31 Club Antiques & Collectible Club is Growing

Through the 31 Club Associates Program, a 31 Club Member was able to participate in bidding for Carl Christian Brenner's "Birch Trees in Winter Sunset", at Kenneth W. Van Blarcom Auctioneers yesterday.

Yesterday, I bid on our first Associate’s Program Item. If you remember, the Associates Program is set up to help 31 Club Members make money on items they are not yet able to personally purchase. By partnering with us on these items, we can all come out ahead.

Our member, Jerry, came across a Carl Christian Brenner painting that looked promising, but he didn’t have the funds necessary to make this purchase alone. That’s when he called us. It was exciting being on the phone, bidding live for the painting. However, the bids on this painting went higher than our criteria for purchasing it would allow. Although I gave it a great college try, we were unsuccessful in obtaining this piece. Jerry said he would be on the lookout for more items to partner up on with the 31 Club in the future, and I hope more of you will take advantage of this program. It can be a big factor in moving forward.

Exciting things are happening at the 31 Club. Jeremy Peterson has just been accepted as our new Internet Specialist. He’ll be working alongside Chris and Cindy to bring you the best the internet offers. Having a Masters in Internet Technology certainly won’t hurt either.

Our new look should be up very quickly and I think that you will be extremely pleased with all the new features. By Jeremy joining us, Cindy and Chris will be able to concentrate on the frame work of our site and its content. I hope to spend more time writing and acquiring items to sell for the 31 Gang. We’re committed to winning the Million Dollar Race.

Now is the time to give us your suggestion on how to make The 31 Club better and more productive for you. What can we offer you that we’re overlooking.? E-mail us your suggestions. You will find that our market place will be expanding and this will be a great place for you to list items for sale because buyers will be searching us out as Jeremy broadens our exposure on the net.
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Tomorrow, I hope to put to rest the belief that there are no longer treasures to be found by people like me and you. This story will get you off the couch and searching for treasures for your own inventory.

I am so pleased to see that e-mails I receive from members and readers are containing nothing but positive news. In fact, I haven’t read many negative articles about the Antiques and Collectible Markets for quite some time now. I think we have won over some converts.

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Daryle Lambert - Time to Fly South - Pisgah Forest Pottery

This cold snap up north here is a bit much for me, so today I will introduce you to a Southern Pottery. Maybe by putting my mind in the south, my body will warm up a bit. Pisgah Pottery is a name that I would guess that most aren't very well acquainted with. Pisgah was one of the many pottery factories in North Carolina in the early part of the 1900's.

I have to admit, this wasn't one of my favorites to spend my time on, but after I saw what some of their pieces are bringing in at auction, I took a second look. They specialize in three types of wares, and I think that it is wise to be able to identify each one of them.

Their Cameo line was first, and this pottery used the built up decorations to create scenes on their pieces. This was basically a European technique that was brought over from the old country. You might think of pieces from the Seres factories in this category. They are usually very expensive. The pieces that most fascinate me are the crystalline pieces that seem to have large snowflakes on them, but truly these designs are created in the firing process. My least favorite of the Pisgah goods were their commercial lines, even if they were hand-thrown by master potteries.

The mark is very distinctive: A man sitting at the potting wheel with the name Pisgah Forest below. All of his pottery should be marked. Walter R. Stephens started the company in 1914 and he died in 1961, however the factory continues today, run by his step-grandson. Most of the early work is what we should be looking for and the best way to recognize it is by studying pieces at Antique Shows or finding them in books and on the Internet. You can do an Internet search for auctions to find examples of these wonderful pieces and research information about Pisgah while you're at it. The crystalline vases attract me, because the first one I ever bought was at a garage sale for twenty five cents. If my memory serves me right, it brought about $500 when I sold it. This will make you have a greater appreciation for Pisgah Pottery.

I will give you some examples from a guide book. Lamp with a Indian scene, 1942, $ 3500. Blue double dipped Cobalt vase,1933, seven inches tall $4500. Dancing couple cameo vase, 1950, eight and one half inches tall $1500.

I think you would agree that these are worth keeping a eye out for. The prices you might find these pieces being offered for might just surprise you. Who says that nothing that comes from the South has any value?

Let's not forget others during this season when we are so blessed. God may not have given us all the money in the world, but if you think like me and look around you, we just might have to agree that we have received our share of blessings. I will be introducing you to a great cause later next week, and Andrew will be our wonderful guide in helping others. -- Daryle

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Daryle Lambert - Antique Treasure Found by Member. Cecil C. Is At It Again.

I got a call about half way through the day from Cecil C. I am sure that you've heard me talk about him before. He is the one that I wrote about in the book 31 Steps to Your Million in Antiques and Collectibles. Remember the Kentucky Derby Glass that he bought for $12.00 and sold two weeks later for $12,500.00? This is my friend that never ceases to amaze me.

He asked if I was near my computer, and of course, I always am. He asked if I would go to AskArt.com and tell him what I could about an artist named Wallace Weir Fahnestock. Naturally I did.

I soon shared the information that Mr. Fahnestock was born in Pennsylvania but did most of his best painting in Vermont. His birth was in 1877 and he died about 1962. I hesitated and waited for him to tell me more about his great purchase, but instead he asked me to continue.

"The highest auction price for one of his paintings was November of last year," I said, "and it brought $5,700. So what have you found, Cecil?"

"Well," he said "I did find this wonderful winter scene with two little rabbits in it, about 20" bt 24". What do you think it's worth?"

"Are you going to tell me what you paid for it, Cecil? I know you already bought it."

"Ah, give me my momentary pleasure," he toyed. "So what's it worth?"

Well, I knew I should just give him the information. I was just feeling a little outdone by my own student. In fact, we'd even partnered on paintings in the past. I knew he didn't pay much, but I found myself wanting to know just a wee bit more than him at that moment. I put that all aside and told him, "Good job, Cecil. Looks like it's worth from $8,000-$10,000. Now, what'd you pay for it?"

"Only $800. So it looks like I did okay, don't you think?"

I knew at that moment, he was one of my finest students. "Well done, Cecil."

How does Cecil do this so consistently? He studies and he gets out there. He's developed an eye for high quality work.You can do the very same thing, because it is this commitment that gets the job done.

For those that say there are no more treasures to be found, I say they must not know Cecil. I am still looking forward to the near future when I will be saying the same thing about you.

About the time I was going to really give him the praise he rightly deserved, he said to me, "Can I ask you about something else?" What else does he have up his sleeve today, I thought.

"I might have found a really good piece of Carnival Glass. Do you have your Carnival Glass Book," he asked?

A Grape and Cable 9 inch plate in amethyst with the electric blue iridescent highlights that books for $500.00 to $800.00 was what Cecil found. It was hard for me to ask what he paid, but I did. "Sixty dollars, and it is in mint condition."

Now, I would call that a great day by anyone’s standards. Boy, do I enjoy writing these stories. I am hoping that in a few months I will have to get a new key board for my computer because I will have worn this one out telling the world about the great treasures the 31 Club Members are finding.

Today's photo is an example of a Wallace Weir Fahnestock painting, courtesy of Askart.com
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