HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-10-16, Page 27Page 10A —Crossroads—Oct. 16, 1985
By James G. McCollam
Q. This vase is 10 inches
tall, taxi_ with brown and red
trim. It is signed "LeGras"
on the side. On the bottom It
is marked "France".
Pease tell me whatever
you can about this.
A. Auguste LeGras
founded a company in St.
Denis, France, m 1864, which
produced cameo and enamel
decorated glass that was
very popular and has
become quite valuable'
Your vase was made be-
tween 1900 and 1920. It, should
be worth from $325 to $375.
Q. When 1 contacted a
china replacement service
about buying individual
pieces of Haviland china, I
was shocked at the prices.
If a cup and saucer is
worth $65, my 80 -piece ser-
vice for 12 should be worth
about 85,000 (after spending
over $1,000 to fill in the mis-
sing pieces).
Frankly, I could use a little
advice on the subject.
A. First you have to under-
stand what a china
replacement service does.
They carry an inventory of
antique and collectible china
1
Fr ance
LE GRAS PRODUCT
••• Worth $325-$375
in which they have a huge in-
vestment. When you spend
$65 for a cup and saucer, it is
$50 for service and $15 for
china.
If you spent $1,000 to com-
plete your set of Haviland,
you would have invested
more than your set is worth.
If you would get your
money's worth in satisfac-
tion — OK.
Q. I have recently ac-'
quired a few souvenir spoons
and think it might be in-
teresting as a hobby to col-
lect more.
Please state your opinion
and some typical prices.
A. This is a worthwhile
hobby, particularly if you
concentrate on , sterling
spoons with no enamel trim.
Silverplate wears off and
enamel chips.
You might select one
category — cities; here are
some typical prices all
sterling silver:
Montreal, maple leaves on
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handle, $25; St. Louis, 1904,
buffalo handle, $45, Albany,
N.Y., state seal on handle,
$30; Boston, 0 d North
Church, $30; H rrisburg,
Pa., floral handle, $40; New
Orleans, city seal, $25;
Portland, Maine, Longfellow
hangle, $60; Casper, Wyo.,
Indian on handle, $60;
Sonora, Calif., pick and
shovel, $25.
You will find that prices
usually will depend on how
much the buyer is milling to
pay. This is one field of col-
lectibles where prices are
really negotiable.
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Send your questions about
antiques with picture(s), a
detailed description, self ad-
dressed envelope and $2 per
item to James G. McCollan,
P.O. Box 720, Clifton Park,
N.Y. 12065. All questions will
be answered but published
pictures cannot be returned.
(McCollam is a member of
the Antique Appraisers As-
sociation of America.
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By Gene Gary
Q. We are converting our
present garage into a family
room. What would you
recommend for a floor
covering ' that is not too ex-
pensive and is easy to install
and to maintain?—Mrs. R.
H.
A. Assuming the garage
floor is concrete and either
on or below ground.aevel, the
choice is limited to coverings
that resist the effects of
moisture and alkali that
might seep through. That'
means asphalt tile, vinyl as-
bestos, certalilJ sheet vinyls
with special backing, solid
vinyl or rubber tile.
These suggestions are list-
ed in . order of increasing
cost. Each is comparatively
easy to install. In deciding,
however, keep in mind that
asphalt and, to a lesser de-
gree vinyl asbestos, may
crack and are less resilient.
Also you will need to have
the concrete filled or ground
smooth unless the . present
surface is quite smooth.
Flooring dealers can ad-
vise about the most satis-
factory material for your
pat-ticular needs and the best..
way to make the installation.
Another very good choice
available now is indoor -out-
door carpeting, which varies
in cost depending on the
, grade.
you have any sug-
gestions on how to make a
bathroom window on the
first floor opaque? We want
the light it gives but also
want privacy.—A. R. -
A. A paint for "frosting"
glass surfaces is available in
aerosol form at many paint,
hardware and houseware
dealers. This can be sprayed
over . thee_ panes- .. .
Another method is to cover
the window panes with
sheets of white tissue paper
cut to fit, and apply spar
varnish, thinned with one -
a
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by Erma R's'mb''='ck
Did you ever see husbands
in a supermarket? They
stand around on one leg like
a napping whooping crane.
'Especially in grocery
stores. You can always tell
the men who have been
dragged to the supermarket.
They look like hostages as
they shuffle along without
expression, giving mechani-
cal answers and gazing long-
ingly toward the parking lot.
Occasionally, they shake
• their watch and put it to their
ear to make sure it's still
running.
The only thing worse than
going shopping with a man
who hates it is the one who
wants to help. There's some-
thing intimidating about
having them tag along. For
one thing, they don't really
understand the ritual off the
shopping experience.
What is meant to be a
spontaneous, impulsive, un-
structured madcap celebra-
tion is turned into an
academic exercise in
marketing. When I used to go
shopping with my` husband,
I'd be halfway down the
second aisle before I'd notice
he Was fixing the wheel of the
shopping cart.
No one fixes a wheel on the
shopping cart. It's the wr
they come out of the factor
That's the challenge of it.
Next, if he saw a pyramid
of cans ready to topple,. he'd
rebuild it, facing all the lab-
els in one direction. But the
worst part was that he read
labels. Sometimes you can
know more about a product
than you can handle. • If
someone is using pig lips, I
don't have to know about it.
Usually, he had a pocket
calculator where , he would
figure out I could save .01 per
ounce by buying the family
size box of Zits Crispies
rather than the variety pak'
where one box would be used
for irregularities anyway.
He once spent the greater
part of the morningin search
of a cake of yeast that had
five more days on the expir-
ation date than the one I had;.
chosen.
In between his comparison
shopping, he would arrange
the cart, putting all'the tax-
ables in one corner, the dairy
products in another, and sur-
rounding the eggs' by a wall
of toilet tissue.
Some men are great at
grocery shopping. , Most are
not. They're too practical.
Too conservative. Give a
man a list and tell him, "If
you see anything interesting,
buy it," and if he saw Julia
Child in the centl^e aisle hust-
ling no -cal croissants, he'd
say, "I wasn't sure if you
wanted them or not."
They've done a lot of
studies on men in supermar-
kets. Men rarely shop in ten-
nis clothes, or stand around
and gossip, or spend more
money than they have. They
never squeeze anything in
produce, buy trees, under-
wear or record cassettes.
They tend to pick a store
d
where they can find a park-
ing place. Rarely do they
stand around for an hour or
so reading greeting cards.
"Until men understand the
concept of supermarkets, I
don't think they'll ever enjoy
shopping. If spending $16 a
minute isn't„ fun . . . then I
don't know what entertain-
ment is!
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.Before applying ari-y of
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