was an ex-tremely pleasant shock.

"How do you anticipate theChinese market?" he said Friday."It's totally on fire."

Bainbridge, whose 8.6 mil-lion-pound buyer's premium isincluded in the sale price, saidthe outcome was "a fairy tale" forthe family who owned the vase.

He said the sellers, who wishto remain anonymous, are the sis-ter and nephew of a deceased eld-erly woman clearing out her "verymodest home" in the London sub-urb of Pinner.

The vase had been in the fam-ily at least since the 1930s,though they don't know how itwas acquired. Many Chinese ar-tifacts surfaced in Britain in the19th century, having been looted

from Beijing's Summer Palacewhen it was sacked by British andFrench troops at the end of theSecond Opium War in 1860.

The vase was spotted by theauction house's specialist valuerand given an estimate of up to $2million.

But on Thursday Bainbridge'ssale room was "full to bursting,"and there was excitement in theair.

"There was a silence thatwrapped itself around the sale asthe figure grew slowly but surelyup to the sky," Bainbridge said.

The vase was bought by a Chi-nese bidder on behalf of an un-disclosed buyer.

Read more:http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/13/799286/relatives-find-vase-sell-it-for.html#ixzz15GVfe7SN

By JOHN F. BURNSPublished Nov. 12, 2010

LONDON — As treasure-in-the-attic stories go, the 18th-century Chinese vase sold at asuburban auction house in outerLondon on Thursday night will behard to beat.

The delicate, decorative 16-inch vase started at a not-incon-sequential $800,000, but after ahalf-hour of unexpectedly spir-ited bidding, the gavel fell at$69.5 million. It was the highestprice ever paid at auction for aChinese antiquity.

Adding in the 20 percentbuyer’s premium levied by theauction house and Britain’svalue-added tax, the total came to

$85.9 million. Auction insiderssaid the buyer was from mainlandChina and bid by telephone.

Of the sellers, the auctionhouse, Bainbridge’s, said onlythat they were a brother and sis-ter who had found the vase “in adusty attic” when they wereclearing out the family home inwest London, near Heathrow Air-port, after their parents died. Theother Chinese knickknacks theyfound sold for as little as $65.

“They had no idea what theyhad,” said Helen Porter, aspokeswoman for Bainbridge’s.“They were hopeful, but theydidn’t dare believe until the ham-mer went down. When it did, thesister had to go out of the roomand have a breath of fresh air.”

The vase dated from the periodof the emperor Qianlong, whoreigned from 1735 to 1796, atthe height of the Qing dynasty. Hevastly expanded China’s westernterritories and left a legacy as agreat patron of Chinese arts, in-cluding ceramics. Experts whohave examined the vase, whichbore an imperial seal, have saidit was likely to have been madefor one of the imperial palaces.

Ovoid in shape and predomi-nantly pastel yellow and sky-bluein color, the vase has a narrowneck, four enameled circularmotifs known as cartouches thatshow colorful fish and flowers,and elaborate perforations in the

Qing Dynasty Relic Yields Record Price at Auction

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Tips on CleaningSterlingSilverware

Yes, you can wash sterlingsilver flatware in the dishwasher.It’s not the best method, and overmany years your silver won’t lookas good. The experts will tell youthat you should never wash it inthe dishwasher, and compare thatto taking your Bentleyconvertible through the gasstation car wash. But then again,I only have to wash the Bentleyon Saturdays, and I’d have to washsterling silver every day.

First stepsWash your sterling silverware

immediately after each use. Thishelps to avoid staining andtarnishing that some foodsaccelerate. You can either hand-wash your silverware(recommended), or use thedishwasher. You can use thedishwasher even for goldaccented patterns.

Hand-washing sterlingUse a mild dishwashing liquid,

and dry your silverwarecompletely with a soft cloth-likeflannel. Always wash yoursterling and stainless separately,and only store silverware after ithas cooled.

Dishwasher tipsBefore you use the

dishwasher, wash yoursilverware by hand the first fouror five times of use. This willprevent the miniscule amount ofcopper from forming brownspots on your sterling. Rinse all

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$68 Million Chinese Vasecontinuedouter vase that give onto asmaller vase inside. It was be-lieved to have been fired in theimperial potteries in Jingdezhen,in Jiangxi Province, west of mod-ern-day Shanghai, which func-tioned for 1,000 years as the por-celain capital of China.

Ms. Porter said the sellers hadno knowledge of how the vasecame to be in their parents’ pos-session, although they believed ithad been in the family since the1930s. One theory, according toIvan Macquisten, the editor ofAntiques Trade Gazette, a Britishmagazine, was that it could havebeen among the treasures lootedby British troops when theysacked the imperial palaces inBeijing during the second OpiumWar, from 1856 to 1860.

It was one of Mr. Macquisten’sreporters who found out whatlittle was known about the buyer.

With China’s wealth rapidlyrising, mainland Chinese buyershave been a major force in push-ing up the prices of Chinese an-tiquities, reversing, at least in

small measure, the flow of Chi-nese artworks to the West dur-ing the centuries before the Com-munist revolution in 1949 — andthe loss of imperial treasureswhen the Chinese nationalistsfled the Communist victory forTaiwan, taking huge quantities ofantiquities with them.

The vase’s price exceeded therecord for Chinese antiquities setjust last month in Hong Kong,when another Qianlong vase soldfor $34.2 million.

For Bainbridge’s, the saleprice of the vase represented ahuge leap, putting the auctionhouse, at least momentarily, in aleague with the blue-ribbon arthouses like Sotheby’s andChristie’s, where sales runninginto the tens of millions of dol-lars have become almost routinein recent decades. Bainbridge’sbiggest sale before Thursday was$160,000 for a Ming enamelpiece it sold two years ago.

The sale was held in the Lon-don suburb of Ruislip, neighbor-ing Pinner, where the vase wasfound. Pinner is best known inmodern times as the place where

the singers Elton John and SimonLe Bon went to school.

As the auction house was try-ing to establish a selling price,Ms. Porter said, the vase had beentaken for viewing at the Arts Clubin London, where it was depos-ited for some time on a “metaltable next to the kitchen.”

The auction house itself beganto realize its rarity only when aconsultant on Chinese ceramics,Luan Grocholski, was called in toevaluate it. “Luan took a long,hard look at it and could hardlybelieve his eyes,” Ms. Portersaid.

Still, Bainbridge’s had set itspresale estimate between $1.3million and $2 million.

“We are absolutely stunned,”Ms. Porter said after the auction.“This must be one of the mostimportant Chinese vases to beoffered for sale this century.How it reached Ruislip is some-thing we will never know, and thatit is in such fine condition isamazing.

“We’re just a very typical lo-cal auction house, so as you canimagine it was something of asurprise.”

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excess food off of the silverware,and do not let sterling andstainless pieces touch. Avoidlemon-scented detergents, thosecontaining chlorides, and useslightly less than recommended.Remove the silverware beforebefore the dry cycle, and hand-dry with the soft cloth.

Polishing your silverwareOccasionally, you’ll have to

polish your sterling silver. Howoccasionally? It depends on a fewfactors. For example, if you useit every day, you might only haveto polish it once every three

years, and it’s not a lot of work.If you store it in a tarnish-resistant flatware chest, youprobably won’t have to polish itmore than once every two years.My chest keeps out the tarnish sowell, I’ve only had to polish itonce in the last seven years.

* Use a very soft cloth, suchas flannel, to polish yoursilverware.

* We recommend using a non-abrasive foaming paste cleaner,or Hagerty’s Spray Polish. Avoidall-purpose metal cleaners, anddip cleaners.

* Avoid excess rubbing, and besure to rub lengthwise, never in acircular motion or crosswise.

* Try to keep polish away fromgold accents, if you have thoseaccents on your items.

Like most precious metals,silver will scratch and chafe as itis used. This is normal, and addsto the silver’s character. Thescratches will eventually givesilver its patina, the soft, richglow that is prized in old silver.

Polishes can vary widely interms of abrasiveness, and

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someday I’ll have a review uphere for you. For now, make surethat you use a true silver polish,and don’t ever use a general metalpolish. The one polish to avoid iscalled “silver dip”, and it willstrip off all tarnish including thetarnish that the factory put onthere to make the design showbetter. I’ve known someone whoput their Grande Baroquesilverware in the silver dip, and itstripped off all of the tarnish inthe grooves, making the patternlook absolutely terrible. Save thesilver dip for the punch bowl youleft out in the garage for a fewyears (I’ve done that too), andlook for a silver polish thatclaims to be mild.

Storing your SilverwareIf you use your silverware

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Never, never, never wrap yoursilverware in any type of plastic,rubber bands, or newspaper.These items contain highamounts of sulfur which willaccelerate tarnishing.

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Tarnish is caused by certainfoods that contain sulfides, suchas:  Eggs, fruit juices, tomatoes,vinegar, ketchup, salt, salty foods(such as butter), mustard, saladdressings, and tomato sauces. Ifthese foods remain on your

silverware for a length of time,they will cause your silver totarnish. Salt should be rinsed offimmediately to avoid spotting.

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Pickers Pedals Passions & Blunders Classified ItemsPhotogravure Print by E.Renouf, c1881, price $350, Booth185 at Granddaddy’s Antiques,

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Bye, bye

- Rascal Flatts lyrics from ‘Mayberry’

Mitzi and Louis Cox sitting on the front porch oftheir own personal recreation of Cox GeneralStore. Their faithful dog Cheyenne was also thereto see us off as we headed back home after a greatvisit seeing what Mayberry must have really beenlike in many small towns across America.

One of my favoritecountry songs is Mayberryby Rascal Flatts. Havinglived in big cities and insmall towns, there are somany things that aredifferent.

I grew up in medium sizedcities in the Southeastern USbut noticed at a young agehow I longed to be out in thecountry. Later as an adult andafter getting married, I waslucky enough to find a smalltract of nearly 8 acres out inthe country.

And much to my good fortune,my land was just a couple ofmiles from a very small ruraltown. In this town, there was afamily owned and operated drygoods store. If I needed coffee,milk, fresh produce I could getthese items without having todrive to the larger town half anhour away.

If I needed sheet metal screwsor a 90 degree PVC elbow torepair my plumbing, I could go tothe dry goods store. I used tothink it was odd that I could go toa few hardware stores in thelarger town looking for someobscure item I needed tocomplete my fencing project butcould not find what I needed. ButI could find it on a dust coveredrack at the dry goods store justup the street from me. I wonderedout loud ‘who in the heck hasantiquated hardware’ at an oldcountry store.

One lady born and raised in thissmall town working the registertold me that the people who asksuch a thing are ‘people whoknow the price of everything andthe value of nothing.’

Renee

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June Barbour is anative of Texas,who became ajournalist andspeech writer formany noted localand nationalpoliticians. An exof f icer of the

Daughters of American Revolution,June is a lover of antiques andcollectibles. She was the editor forNC Senior Citizens Association’sVOICE newspaper and continues tobe a strong advocate for seniors inNorth Carolina. And she’s anexcellent cook who is the epitomyof Southern Hospitality (thanks forfeeding us, ma’m!).

For a wide variety of kitchen items, whether for your own Holiday entertaining or for gift ideas, besure to visit Granddaddy’s Antiques in Burlington, NC or go online to their website. Pictured here

are many vintage and antique kitchen utensils and tools from one of the mall’s manydealer booths.

Fisherman’s PieThis serves from 4 - 6 people easily. Whatever white fish

is available on the market will do, whether it’s cod, haddock orwhiting.

Ingredientsn 1-1/2 lb whitefishn 1 pt milkn 4 oz buttern 2 oz plain flourn 4 oz peeled shrimpn 2 hardboiled eggs, choppedn 1 tbsp capers, drainedn 3 tbsp parsley, choppedn 3 tbsp lemon juicen salt and freshly milled black

pepper to taste

Toppingsn 2 lbs boiled potatoesn 2 oz buttern 4 tbsp milkn nutmeg, to tasten 1 oz strong cheddar cheese,

grated

DirectionsSet oven for 400 F. Layfish in the pan, seasonwell, pour 1/2 of themilk and dot with butter.Bake 15-20 mins. Pouroff liquid, remove skinfrom fish and flake offthe fish. Make saucewith remaining butter,

flour and gradually ad fish cooking liquid and remaining milkand seasonings. Add fish, shrimp, eggs, capers parsley - stir inlemon juice and pour all into buttered 2-1/2 pt baking dish.Cream the potatoes, add salt/pepper, nutmeg. Spread the mix-ture, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake 30-40 mins. ‘tilbrown.

"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set inthe hearts of honest men; but be carefulthat you do not take the day, and leaveout the gratitude."

-E.P. Powell

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Mailing address...PO Box 578Rolesville, NC 27571

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Renee Warren is theEditor of PickersPedals Passions &Blunders. She grewup around antiquesand collectibleswhile living in bothNC & SC but justwishes she had paid more attention toher grandmothers about their love of an-tiques and collectibles. Her favorite cat-egory is anything Asian or Oriental.

A Lil’ Thanksgiving HumorA Mom's Prank Backfires

One year at Thanksgiving, mymom went to my sister's housefor the traditional feast.

Knowing how gullible my sis-ter is, my mom decided to play atrick. She told my sister that sheneeded something from thestore.

When my sister left, my momtook the turkey out of the oven,removed the stuffing, stuffed aCornish hen, and inserted it intothe turkey, and re-stuffed the tur-key. She then placed the bird(s)back in the oven.

When it was time for dinner,my sister pulled the turkey out

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

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of the oven and proceeded to re-move the stuffing. When her serv-ing spoon hit something, shereached in and pulled out thelittle bird.

With a look of total shock onher face, my mother exclaimed,"Patricia, you've cooked a preg-nant bird!" At the reality of thishorrifying news, my sister startedto cry.

It took the family two hours toconvince her that turkeys layeggs!

True story found on theinternet

Letter from theEditor...

Ah, the Thanksgiving Holidayis almost here and many of us willbe gathering with our family,friends and loved ones to cel-ebrate many blessings in ourlives. Food is the common threadwhich inspires feelings of sheerterror to sheer bliss, and every-thing in between.

For those who know me, it isa fact that I missed out on the in-famous Southern cooking geneand am more prone to sufferingsome minor catastrophy in thekitchen.

Thankfully, I’m not cookingthis year!