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February:
Featured Article
Just Meissen
Spotlight Dealer
Nancy Addison, Nancy Addison Antiques
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The International Antiques & Home Design Center is Moving!
We will be relocating within Savage Mill from the Big Red barn to the main building (the New Weave Room). The move will be taking place during January and will be completed by the middle of the month. We will be open for business throughout the move, so come and see us! | |
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Saturday
March 14
Come Celebrate with Us in Our New Location
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Greetings~
Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season and are looking forward to a brand new year.
2009 is bringing many changes to the Antique Centers as well as to Historic Savage Mill. We have big news - The International Antiques and Home Design Center is moving. This month, we will be relocating from the Cotton Shed Building to the New Weave Room. We're very excited about our gorgeous, 2-story space. The move will be taking place in January and we will be continuing to welcome your business throughout the month. Look for us in the Main Building of Savage Mill and mark your calendars now for our grand opening celebration on Saturday, March 14.
There's more big news for Savage Mill- Staybridge Suites of Savage Mill will be breaking ground this coming Spring for a 130 suite hotel and conference center. This is great news for us and even better news for all of our loyal, out of town customers. Imagine being able to walk out of your hotel, stroll over to Savage Mill, have a bite, do some shopping, and take advantage of our "we ship anywhere" policy.
Our Spotlight Dealer this month is Dan Paris of Paris Antiques and Clock Repair. Dan is an expert on American woodworking tools and has generously shared some interesting history with us in an article entitled, The Tools that Built America. We also have a recipe for Hot Punch  from the White House Cookbook, 1887 - perfect for warming yourself on the cold winter nights ahead or, even better, serve it for your Inauguration festivities! On that note, we've provided some great resources for history of Inaugurations past.
We're looking forward to seeing you soon at the Antique Centers and the International Antiques & Home Design Center.
Happy 2009!
~Enjoy |
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Spotlight Dealer:
Daniel Paris, Paris Antiques & Clock Repair |
 Daniel's interest in antiques started as a teenager in Missouri. One of his neighbors was a conductor for the Burlington and Santa Fe Railroads. In his basement was a large collection of railroad tools, whistles, gauges and other tools. Nearly twenty five years of traveling around the world as a military spouse, to some of the oldest and most historic places in the world (Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Japan) broadened Daniels interest in antiques.
In the beginning this interest was primarily in tools, but his interest in antiques has since expanded to many other areas. A look through his booth at the Antique Center will give some indications as to what his interests are. Daniel is a member of the Early American Industries Association (EAIA), which is a wonderful source of information about America's manufacturing and tool industries and the people who pioneered in them.
 Over the past two years Daniel has spent much of his time pursuing the knowledge and tools to start a clock repair business, which is a perfect fit with the antiques. He attended the full clock repair program at the NAWCC in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
You can contact Daniel with any questions on tools or clocks at parisdanielr@hotmail.com or at 301-395-4948 | |
The Tools that Built America
by Daniel R. Paris |
When you talk about the tools that built America, you must remember the most important part of these tools. That is the hands and minds of the men, women and often children that used them. Whenever I hold one of these tools in my hands I can't help but think to the past. Who made this tool? Who was it made for? What things were made using this tool that still exists today? All of these questions and more are what gives antique tools the value that they have. In some cases, where you can answer all of these questions, the value can be considerable.
 To determine a value for antique tools, try to answer as many of these questions as possible. Condition and rarity of the tool will also need to be factored into the value. Chances are you will not be able to answer all of the questions, but any of them can help offer clues to the origin of your tool. It is not uncommon for the value of an antique plane to soar beyond $50,000 and even occasionally over $100,000. Often rarity and condition are the driving factors to value. But when provenance can be added to the equation, you may be able to increase the value considerably.
 Dating antique tools can be difficult at times. The majority of antique factory manufactured tools have names and trademarks stamped into them. This can make it quite easy to determine the date of manufacture. Sometimes the shape of the blades or handles can allow you to make a very close determination of age and possibly even region of manufacture.
 There are many good sources of information that can be used to determine the origin and value of your tools. A Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloan can be an invaluable source of information. It covers early, preindustrial tools and how to use them. It also has drawings of many tools that show the differences in design through the years. This can be helpful when dating tools. Another wonderful source is the Dictionary of American Hand Tools by Alvin Sellers. You would be hard pressed to find a tool that you can't find at least some of the information on in this book.
 The Directory of American Tool Makers, which was compiled by the EAIA, can be used to look up the name of the person or company that made the tool. It will give you the dates and locations of manufacture. Another source of information is Martin J. Donnely's Auction catalogs, which are available on his web site. He sells thousands of antique tools at auction and on his web site each year.
Dan Paris can be contacted at parisdanielr@hotmail.com or at
301-395-4948 if you have questions about antique tools or clock repair. |
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Inaugural History Resources |
 Executive Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8
Our first President, George Washington, took his Oath of Office in New York City in 1789 and John Adams was sworn in in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 4, 1797. The first president to be sworn in the new federal capitol, Washington, D.C., was Thomas Jefferson in 1801. At that time, the city was still under construction and less than 1,000 people attended. Franklin Pierce had the first big turn-out with 20,000 attendees in 1853, but if it hadn't been for a snow storm, it is estimated that almost 80,000 people would have been there.
For more interesting facts, visit:
http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/index.cfm (great resource for the history and images of Inaugurations)
www.bartleby.com/124 (Inaugural Addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush)
www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2008/12/17/presidential-inauguration-history-from-grand-to-fatal-to-downright-awkward.html
(a poetic name snafu, a drunk vice-president and more) |
 Vintage Recipe of the Month:
Hot Punch
from The Whitehouse Cookbook, 1887 |
Rub the sugar over the lemon until it has absorbed all the yellow part of the skin, then put the sugar into a punch bowl; add the lemon juice (free from pips) and mix these two ingredients, well together. Pour over them the boiling water, stir well together, add  the rum, brandy and nutmeg; mix thoroughly
and the punch will be ready to serve. It is very important in making good punch that all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated; and to insure success, the processes of
mixing must be diligently attended to. (This is an old-style punch)
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The Antique Center
at Historic Savage Mill
in the Old Weave Building
An Antiques Marketplace Beyond Compare!
150 Select Dealers in 20,000 Square Feet |
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