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Wayback Buzz - news from the antiques community Openings, closings, retirements, obits, special events   Got some Wayback Buzz? Give us a call at 705-696-1833. Or e-mail your brief Buzz notes to Editor Sandy.   Obit: Kenneth Charlie Crombie, well known in many circles, including antiques haunts and Corvette clubs, died March 4 at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. He was 77. Ken, a soft-spoken gentleman who was born Jan. 15, 1934, will be sadly missed by wife Jan, his family and many friends. Donations to the Cancer Society - Prostate Cancer Research or the Alzheimer Society. Circle July 17 for the 8th annual Downtown Guelph Business Association's art on the street exhibition and sale. Art will be displayed in open-air studios on both sides of Quebec St., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications can be downloaded at downtownguelph.com On The Move: Frank Russell, formerly of Antiques at the Barn in Fowlers Corners, will be joining Main Thru Church Antiques in Orono this spring and will replace Don Gauvreau, the current owner, this summer. Our best to both. On The Move Too: Patriot Antiques at 5324 Main Street in Orono is moving across the street to 5283 Main Street within the month. It will be business as usual until the move and then open by chance at the new location until the official opening in April. A big welcome to eight new advertisers in the March/April issue of the Wayback Times: the North Hatley Antique Show, Quebec; Woodwright & Hidden Treasures, Lakefield; Huttonville Craft & Antique Show; Toronto East Antique Show; Hoffman's Gore Street Antique Flea Market, Perth; Pridham's Antiques & Art, Vankleek Hill; Grr8 Finds, Fenelon Falls; Courtice Flea Market. Do you have Action Comics No. 1 with Superman lifting a car on the cover? A New York-based collector just paid $1 million US at auction for one of the original 1938 10-cent comics. The condition was better than average. One to add to your hunt list. Mary Postar, of Pot of Gold in Wooler, and Paul Maybee have opened a new shop called Cottage White Antiques at 70 Saskatoon Ave. in Campbellford. Call 613-397-3072 for hours. Obit: Ken Petro, well known in the antique community for more than two decades, died from cancer Feb. 7. Over the years, Ken was active at Scotties Market in Carrying Place, Bridgewater in Tweed and Quinte Antiques in Belleville, plus many local shows. He will be missed by all those who knew him. Off to the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France this June as a Canadian juror is Brenda McNeilly, who was Peter Neilly's Out to Lunch guest in the September/October Wayback Times. She will be one of seven jurors. Barry Schwartz, a member of the Historical Lighting Society of Canada and the Night Light Club, will be guest speaker at the spring meeting of the HLSC on April 10. His topic: Miniature Lamps. It's at the Best Western in Cobourg. Visit the website for details. A Wayback Times welcome to three new advertisers in the January/February issue. The Olde Antique Shoppe in Brougham and two collectors, Peter Dunster, a licensed collector of military firearms, and Steven Green, a collector of Toronto and Ontario police badges. Circle April 30 and May 1 for the 8th Annual Blue Mountain Pottery Collectors Club Convention at the Blue Mountain Inn. The public is invited to attend May 1, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., for pottery displays, sales, identification clinic etc. Visit www.bmpcc.com Two more locations for your free copy of the Wayback Times have been added to our growing list: Victoria Square Antiques at 19990 Highway 11 south of Bradford, and The Olde Antique Shoppe at 3610 Old Brougham Road in Brougham. Contact Editor Sandy if you want copies of the Wayback Times for your store, market or show. Dan Peters, a Smiths Falls auctioneer, has moved his office to 182 Glenview Road, RR3 Smiths Falls. The auction's telephone number - 613-283-6464 - remains the same. Robin and Josee of Pridham's Antiques have opened an antique shop at 26 Main Street East in Vankleek Hill, between Ottawa and Montreal. Call 613-678-2621. Winter Closures: Canal Street Antiques in Lang is closed for the winter. Advise Editor Sandy if your store or market is closed for the winter. Circle Aug. 4 through 8 for the 60th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship in Shelburne, Ontario. Canada's top fiddlers will be competing for $17,000 in prizes. Twindmills markets in Colborne isl again hosting roadshow-style charity fundraising appraisal clinics: March 13 & 14 (Canadian Cancer Society) and April 17 & 18 (Easter Seals.) Appraisals, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., are $5 each or three for $10, with all proceeds to the charities. Last year's clinics appraised more than $150,000 in items. Call 905-355-3715 for more info. Bob DeFreitas, the More Than Marbles guy, has an open invitation to to Wayback Times readers interested in joining a Canadian marbles club, with monthly meetings, visits to U.S. shows, organizing Ontario shows and sales etc. Call Bob at 905-697-9739 or e-mail him at robert.defreitas@sympatico.ca A big Wayback Times welcome to six new advertisers in the November/December issue: Shadows on the Grand in Paris; George's Custom Paint & Nostalgic Station in Lindsay; Peers Caning in Peterborough; The M.B. Lakefield Flea Market in Lakefield; Canal Street Antiques in Lang; Collectivator.com It's a name change and a new owner for Antiques at the Barn at Fowler's Corners. Darrell Junkin, former owner of Craftworks in nearby Peterborough, has given the place an extreme makeover and renamed it Craftworks in the Barn. Antiques, crafts, collectibles, Mennonite furniture etc. Movie fans with an eye for antiques can do their shopping on the big screen. Toronto Antiques on King rents pieces to local movie productions and a large, rented art deco sculpture of a woman used in the new Amelia movie was quickly sold to the new Roosevelt Room Supper Club in Toronto, says store owner Cynthia Findlay. Obit: Walter Walker, a master canoe builder and paddle maker, died Oct. 19, just shy of his 102nd birthday. The Lakefield legend will be missed, says Jeremy Ward, curator of the Canadian Canoe Museum. "It's a sad day for canoeing," he said, adding the death of the Ancaster-born canoe builder could be the end of an era. The Meeting Place is a new and free Wayback Times online page for the upcoming meetings of non-profit clubs and organizations. Provide a time and place in the weeks before your meeting and we'll add it to our Meeting Place calendar. Profit and Ambition: The Canadian Fur Trade 1779-1821, a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec, has opened for a one-year run. The exhibit features about 250 artifacts and works of art, all with a fur trade theme, including. It runs through Sept. 12, 2010. The Wayback Times welcomes four new display advertisers in the September/October 2009 issue: Antiques on Kent in Lindsay; Some Other Time Antiques in Ayre; eMedals in Burlington, and Mizener's Antiques & Flea Market in Flamborough. Welcome aboard. Adrian Tinline of Adrian Tinline Antiques, based in Clarington, ON, has launched a Canadiana Antiques Facebook group for antique lovers interested in Canadiana. The group also encourages you to talk antiques. Favourite finds etc. All future Rooney Productions shows have been cancelled following the death of Doris Rooney. Her husband, Terry, says Rooney Productions is being shut down permanently because of his wife's death and his health issues. He thanks all of the vendors who have supported their shows over the years. The Wayback Times welcomes nine new advertisers for the July/August edition and the return of another. Welcome End of the Thread Cafe, Brighton; Main Street Market Place (after a year's absence) Brighton; Jewel of the Rideau Antique Show, Merrickville; Shops at Don Mills Vintage Village Show, Toronto; The Real Canadian Emporium, Orono; Market Road Antiques, St. Jacobs; Meaford Harbour Antique Show, Meaford, new owners, Harris & Sons Auctions; Meister Markt - new Markham show; Cramahe Township - Trash 'N Treasure Sale; Highland Line - Clan Flags. Obit Doris Lorraine Rooney, well-known longtime antiques dealer and Rooney Productions show organizer, has died of cancer. Doris, who died May 16, knew her antiques and shared her knowledge with others with a smile. A gracious and lovely lady, Doris will be greatly missed by her husband, Terry Rooney, and her family and friends. Obit Wafford Elwood "Cooney" Warner, a retired Peterborough-area farmer, furniture maker and longtime antiques collector and dealer, died May 10 at Peterborough Regional Health Centre after a lengthy illness. He was 76. The Korean War vet was born and raised in Seymour Township. He and his wife, June, bought a farm near Norwood in 1972 and became well-known antiques dealers in the area. Our condolences to June and family. The Wayback Times welcomes 17 new advertisers in the May/June issue: End of the Thread - Wooler; Twice Found - Toronto; KarenFoundIt - Toronto; Renaissance - London; Harbourne Antiques - Lakefield; Fenelon Falls Treasure Hunt; The Memory Factory - Carrying Place; Relics - Tweed; Apple Blossom Antiques Extravaganza - Colborne; Antiques in Westport: The Treasure Shop at A Victorian Reflection B&B; Stillwater Books and Treasures; Old World Country Antiques; St. Jacobs Antique Market; Fleastival - Etobicoke; Bancroft Antique Week; Codrington French Country Sale. Welcome aboard, one and all. New markets popping up across Ontario. Check out Grr8 Finds in Fenelon Falls; St. Jacobs Market in St. Jacobs; The Memory Factory in Carrying Place; Renaissance Market in London and End of the Thread in Wooler. The Wayback Times welcomes 10 new advertisers in the March/April issue: Caviar & Cobwebs in Port Perry; Hands to Work in Elora; www.Postcard-Directory.com; The Lucy Maude Montgomery Society of Ontario; The Canadian Antique Phonograph Society; Aberfoyle Antique Market; The Treasure Shelf; Quintvention; Bytown Bottle Seekers Club in Ottawa and a A Tick in Tyme in Bloomfield. Armchair detectives are invited to review the evidence in the July 8, 1917 death of Group of Seven artist Tom Thomson in a new case online at Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History. It's called Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy. 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