Illinois couple collecting antique Osage stoneware (Mitchell County Press-News)

November 21st, 2008

Story created Nov 18, 2008 - 11:04:45 CST. Doug and Dee Arndt had been collecting Red Wing stoneware for a over a decade, but were particularly thrilled when they found their first piece of advertising stoneware from Osage,the place where Doug was born and raised.

Antique store to close at year’s end (Albany Democrat-Herald)

November 21st, 2008

Economy, rent hike fuel owner’s decision

Tough times? NY gov mansion gets $21K antique rug (WCAX-TV Vermont)

November 21st, 2008

Associated Press - November 20, 2008 10:45 AM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Times are tough, but evidently not so tough New York couldn’t spend $21,000 on an antique Turkish rug for the governor’s…

Tough Times? NY Gov Mansion Gets $21,000 Antique Rug (WKBW-TV Buffalo)

November 21st, 2008

Times are tough, but evidently not so tough New York couldn’t spend $21,000 on an antique Turkish rug.

Tough times? NY gov mansion gets $21K antique rug (WSYR 9 Syracuse)

November 21st, 2008

Times are tough, but evidently not so tough New York couldn’t spend $21,000 on an antique Turkish rug for the governor’s mansion.

NY gov’s mansion gets $21K antique rug (WABC-TV New York)

November 21st, 2008

New York state spent $21,000 on an antique Turkish rug for the governor’s mansion.

Tough Times? NY Gov. Mansion Gets $21K Antique Rug (WCBS-TV New York)

November 21st, 2008

Times are tough, but evidently not so tough New York couldn’t spend $21,000 on an antique Turkish rug for the governor’s mansion. That purchase came as Gov. David Paterson was ordering state agencies to cut spending and warning of dire economic hardships to come as budget deficits mount to $2 billion this year alone.

Man arrested for allegedly stealing Peter Cook’s antique gun collection (The Grand Rapids Press)

November 21st, 2008

Golden BellClifford Bell GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP — A man accused of stealing 30 antique guns from philanthropist Peter Cook’s office in September was arrested today in Ottawa County along with the suspect’s brother, Kent County sheriff’s investigators said. Golden Bell,…

Philanthropist Peter Cook offers reward after theft of antique gun collection (The Muskegon Chronicle)

November 19th, 2008

GRAND RAPIDS — He has used his money to support libraries, hospitals and churches. Peter Cook Now Grand Rapids philanthropist Peter Cook is funding a reward to bring in the man suspected of stealing laptop computers and Cook’s antique gun…

Antique train display at Knob Hill Nov. 23 (News Transcript)

November 19th, 2008

An Antique Toy Train Display to benefit Freehold Open Door, sponsored by the Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Knob Hill Golf Course clubhouse, Route 33 west, Manalapan. The display will feature more than 1,000 antique toy trains from the 1890’s to the 1950’s and operating layouts.