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Auction will offer hand-painted porcelain pieces

Auction will offer hand-painted porcelain pieces

by | Oct 1, 2021 | Mid-American, Vintage

October 2021

Woody Auction LLC, based out of Douglass, will once again meet bidders in cyberspace when it hosts its Pickard and Hand-Painted Porcelain online auction on Oct. 9.

The pieces up for bids have been chosen from the collection of Hosea and the late Lily Harkness and include vases, bowls, platters, and pitchers.

Pickard China was founded in 1894 in Wisconsin by businessman Wilder Austin Pickard; the business moved to Chicago in 1897 and specialized in hand-decorated tea sets. Today, Pickard Inc. continues to operate as a family-owned business, with many older pieces up for auction being valued at several hundred dollars apiece.

To register for the auction, visit www.liveauctioneers.com/woody-auction-llc. Absentee bids are due by noon on Oct. 7, while early bidding begins on Oct. 8. For more information, call 316-470-2694 or email info@woodyauction.com.

Items similar to this Pickard cider pitcher will be up for bids at an online auction Oct. 9. (Photo courtesy of eBay)

Items similar to this Pickard cider pitcher will be up for bids at an online auction Oct. 9. (Photo courtesy of eBay)

Get ready for fruit and family fun at Versailles Apple Festival

Get ready for fruit and family fun at Versailles Apple Festival

by | Oct 1, 2021 | Vintage

October 2021

One festival in the town of Versailles has as its centerpiece that most simple of autumn fruits – the apple.

Designed to celebrate the fall apple harvest, the Versailles Olde Tyme Apple Festival will offer fun for the entire family, Oct. 2-3.
Included in the weekend’s festivities is a classic car show, quilt show, arts and crafts booths, auction, fiddler’s contest, golf tournament, and live music. And what would an apple festival be without crisp, red, sweet apples? Get your taste buds ready for an apple pie baking contest, one of the highlights of the event.

Dress your little ones in their Sunday finest for the Apple Dumplin’, Apple Darlin’ and Baby Dumpling Contests. Contestants must be 3 to 4 years of age as of the day of the contest; entry fees are $10 per child, and each child will be interviewed by a panel of judges. Only the first 15 girls entered in the contest, as well as the first 15 boys, will be interviewed. Contest winners will be announced before the conclusion of the festival.

For more information, visit www.versaillesapplefestival.org. The event is sponsored by the Versailles Chamber of Commerce.

The winners of the Apple Dumplin’ and Apple Darlin’ Contest pose at the 2019 Versailles Olde Tyme Apple Festival. This year’s contest is open to children between 3 and 4 years old. (Photo courtesy of The Versailles Chamber of Commerce)

Steam engines rev up for Old Trusty

Steam engines rev up for Old Trusty

by | Sep 23, 2021 | Vintage

September 2021

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

The 39th annual Old Trusty Antique Engines and Collectors Show is right around the corner, bringing with it a variety of antique machinery to see in action.

This year’s show will take place Sept. 11-12 on the fairgrounds in Clay Center, where visitors can marvel at steam and gas engines, antique cars and trucks, draft horses, tractor pulls, antique tractors, and more than 225 antique, flea market and craft vendors.
While on the fairgrounds, kick up your feet to the sounds of the Bobbie Layne Big Band and The Calhouns, who will provide live musical entertainment.

For more information, call 402-726-2487 or visit the website www.oldtrusty.org.

The 39th annual Old Trusty Antique Engines and Collectors Show will include a variety of antique farming vehicles on display. The show will take place Sept. 11-12 in Clay Center, NE. (Image courtesy of Facebook)

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Old Summit show returns for fall season

Old Summit show returns for fall season

by | Sep 1, 2021 | Vintage

September 2021

Old Summit show returns for fall season

With fall approaching, so too is the popular Old Summit Country Antiques Show.
The large show, scheduled for Sept. 11, features booths of antiques, vintage items and collectibles, also takes place in January and June at the John Know Pavilion in Lee’s Summit. The next show will take place Jan. 15, 2022.

The show includes lots of items from the turn of the century. “Over 60 dealers from several Midwest states are carefully selected to provide you a unique shopping experience which takes you back to the late 1800s,” according to the event’s Facebook page.

Admission to the Sept. 11 show is $5, with food provided by Matthew’s Catering. For more information, call 816-537-7033.

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

by | Sep 1, 2021 | Mid-American, Vintage

September 2021

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

The small town of Council Grove is getting ready for a big party to celebrate the Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary as a major route for trade in the 19th century.

The Rendezvous at Council Grove, scheduled for Sept. 17-19, will feature a host of activities designed to highlight life and historical events that would shape the history of the trial since 1821. A pageant sponsored by local group Voices of the Wind, made up of Konza Indians from the Kaw Nation, will “depict the changes affected by two vastly different cultures.

As the Kaw Indians were being relocated and European American settlers were beginning to populate Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail, the dynamics of these two cultures co-existing proved to be intense,” according to the group’s website. The rendezvous also will include a mountain man exposition, an antique wagon show, and blacksmithing demonstrations.

The Voices of the Wind performances take place in the old Neosho riverbed near historic downtown Council Grove and adjacent to the Santa Fe Trail crossing on the Neosho River. The production incorporates historic photos, images of the prairie landscape, and video images with the live-action of a pack train, wagon train, stagecoach, riders on horseback, tepees and the campfire of a Kanza village, according to event co-organizer Diane Griz.

For more information, visit www.santafetrail200.com/rendezvous-at-council-grove.

 

Konza Indians from the Kaw Nation perform their Voices of the Wind pageant at a previous event. The performance will be a highlight of this year’s Council Grove Rendezvous. (Image courtesy of Facebook)

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