Unique stores New York City Dec 7, 2008
"Also worth a visit is Kidrobot at 118 Prince St., the Lucky magazine editor says. The store, which does have locations in Miami, Los Angeles and several other cities, showcases collectible and limited edition "art toys," from cartoonish 3-inch, 10 reindeers to foot-tall, two-headed furry creatures called "furillas," 37. A little farther uptown, Loehnen suggests checking out John Derian's stores, at 6 and 10 E. Second St. "He has an exquisite eye for one-off antiquities, curios and china," and... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Unique stores and Christmas markets in NYC Nov 27, 2008
From Chinatown, head north to Soho, where you'll find The Evolution Store, 120 Spring St., which sells gifts for budding Darwins and other natural history types: replica skulls and skeletons, anatomical models, posters, colorful mounted butterflies, scorpion paperweights and even flavored lollipops with genuine crickets inside. Holiday travel 101. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Artwalk! looks to help feed areas families Nov 13, 2008
He also will show his glass jellyfish in marbles, pendants, paperweights and dichroic glass pendants. He will discuss his techniques as he demonstrates on the torch. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Saturday, October 4;Local Homes Open for Safe Haven Benefit Sep 17, 2008
Her own collection of glass paperweights holds court in the dining room. To the casual observer, an oversized porcelain plate from a Boston gallery makes a colorful focal point on the living room wall. (Voices, CT)
Antiques fill Martinez townhouse Jan 27, 2008
Included in her collection are Japanese transferware, paperweights, milk glass, toile pieces, vintage pottery and needlepoint embroidery. She has also expanded her collecting beyond antiques. (The Augusta Chronicle)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Students invited to enter film festival Dec 6, 2007
In addition to the ornaments, Voices for Children offers several collectible starfish paperweights and keepsakes ... The paperweights come in a variety of colors: blue, amber, purple, clear, red, periwinkle and the limited-edition 25th anniversary silver ... The keepsakes, ornaments and paperweights can be purchased by phone at (858) 569-2096, Ext. (North County Times)
They're wild at heart and selling accent pieces with an outlaw look Dec 6, 2007
There is also a $4,900 coffee table emblazoned with the phrase "Live Hard" (perfect if you're having bikers over for canapes), $150 ceramic pistol paperweights and a $350 decorative ceramic skull with a bullet hole in the temple, plated in platinum or gold. ("Sophisticated and edgy, this piece responds to the ultimate evolution in punk art, a movement initiated in the 1970s and questioning the values of bourgeois society," the promotional copy reads. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Crafts in the Park: 130-plus vendors in town Aug 30, 2007
Colorful paperweights on the front table first catch the eye. Various farm items such as the" Hen on a nest" dish appeal often to farmers, Sterner said. (Mt. Pleasant News, IA)
Glendale vs. Scottsdale May 26, 2007
Scottsdale is the land of men's turquoise bracelets, scorpion paperweights, the tequila worm lollipop, and jack-a-lopes. It's really a taste-less toss-up. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
$ellers Beware Mar 25, 2007
For instance, Goodman says he's been having trouble even getting his money back on Baccarat paperweights, while the "best" china patterns are down 60 percent over the last few years. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Business)
Care for some antiques? Mar 1, 2007
"I accidentally just slipped into this growing up," said Singleton, who was literally giddy over a recent acquisition of 938 paperweights. "I never thought it would be what I would end up doing.". (AZCentral -- Home)
He has a vision and a sales pitch Jan 4, 2007
The executive director of the Greene County Industrial Development Agency has handed out miniature shopping carts and yellow hard hats as squeeze toys, stone paperweights made from local bluestone and "Greene IDA" thermoses. He also has been known to pass out IDA hourglasses at presentations to punctuate his closing line: "The time is now for Greene County.". (Albany Times Union)
