Lifestyle Stories from May 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Treasures in your attic: 1930s Rhode desk sought after in today’s marketMay 01, 2011 1:00 am - Q. This desk has been in my family for at least 50 years. An inscription in the middle drawer reads: “This piece is one of a limited group designed by Gilbert Rhode....
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Treasures in your attic: Bucking-bronco plates belong to bygone dinnerware eraMay 01, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I collect dinnerware with Western themes and images. I own six of these brown plates with a tan body and decorated with a cowboy on a bucking bronco. They are mar...
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Treasures in your attic: Valuing toy merry-go-round, Ferris wheel in mint conditionMay 01, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I have two metal mechanical toys that I received as a child in the late 1940s or ‘50s: a merry-go-round and a Ferris wheel, both manufactured by J. Chein & Co. As...
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Treasures in your attic: Letter’s value is personal, not monetaryMay 01, 2011 1:00 am - By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson Q. During the early 1940s, I had a summer job working at Camp Tamiment in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. One of my jobs...
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Treasures in your attic: Letter about china set leaves out much informationMay 01, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I have my parents’ china and want to sell it, but I need an approximate price. I am sending a picture of a dinner plate and the mark on the back. There are 93 pie...
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Runners always planning for next raceMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - NEW ORLEANS — It's 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning and I'm in pain in New Orleans. Not morning-after-a-night-in-the-French Quarter type of pain, but knee pain. Together with ...
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Ask the plumber: Drain boards making a natural comeback in the kitchenMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I really enjoy the articles where you tell us what’s hot and what’s not in our kitchens and baths. Along those lines, I was thinking about installing a stainless-...
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Rental forum: Commercial tenant may be on hook for maintenance, property taxes, insuranceMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I have rented an apartment for many years. I thought I understood the responsibilities of a tenant and a landlord. However, a few years ago I rented space for my ...
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Team embarks on a townhouse transformationMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Major renovations to a single family home are not unusual. But transformative changes to a townhouse or other type of multifamily building are seldom undertaken, thanks ...
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Treasures in your attic: Value of Herman Perlman’s art isn’t increasingMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Several years ago, my husband and I were taken to the studio of Herman Perlman in the Washington D. C., area. He was a small man dressed in a long raincoat and ha...
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